Vanderbilt's Diego Pavia arrived from New Mexico State as a graduate transfer along with his coach, Jerry Kill, and offensive coordinator, Tim Beck. They've provided a big boost to the Commodores’ offense. Pavia mostly relied on his legs in their first two games, but he threw for a season-high 270 yards and two touchdowns last week.

It started very normally, with a first down for the Tigers on the Eagles' 38-yard line. An unsportsmanlike conduct call on wide receiver Luther Burden, however, backed Missouri up 15 yards. On second-and-25, the Tigers were flagged for having an ineligible receiver downfield—costing them five more yards.

Missouri defeated the 24th-ranked Eagles 27-21 in a hard-fought affair that featured an 11-point comeback from the Tigers, who relied on a pair of turnovers to spark their rebound. Chief among those was fifth-year safety Tre’Vez Johnson’s second-quarter interception that flipped the momentum back to the Missouri side.