Mizzou-Oklahoma is back on the slate.

Missouri football faces Oklahoma on Saturday evening at Faurot Field, with kickoff slated for 6:45 p.m. and SEC Network airing the game. It will be the first time the former Big Eight and Big 12 rivals have played in 13 years.

Mizzou (6-2, 2-2) was ranked No. 24 in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season Tuesday, making the Tigers the eighth-ranked team in the SEC and likely too far back for a realistic shot for a berth to the 12-team field. But a double-digit win total for a second straight year — a feat that has only been accomplished twice in program history — is still on the table.

Oklahoma (5-4, 1-4), meanwhile, is running out of opportunities to become bowl eligible in its first season as an SEC team. After MU, coach Brent Venables’ team hosts Alabama and visits LSU.

Here is everything that you need to know about Oklahoma before the Sooners visit Columbia on Saturday:

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Who will Oklahoma start at quarterback?

Oklahoma has turned back to blue chip recruit Jackson Arnold to lead the offense after briefly benching the sophomore.

Arnold is averaging 167 passing yards per game and has 12 touchdowns and three interceptions in seven appearances. Six of those touchdown passes came in wins over Temple and Maine.

OU’s major problem has been keeping pressure away from its quarterback. Starting linemen Jacob Sexton and Jake Taylor are listed as out, another blow to a unit that ranks dead last in the FBS with 38 sacks allowed this season.

Arnold also has managed to gain 395 yards rushing, but sack numbers have heavily impacted his net rushing yards for the season.

“I think Jackson Arnold’s a dynamic quarterback; he’s got a really quick release, accurate,” Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz said Tuesday. “Does a really good job scrambling. His running ability, they’ve tried to use him as a plus-one hat in the run game. They do a lot of read-game stuff with him, and he’s been impressive in that.”

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The injury bug hit Oklahoma’s skill position players on offense early in the 2024 season. At one point, all of the Sooners’ starting wide receivers were sidelined.

They haven’t made that work. Currently ranked the No. 112-ranked offense in the FBS with 334.6 yards per game, OU recently fired first-year offensive coordinator Seth Littrell and called on tight ends coach Joe Jon Finley to call the plays through the end of the year.

The Sooners have only eclipsed 20 points against non-power-conference opponents and have not put up more than 14 in their last three SEC games.

Oklahoma’s leading running back, Jovantae Barnes, and wideouts Jalil Farooq and Deion Burks all are listed as questionable on the Wednesday availability report. Another starting WR, Nic Anderson, is listed as out.

Oklahoma's defense can still take the ball away

For all the problems on the other end, Oklahoma’s defense has continued to do what it does best through the transition to the SEC.

The Sooners have gained 16 turnovers, which is the 17th-most in the country and fourth-best mark in the SEC. They’ve picked off six passes and recovered 10 fumbles.

Danny Stutsman is having another all-conference campaign at middle linebacker with 77 total tackles, including 7.5 for loss. Billy Bowman Jr. has two picks at safety, and his partner in the secondary, Robert Spears-Jennings, has forced four fumbles.

That could pose a problem to Mizzou, which has turned the ball over five times in the past two games — all coming when Brady Cook was not on the field.

Mizzou-Oklahoma score prediction: Depends on Mizzou QB

With Cook, we’re predicting Missouri pulls through with a 21-6 win.

Oklahoma’s offense hasn’t moved the ball well in any meaningful game. The Sooners cannot keep their QB clean. If Missouri’s offense is at full strength, it should be able to control the tempo and give its defense the time it didn’t get to recover at Alabama.

If Cook can’t play and Drew Pyne is in the game, we see this as a Saturday night rock fight that ends up 14-9 in Oklahoma’s favor.

The Sooners are too efficient at turning the ball over on defense, and Mizzou hasn’t shown it can keep hold of the ball without its starting QB.

This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Missouri football: Scouting report, score prediction for Mizzou-Oklahoma