The No. 25 Gamecocks haven’t been ranked this late in the season since 2013. The crowd at Williams-Brice will be fired up, and South Carolina faces a Missouri team that is averaging less than 17 points over its past four games. The Gamecocks have scored at least 30 in six of their seven games. The South Carolina defense has started catching up to the offense, and my model has the Gamecocks winning outright in 64 percent of simulations.

South Carolina's four-game winning streak is its longest since 2014 and looks to win its first game as a ranked team in five years. The Gamecocks are 5-0 this season when getting a turnover and 0-2 when they don't. All four of USC's kicking game units — punt coverage, punt return, kickoff coverage, kickoff return — rank among the SEC’s top three. Kicker Mitch Jeter has yet to miss a field goal. Maybe Missouri hangs within a field goal so we'll do the moneyline.