AP Poll Summary
| Pre | 9/11 | 9/18 | 9/25 | 10/2 | 10/9 | 10/16 | 10/23 | 10/30 | 11/6 | 11/13 | 11/20 | 11/27 | 12/4 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 15 |
12 Games
| G | Date | Day | School | Opponent | Conf | Pts | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 9, 1978 | Sat | Missouri | @ | (5) Notre Dame | Ind | W | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sep 16, 1978 | Sat | (11) Missouri | (1) Alabama | SEC | L | 20 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Sep 23, 1978 | Sat | (17) Missouri | Ole Miss | SEC | W | 45 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sep 30, 1978 | Sat | (14) Missouri | @ | (1) Oklahoma | Big 8 | L | 23 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Oct 7, 1978 | Sat | Missouri | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 45 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Oct 14, 1978 | Sat | (19) Missouri | (20) Iowa State | Big 8 | W | 26 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Oct 21, 1978 | Sat | (13) Missouri | @ | Kansas State | Big 8 | W | 56 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 8 | Oct 28, 1978 | Sat | (13) Missouri | Colorado | Big 8 | L | 27 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Nov 4, 1978 | Sat | Missouri | @ | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | L | 20 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 0 | L 2 | |
| 10 | Nov 11, 1978 | Sat | Missouri | Kansas | Big 8 | W | 48 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Nov 18, 1978 | Sat | Missouri | @ | (2) Nebraska | Big 8 | W | 35 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 12 | Dec 23, 1978 | Sat | (18) Missouri | N | LSU | SEC | W | 20 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | W 3 | Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN) |
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