The rankings show it, and so do their records. After non-conference play, a Big 12 North division that many predicted would be a two horse race has become a three trick pony. Missouri has surprisingly performed up to similar standard that heavy favorite Kansas and blast-from-the-past Nebraska were held to before the football season began.

So how do the Tigers stack up against their rivals from the West? With Colorado and Kansas State looking downright pathetic in the early weeks of the 2009 season and Iowa State clearly still not ready to contend for a division crown, Mizzou clearly needs to worry most seriously about the Huskers and Jayhawks in defending their North crown.

The three teams are a combined 11-1, with the lo...

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