No. 7 Men's Soccer to Tackle Oral Roberts at Home

Missouri State (8-0-2, 3-0-1) vs. Oral Roberts (2-4-2, 0-1-1)
Location	Springfield, Mo.
Site	Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Game Info	Wednesday, Oct. 7, 7:00 p.m. vs. Oral Roberts Live Stats \| Watch
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On The Pitch
• The 7th-ranked Missouri State Bears are back home to face the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 7:00 p.m. (CT).
• The Bears lead the series against the Golden Eagles 17-5-6. The latest meeting went the way of Mo State with a 1-0 scoreline on 10/3/17 on the road.
• Mo State is ranked seventh in the United Soccer Coaches poll, marking the ninth consecutive season the Bears have been ranked inside the top 25. This is the Bears' highest ranking in any poll since being ranked fifth in the College Soccer News poll on 11/14/21, and their highest ranking in the United Soccer poll since 9/11/00, when a No. 3 ranking represented Missouri State's highest ever spot.
• The Bears sit in first place in the American Conference standings.
• The Bears are off to their best start to a season since 2020-21 when they went 9-0-0 to kick off the season. Prior to that, Mo State began the 2019 season with 17 consecutive victories. The Bears have now gone undefeated in 10 games, their longest run since 2024 when they went on a 13-match streak from 9/6/24 until 11/6/24.
• The Bears are third in the nation with a .900 winning percentage and lead the American Conference while ranking in the top 10 nationally in goals per game (8th – 2.70), goal differential (6th – plus-17), and points per game (9th – 7.80).
• The Bears have come back from a one-goal deficit to win on three occasions this season (vs. Penn State, at UC Irvine, and vs. FIU).
• Diego Real sits in the top 10 nationally in game-winning goals (6th – 3), total points (4th – 20) and total goals (7th – 8).
• Diego Real was named the American Conference Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 5.
• Diego Real was named a part of the 2026 Men's Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch List on Oct. 2.
• The Bears are looking to add a fifth conference tournament championship trophy to their cabinet (1999, 2020-21, 2021, 2022) and their first as a member of the American Athletic Conference. The Bears have an all-time record of 24-22-8 in the conference tournament play.
• Since the beginning of the 2019 season, Missouri State holds the best Division I overall record of 97-21-16 (.784), second-best conference record of 51-6-7 (.852) and are tied with Hofstra for fourth-best home record of 55-9-8 (.819).
• The Bears are in their second season in the American Conference in 2026 after spending 34 seasons in the Missouri Valley. Mo State enjoyed plenty of success in the MVC, with the program's 12 regular season championships, four conference tournament crowns and nine NCAA Tournament appearances all coming since 1997.

No. 7 Men's Soccer to Tackle Oral Roberts at Home

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