The University of Missouri football team has been ranked 18th by Street & Smith's College Football 2007 Yearbook preseason magazine, which hits newsstands on June 26, as announced today by magazine officials.  Mizzou is coming off an 8-5 season, and returns 14 starters from a team that reached the 2006 Sun Bowl and ranked eighth in the nation in total offense.

In addition to the team accolade, Street & Smith's has named Mizzou's senior tight end Martin Rucker (St. Joseph, Mo.) as a pre-season Division I-A first-team All-American.  Joining Rucker on the magazine's All-Big 12 Conference first team are fellow offensive teammates Chase Coffman (Junior, Tight End, Peculiar, Mo.) and Tyler Luellen (Senior, Offensive Lineman, Bethany, Mo.).

Copies of the magazine are also available online by visiting www.streetandsmiths.com.