10 Things to Know – Ole Miss

No. 13 Arkansas (4-1, 1-1 SEC) aims to return to the win column after dropping its first game of the season last week by traveling to No. 17 Ole Miss (3-1, 0-1 SEC) for an 11 a.m. tilt on Saturday, Oct. 9, on ESPN.

10 Things to Know Before Kickoff

1. – No. 2 Georgia exploded for 21 first quarter points, handing the Razorbacks their first setback of the season last weekend, 31-0, at Sanford Stadium in Athens. The Hogs and Dawgs met in the Peach State for the first time since 2010, with Georgia outgaining Arkansas, 345-162. Linebacker Grant Morgan tallied the eighth double-digit tackle game of his career and led the team with 12 tackles. Arkansas was shut out as a ranked team for the first time since 1995, when the Hogs were ranked No. 14 and fell at unranked LSU, 28-0.

2. – For the fourth consecutive week and 421st time in program history, the Razorbacks are ranked in the AP Poll, this week at No. 13. The Hogs’ have been ranked the 21st most times among all college football programs. The 2021 team is the first Hogs squad to be ranked inside the AP top 20 for four straight weeks since the final two weeks of 2011 and the first two weeks of the 2012 season.

3. – With a win against the Rebels, Arkansas would start a season 5-1 for the first time since 2011. A win would also boost the team’s SEC record to 2-1 for the first time since that 2011 year, when the Hogs defeated Auburn (38-14) and Ole Miss (29-24) and fell to Alabama (38-14).

4. – The Arkansas rushing attack is one of the best in the country this season, averaging 224.6 yards per game on the ground to rank 18th-best nationally and fifth in the SEC. Running back Trelon Smith leads the team with 302 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Dating back to 2020, Smith has scored eight rushing touchdowns in his last nine games while averaging 76.6 rushing yards per game during that span.