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Not Dropping Far: How low did Hogs go in polls after Ole Miss loss?
Arkansas came up one play short against Ole Miss on Saturday, but they didn’t fall far when the rankings came out Sunday afternoon.
While Georgia moved up to No. 1 after Alabama lost to Texas A&M on Saturday night, the Razorbacks only fell from 13th to 17th in the Associated Press poll.
They essentially swapped spots with the Rebels, who moved to 13th.
The Hogs are also 17th in the ESPN Power Rankings, 18th in the ESPN FPI and 19th in the coaches poll.
“It was a heck of a football game,” Sam Pittman said after the 52-51 loss to Ole Miss. “We made way too many mistakes on defense, the ball got behind us several times. Not a very good defensive performance, obviously.”
Arkansas is one of seven teams ranked in both the AP and Coaches Poll and also one of seven ranked teams.
“The difference in the game was we put the ball on the ground once and missed a field goal and they didn’t,” Pittman said.
The Hogs face Auburn in yet another 11 a.m. start at Razorback Stadium on Saturday. The Tigers lost to Georgia on Saturday and fell out of the polls.
It is the first game back in town since Sept. 18 against Georgia Southern.
Hope Springs Eternal: Alabama’s loss to A&M opens doors for Hogs
There is hope now for Razorback fans.
And they can thank Texas A&M, who knocked off top-ranked Alabama, 41-38, and created a mess at the top of the SEC West.
Just about everybody is a half-game behind the Crimson Tide. Arkansas isn’t because of a missed 2-point conversion pass against Ole Miss that handed them a 52-51 loss on Saturday afternoon.
The Razorbacks (4-2, 1-2 in SEC) are tied with the Aggies and a sinking LSU program at the bottom of the division, a game and a half behind Alabama.
Mississippi State, the Rebels and Auburn are a half-game behind the Crimson Tide with one loss, but they only have a single win to go with that.
Let all of that sink in for a minute or two.
The Hogs still have a hand in their own destiny and could just completely throw everything into chaos in the league … if they can start winning again and stay on a roll.
All of a sudden that Nov. 20 game in Tuscaloosa could be a huge game.
Arkansas has home games with Auburn, Mississippi State and Missouri in the second half of the season. They go on the road to LSU and Alabama.
The Hogs have five wins. Okay, technically it’s four but if they lose to UAPB every coach on the staff should be fired in Little Rock and not allowed north of the tunnel.
Unless they have collapsed completely defensively they should win at least one more league game to qualify for a bowl.
But so much more is suddenly in front of them. Two losses isn’t a disqualifier from anything. The Rebels got to the Sugar Bowl after losing to the Hogs in 2015.
That would be ironic.
Sam Pittman may have already sent a congratulatory text to Jimbo Fisher, who becomes the first of Nick Saban’s ex-assistants to beat him. Somehow that figures.
Now he has a motivational tool. Every goal they had in preseason for the SEC West is suddenly back in front of them and there is a logical path to achieve those goals.
If they can figure out how to win games and tackle anybody.
