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Arkansas had a 78.91 power rating after being dismantled by Georgia in Week 5. Ole Miss is at 82.50 plus home field advantage to give us a line of Rebels -6. The actual line opened at Ole Miss -7.
Chris Law of ESPN writes of Arkansas:
"During September, Arkansas was the most physical team when it stepped onto the field, particularly in wins over Texas and Texas A&M. But on Saturday at Sanford Stadium, the Hogs were no match for a Georgia team playing as well as anybody in the country in a 37-0 loss. The Hogs were rattled early by the crowd noise -- committing back-to-back false-start penalties after Georgia had scored on its first possession -- and for the rest of the first half, Arkansas was saddled with terrible field position. Georgia led 21-0 before the end of the first quarter, the third touchdown coming on a blocked punt. But to the Hogs' credit, they kept fighting, made some adjustments and hung in there on defense. Offensively, they simply couldn't get anything going and managed just five first downs through the first three quarters."
KJ Jefferson, also nursing an injury, completed 8 of 13 passes for 65 yards in three quarters of action for the Razorbacks.
Ole Miss also got pummled by a playoff contender as Alabama went on to beat the Rebels 42-21.
The Rebels star Matt Corral ran for a touchdown but was mostly held in check by a team he torched last season. Corral also passed for a touchdown, completing 22 of 32 passes for 213 yards while losing a fumble. Corral extended his streak of games with a TD pass to 16 games with 2:23 left, matching Eli Manning for the second-longest such streak at Ole Miss.
"We got dominated up front," Kiffin said. "That ain't hard to see. Matt didn't have much time. We had negative runs."
- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
