What began as one of the hardest schedules in FBS, Arkansas’ 12-game regular-season slate isn’t quite shaping up that way.
The best teams in the SEC are still the best teams in the SEC. Alabama, Ole Miss and LSU are solid, even if none of them may make the College Football Playoff by virtue of beating up on one another.
But the rest? Texas A&M is in the midst of its worst season in decades. Auburn fired its coach midseason after falling to the Hogs. BYU, Missouri State and South Carolina haven’t lived up to expectations. Liberty fell to lowly UConn on Saturday. About the only team that is fitting is Cincinnati.
It’s a good thing strength-of-schedule is largely irrelevant now. All the Hogs have to do is win one of its next two games and at least something will salvage.