Alabama hasn’t lost to Arkansas.
Yet.
The Crimson Tide, the nation’s No. 2 team, is favored on Saturday at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium against the Razorbacks, ranked 20th. But the fact that one particular Sports Illustrated writer is writing the Crimson Tide out of the College Football Playoff means he’s projected Alabama to lose. It could be Saturday.
Could Arkansas be the team that helps make Johnson’s projection come true? It’s possible.
The Razorbacks are, without question, the best team Alabama will have played to this point of the season. A fair-to-middling Texas team pushed the Crimson Tide back in Week 2. Arkansas is better than the Longhorns and a win would re-kindle a spark that was tempered for Razorbacks country after last week’s loss to Texas A&M.
Kickoff from Fayetteville is at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.