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Five votes for Arkansas, four for BYU: SEC Wire staffers pick Hogs vs. Cougars

Media from across the SEC are picking Arkansas to beat BYU on the road.

As much as the end-is-nigh folks may want to proclaim Arkansas’ season cooked, the professionals see it another way.

Five of the nine editors at USA TODAY Sports Wire sites in the SEC have picked Arkansas to beat Brigham Young on the road Saturday.

The Razorbacks have dropped three straight games to fall 3-3 after a perfect start saw them crack the Top 10 nationally. As of the most recent polls, Arkansas didn’t pick up a single vote.

BYU did. The Cougars are a de facto No. 26, one spot behind North Carolina, in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. They’re 4-2, but their two losses came against Notre Dame and Oregon, not exactly small potatoes.

An Arkansas loss would put the team behind things when it comes to finishing above .500. The Razorbacks travel to Auburn after the ensuing bye week, then host Liberty, LSU and Ole Miss in Fayetteville before finishing at Missouri. It’s no guarantee Arkansas would be favored in any of those games, though the Liberty game seems almost a lock.

Still, national and regional folks aren’t giving up on the Razorbacks yet. Fans shouldn’t either.

Arkansas picked for 10 regular-season wins!?! One outlet says yes

A 10-win season means Arkansas is competing for a national championship.

The 2021 Arkansas football season was the best in 10 year for the Razorbacks.

Now, in Year Three of the Sam Pittman era, one online publication thinks the Hogs will exceed even last year’s best.

Brad Crawford at 247Sports wrote his projected regular-season record for every team in the SEC earlier in the week. The Razorbacks are his predicted No. 2-finishing team in the SEC West, tied with Texas A&M. Crawford wrote that he thinks both teams will finish 10-2 overall and 6-2 in the SEC.

Arkansas went 9-4 last year with a 4-4 record in the SEC. That overall marker was the team’s best since 2011, which, incidentally, is the last time the Hogs won six games in the SEC.

Alabama was Crawford’s top pick and he wrote the Crimson Tide will go unbeaten. Ole Miss is fourth, LSU fifth and Auburn and Mississippi State were tied for the bottom spot with a 2-6 league record.

Pittman’s bunch was picked to finish third in the SEC West during SEC Media Days in July, as well.