Arkansas vs. Auburn – Game Preview – October 29, 2022 – ESPN

Arkansas (4-3, 1/3 SEC) at Auburn (3-4, 1-3), Saturday, midday ET (SEC Community)

Line: Arkansas by 3 1/2, in keeping with .

Collection report: Auburn leads 19-11-1.

WHAT’S AT STAKE?

Each groups are attempting to show round their seasons and rise from the underside of the SEC West standings (together with Texas A&M). The Razorbacks, who spent two weeks ranked No. 10 in September, snapped a three-game shedding streak towards BYU. Coach Bryan Harsin’s Tigers have now dropped three video games in a row, additional damaging his already tenuous job safety.

KEY MATCHUP

An Arkansas working recreation led by RB Raheim Sanders and QB KJ Jefferson towards an Auburn protection that has been abused on the bottom these days. Sanders leads the SEC with 870 dashing yards for the nation’s No. 9 dashing offense. Jefferson has run for 344 yards and 4 touchdowns in six video games. The Tigers rank 119th in defending the run. Plus, they’ve allowed 740 yards and 9 touchdowns on the bottom of their final two video games towards Mississippi and Georgia.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Arkansas: Jefferson has to salivate at how a lot success opposing quarterbacks have been having on the bottom towards Auburn these days. Mississippi’s Jaxson Dart ran for 115 yards, Georgia’s Stetson Bennett had a 62-yard landing run and LSU’s Jayden Daniels ran for 59 yards and a rating.

Auburn: LB Owen Pappoe is Auburn’s main tackler with 58 and could possibly be a key consider attempting to comprise the Arkansas working recreation. He had a career-high 16 tackles towards Ole Miss, which ran for 448 yards.

FACTS & FIGURES

The groups had been separated by a mere 4 factors (633-629) after the primary 4 conferences. Of the final 21 video games within the collection, 15 have been determined by no less than 15 factors … Auburn QB Robby Ashford’s 15.13 yards per completion is fourth nationally and second within the SEC behind Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker. … Arkansas LB Drew Sanders leads the SEC’s high cross dashing protection, which has racked up 21 sacks. Auburn is twelfth in sacks allowed. … The Razorbacks have had a 100-yard rusher in a program-record eight consecutive video games relationship again to the tip of final season.

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