Ole Miss vs. Arkansas – Game Preview – November 19, 2022 – ESPN

No. 14 Mississippi (8-2, 4-2 SEC, No. 14 CFP) at Arkansas (5-5, 2-4 SEC), Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET (SEC Community)

Mississippi by 2 1/2.

Collection file: Arkansas leads 37-28-1.

WHAT’S AT STAKE?

Though LSU clinched the SEC West final week, placement all through the remainder of the division continues to be up for grabs. Ole Miss can end as excessive as second and Arkansas as excessive as third. A loss for both group will assure a worse convention file than final yr. The Rebels are jockeying for a New 12 months’s Six sport, whereas the Razorbacks try to grow to be bowl-eligible.

KEY MATCHUP

This will come all the way down to stopping the run. The Rebels lead the convention with 259.8 dashing yards per sport; the Razorbacks are third with 223.3. Arkansas is on the heels of its finest general defensive efficiency of the season in a 13-10 loss to LSU however gave up 198 yards on the bottom, which is above the group’s common (146.3 yards). Ole Miss’ run protection held Alabama to only 108 yards.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Mississippi: RB Quinshon Judkins continues to have a stellar freshman marketing campaign with 1,171 dashing yards and 15 touchdowns. Each marks lead the SEC. He has been named the convention’s freshman of the week 3 times and desires 142 yards to set the college’s single-season dashing file that has stood for 73 years. He sits alone atop Ole Miss’ single-season dashing landing leaderboard.

Arkansas: QB KJ Jefferson missed the loss to LSU, and the offense gained a season-low 249 yards with out him. He is certainly one of two SEC quarterbacks with 15 passing touchdowns and at the very least 5 dashing scores.

FACTS & FIGURES

Arkansas is 12-2 in opposition to Ole Miss in Fayetteville. … 5 of the sequence’ previous seven video games have been determined by 4 factors or fewer. … With a win, Arkansas coach Sam Pittman would grow to be the college’s fourth coach to earn bowl-eligibility in every of his first three seasons. … Arkansas LB Drew Sanders leads the SEC with 8.5 sacks.

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