Arkansas is back home Saturday night with No. 20 South Carolina coming to Donald W.
Reynolds Razorback Stadium for a 6:45 p.m. kickoff on SEC Network. The Gamecocks are part of the College Football Playoff Selection Committee’s initial rankings, and this one lands with a familiar edge for the Hogs.
The matchup will be the 25th all-time meeting between the programs, and Arkansas holds the upper hand in the series, 14-10. The Razorbacks also took the most recent showdown, beating South Carolina 44-30 on Sept.
10, 2022. On The Hill, Arkansas has won four of the last five meetings dating back to 2007.
There are a few more numbers that stand out for Arkansas heading into Saturday. The Razorbacks are 9-7 all-time in games played on Nov. 14, and they’re carrying a 67-game scoring streak into this one.
That run is tied for the fourth-longest in program history and is the longest since Arkansas put together a 73-game streak from Sept. 30, 1961 to Nov. 25, 1972.
The last time the Hogs were held off the board came on Oct. 2, 2021, in a loss to No. 2 Georgia.
The offense got a lift from Cam Settles at Auburn, where he turned 16 carries into 100 yards for the first 100-yard rushing game of his college career. He became the 10th Arkansas ball carrier in history to hit that mark against Auburn, and it was the first 100-yard rushing performance by a Hog this season.
Settles also joined Braylen Russell and T.J. Hammonds as Arkansas natives to rush for 100 or more yards in a game this decade.
Russell ran for 175 yards on 16 carries in a win over Mississippi State on Oct. 26, 2024, while Hammonds posted 119 yards and a touchdown on seven carries against Coastal Carolina on Nov. 4, 2017.
Sutton Smith added another explosive play in that Auburn game, ripping off a 65-yard run at the 12:20 mark of the second quarter. It was Arkansas’ longest play from scrimmage this season and the program’s longest rush since Rodney Hill went 70 yards in a 39-26 win over Texas Tech in the Liberty Bowl on Dec.
27, 2024. For Smith, it was the second-longest run of his career, behind only an 84-yard rush against East Carolina on Nov. 15, 2025, while at Memphis.
It also stood as the longest rush allowed by Auburn since Texas A&M’s Amari Daniels broke free for 79 yards on Sept. 23, 2023.
Chris Marshall has been a steady target in the passing game, and that continued at Auburn on Nov. 7.
He led Arkansas with five catches and 65 receiving yards, marking the seventh game this season in which he has paced the Razorbacks in receiving yards. That makes him the first Hog to lead the team in receiving yards in seven or more games through nine games of a season since Marcus Monk did it in 2006.
Defensively, Arkansas has shown it can start fast. The Razorbacks have shut out opponents in the opening quarter in four games this season, doing it against North Alabama, Tulsa, Tennessee and Auburn.
They also piled up eight tackles for loss last week, their most since they had eight in a 23-22 loss at LSU on Nov. 15, 2025.
One more streak worth watching: Arkansas has made 246 straight extra points since Dec. 5, 2020, the longest streak nationally by date.
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Arkansas Gets A Timely Boost As South Carolina Faces New Doubt
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The rest of the report still leaves both staffs sorting through availability, with several players on each side listed as out or questionable before kickoff. For Arkansas, Rhodes status matters because the Razorbacks are trying to line up as many healthy bodies as possible against a South Carolina group that may have its quarterback back but could be missing one of its more dangerous pass-catching threats. In a game shaped by attrition as much as scheme, the final injury updates could end up carrying real weight. [Read more 🡒]
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Silveria said the school will move quickly on a financial plan designed to allocate resources more efficiently and strengthen the roster for 2027. For a program trying to keep pace in a league where money often shapes the margin between staying relevant and falling behind, the review signals that Arkansas is treating the spending gap as a football problem as much as a budget one. [Read more 🡒]
Arkansas Fans Now Face A Strange Isaiah Sealy Limbo
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The uncertainty around Sealy goes beyond the injury. He was arrested in August and faces several charges, and he has pleaded not guilty, which means the legal side of his case is still unresolved as well. Arkansas is hoping he can rejoin the program full-time next summer, but with his future still unclear, fans are left watching a situation that has no clean answer yet. [Read more 🡒]