Georgia 45-17 Arkansas (Sep 19, 2026) Final Score

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No. 2 Georgia3-045

Arkansas1-217Final

Sat, Sep 19 · Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, Ark. · Crowd 66,123

No. 2 Georgia routed Arkansas 45-17.

We had Georgia favored. It won.

Next: Georgia beat Oklahoma 41-13, Sat Sep 26

Next: Arkansas beat Tulsa 34-6, Sat Sep 26

Top comment in the game thread

Those were legit PI calls, but our fans are going to be chirping about that all week.

Q2 10:09 · r/CFB game thread · Sat, Sep 19

How it swung

Before kickoff, our ratings gave Georgia a 97% chance, and the closing betting line (Georgia was a 24.5-point favorite) put it at 98%.

FinalGeorgia 45-17 ArkansasGeorgia wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.

No single play moved the chance by 20 points.

What fans said, play by play

The line in bold above each quote is written by our model from the thread’s comments and the play-by-play.

Q2 10:09Officials call defensive pass interference on Georgia's drive before Bowens scores a touchdownQuoted at the top of the page.First one probably wasnt Pi, but that 2nd one was clear as dayr/CFB game thread
Q2 5:39Arkansas runs a failed double pass trick play against Georgia's defenseArkansas receivers being wide open downfield? Let’s do a trick play behind the LOS.r/CFB game threadMike Bobo haters better appreciate that Arkansas double pass play callr/CFB game thread
Q2 1:47Gunner Stockton runs 62 yards as Arkansas defender blocks his own teammateGunner “Literally Stetson Bennett” Stocktonr/CFB game thread
Q2 0:17Arkansas receiver Marshall makes an impressive one-handed catch as fans hail it catch of the yearKirby, sneak over there during halftime and ask Marshall if he has any eligibility for next yearr/CFB game thread

Georgia’s chance to win after every play.

How to read this chart

Starts from the pregame line (Georgia -24.5), at 91% for Georgia (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores. Under the scores, r/CFB comments per minute from fans with a Arkansas or Georgia flair (574 and 2,476); both sides share one scale, regulation only. A gold diamond marks a play fans were reacting to.

Watch the plays

The bar and the arrow show Georgia’s chance to win after each play; the logo is the team the play helped.

Every drive

Georgia scored on 7 of its 11 drives; Arkansas on 3 of its 10.

Georgia’s drives are teal, Arkansas’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.

“That ball was tipped though”

A fan of another team

How fans reacted

Quiet

The loudest stretch came in the second quarter.

Jump to the loudest stretch

The jump was quiet; the crowd was busy.

Two crowds, one game

The words each side’s fans used far more than the other side, from the game thread.

Georgia fans

kirby“Never lost under Kirby when leading by 14 or more at halftime is a crazy stat for how long he has been there.”

Arkansas fans

cramsey“Cramsey has got to go, Dan Enos level play calling”

hire“Our fanbase said Bobby was washed and we should move on all so that we could hire an entire staff of bums and pay them much more.”

challenge“I got a challenge for sports reporters: don’t bring up kids’ dead parents as if that’s any of the audiences business.”

program“Only way Hunter will listen and fix this football program. But firing him is probably the best way to do it.”

Both sets of fans kept coming back to: run, now, line, back.

What it cost

Georgia’s chance to make the playoff rose from 74% to 78%.

Make the playoff

Georgia · won74% → ▲78%

Arkansas · lost0% → 0%

Win the conference

Georgia · won22% → ▲25%

Arkansas · lost0% → 0%

Win the title

Georgia · won13% → ▼12%

Arkansas · lost0% → 0%

Before the game (September 18, 2026) → after this result, in our model.

Box score

Georgia 45, Arkansas 17

Georgia covered −24.5 by 3.5. The total, 62, went over 54.5.

Team totals	Georgia	Arkansas
Total yards	464	300
Passing	17 of 21, 210 yds	29 of 42, 283 yds
Rushing	42 for 254 yds	20 for 17 yds
First downs	23	18
Third down	7 of 11	4 of 11
Fourth down	1 of 1	1 of 2
Turnovers	0	1
Penalties	4 for 41 yds	7 for 42 yds
Time of possession	35:40	24:20

Georgia leaders

Passing Gunner Stockton 10 of 13, 147 yds, 1 TD
Rushing Gunner Stockton 7 for 97 yds; Nate Frazier 14 for 75 yds, 1 TD
Receiving Craig Dandridge 3 for 74 yds, 1 TD; Lawson Luckie 3 for 59 yds, 1 TD

Arkansas leaders

Passing KJ Jackson 20 of 27, 212 yds, 1 TD
Rushing Sutton Smith 6 for 17 yds, 1 TD; Jelani Watkins 1 for 6 yds
Receiving Chris Marshall 7 for 104 yds; Sutton Smith 1 for 40 yds

No rain and calm

91° at kickoff · no rain recorded · wind 10 mph from the south-southwest, mostly along the field, gusts to 23

Warmer than every one of the 59 other games played at Razorback Stadium since 2016 (airport temperature during the game window). The usual here around this date is 76°, with about 7 in 10 games between 70° and 82°.

September game-day temperatures at Razorback Stadium

Drag along the chart, or step through the game.

First quarter, 14:46 left11:08 a.m.

Georgia 0, Arkansas 0 · Arkansas 9% to win

no rain · wind 11 mph from the south-southwest, mostly along the field, gusts to 23 · 92°

Jackson 12-yd pass to Marshall

Where this weather comes from

Measured at Fayetteville/drake airport, 4.4 miles away. Rain is NOAA's radar-and-gauge estimate at the stadium and wind is an airport reading; neither is measured on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; rain radar from NOAA MRMS, through Iowa State University. Field direction from OpenStreetMap contributors.

Before kickoff

Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.

Recent games

Last two games

Georgia · 2-0

Rated 2nd in our preseason ratings, 3rd now.

Two straight wins — but still hunting a ranked opponent.

W 70-20 vs Western Kentucky #52 of 668

won by 50 as a 40.5-point favorite

W 63-3 vs Tennessee State #191 of 668

won by 60 as a 49.5-point favorite

Last two games

Arkansas · 1-1

Rated 145th in our preseason ratings, 141st now.

1-1 in its last two — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.

L 10-43 @ UtahTop 25 #29 of 668

lost by 33 as a 13.5-point underdog

W 31-14 vs North Alabama #206 of 668

won by 17 as a 40.5-point favorite

Week by week

Arkansas

Wk 1Wvs North Alabama31-14
Wk 2Lat Utah10-43

Georgia

Wk 1Wvs Tennessee State63-3
Wk 2Wvs Western Kentucky70-20

Power rating by week

Georgia is rated 20.1 points ahead as of week 2. Our power rating by week; higher is better.

Matchups

Biggest mismatch: Arkansas’s rushing EPA against Georgia, 81 points

Each row ranks the two sides among all teams. The longer the line, the bigger the mismatch.

Georgia’s EPA/play against Arkansas’s defense
Georgia offense, 97th percentile · Arkansas defense, 23rd
Arkansas’s rushing EPA against Georgia’s defense
Arkansas offense, 8th percentile · Georgia defense, 89th
Arkansas’s explosive plays against Georgia’s defense
Arkansas offense, 11th percentile · Georgia defense, 40th

Season profile, all the rows

Season profile

GeorgiaArkansas

EPA/play, offense

EPA/play, defense

Success rate, offense

Success rate, defense

Explosive-play rate, offense

Explosive-play rate, defense

Rush EPA, offense

Rush EPA, defense

Pass EPA, offense

Pass EPA, defense

The series

Georgia leads the series 12-4

16 meetings since 1968 · Georgia has won the last 3

2021Georgia 37-0
2020Georgia 37-10
2014Georgia 45-32
2010Arkansas 31-24
2009Georgia 52-41

Each line is Arkansas’s chance to win through that meeting. Older meetings have no play by play, so no line.

Line, fans and home field

The betting line, and the fans

Georgia fans are feeling it less than most fanbases this week (26th among FBS fanbases), and the other side is no happier.

Georgia favored by 24.5 · Total 54.5

How games like this usually go

Georgia by 24.5, and it went to form

Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game

The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 411 games since 2025 with a favorite of 21.5 points or more.

The market

The spread moved 7 points toward Georgia.

The total rose 2 points.

The books’ cut: 3.7%, the margin built into the odds

Weather at kickoff

Hot and dry. Feels like 94° at kickoff.

Georgia at Arkansas · Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026 · Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville

94°feels like at kickoff
Dryno rain at kickoff
56weather score, Rough

At kickoff, Sept. 19, 2026.

Weather score: 0 to 100, higher is better, for the first 3 hours and 20 minutes of the game. Ideal is 100, Comfortable 90 to 99, Mixed 75 to 89, Rough 50 to 74, Harsh under 50.

Later kickoff times scored higher that Saturday

Games in this time zone used 8 kickoff times that day, local time (kickoffs within 30 minutes of each other count as one). This game is ringed. At Razorback Stadium that day, a 7 pm kickoff would have scored 95, against 56 at 11 am.

11 am: 56, Rough (this game)
11:45 am: 54, Rough
1 pm: 51, Rough
2:30 pm: 49, Harsh
3:30 pm: 52, Rough
6 pm: 82, Mixed
6:30 pm: 93, Comfortable
7 pm: 95, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

Tap a dot to read that kickoff time.

At kickoff, Sept. 19, 2026. Wind is not drawn here; gusts are in each score.

Home field

Arkansas is worth +2.1 points (±4.1) more at home than on the road since 2018 — bottom third of FBS, 18th percentile.

38% at home, 22% on the road against FBS opponents (19-31 home, 8-29 away).

Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads -6.7 at home vs. away over 92 games — outside the ±5.7 noise, one of the few buildings where results say more.

The visitors travel about 628 miles to get here.

Last meeting in our History pages

Georgia 37, Arkansas 0Oct 2, 2021

Where next

Conference standings

Place in the conference, then conference record.

Arkansas2nd0-0
Georgia5th0-0

Full SEC standings

No. 2 Georgia routs Arkansas 45-17

How it swung

Watch the plays

Every drive

How fans reacted

Two crowds, one game

What it cost

Box score

Georgia leaders

Arkansas leaders

No rain and calm

Before kickoff

Recent games

Week by week

Arkansas

Georgia

Power rating by week

Matchups

Biggest mismatch: Arkansas’s rushing EPA against Georgia, 81 points

Season profile

The series

Line, fans and home field

The betting line, and the fans

Georgia by 24.5, and it went to form

The market

Weather at kickoff

Later kickoff times scored higher that Saturday

Last meeting in our History pages

Where next

Conference standings