Arkansas hosts Tulsa. No market line yet; the model calls it close to even.
What’s at stake
Arkansas
- A win puts Arkansas a step closer to a 1% shot at the CFP field.
- Arkansas hasn’t beaten a ranked opponent since 2024.
Tulsa
- Tulsa hasn’t beaten a ranked opponent since 2020.
The series
Arkansas leads the series 51-16-2
69 meetings since 1917 · Arkansas has won the last 19
- 2018Arkansas 23–0
- 2012Arkansas 19–15
- 2008Arkansas 30–23
- 2003Arkansas 45–13
- 1993Arkansas 24–11
Face-off
What each fanbase carries into this one.
Tulsa
The chip · vs the national mediaTulsa fans are tired of being the program everyone forgets is in the FBS — the 4,000-student private school nobody schedules out of respect. They'll remind you it has more bowl history than schools five times its size.
What this game touches
The long slide from the Graham/Blankenship peak. From the 2010 Conference USA title and Bill Blankenship's 11-3 in 2012, Tulsa has had one truly memorable team since (a 2020 AAC title-game run) and otherwise churned coaches and losing records — a 4-8 (1-7) first year under Tre Lamb in 2025 the latest reminder the offense isn't humming the way it once did.
Arkansas
The chip · vs big brotherHog fans say the bluebloods of the SEC have spent thirty years treating Arkansas as a guaranteed win on the schedule — the league's outsider with no neighbor to lean on — and they call the Hogs every week, daring anyone to keep overlooking the whole state's team.
What this game touches
The 2-10 collapse and Pittman's firing. In 2025 the Razorbacks went 2-10, fired the beloved Sam Pittman after a 56-13 home loss to Notre Dame, lost out the rest of the way under interim Bobby Petrino, and turned the program over to Ryan Silverfield — the latest reset in a search for an SEC ceiling that keeps slipping away.
Best players
Arkansas
- Xavian Sorey Jr. (LB) · 2025: 81 tackles
- Stephen Dix Jr. (LB) · 2025: 79 tackles
- Larry Worth (DB) · 2025: 64 tackles
Tulsa
- Lento Smith Jr. (S) · 2025: 79 tackles
- Zach Williams (S) · 2025: 73 tackles
- Dominic Richardson (RB) · 2025: 1,065 rushing yards
The line, and the room
Arkansas fans are feeling it more than most fanbases this week (31st percentile) — the mood matches the numbers.
Conditions
Arkansas is 43% at home, 21% on the road since 2018 (22-29 home, 7-27 away).