Arkansas 34-6 Tulsa (Sep 26, 2026) Final Score

Team pages: Tulsa · Arkansas

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Arkansas2-234Final

Sat, Sep 26 · Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, Ark. · Crowd 72,890SECN+

Arkansas routed Tulsa 34-6.

We had Tulsa favored. Arkansas won.

Next: Tulsa lost to North Texas 45-44, Thu Oct 1

Next: Arkansas lost to Texas A&M 34-7, Sat Oct 3

Top comment in the game thread

Honestly better than I thought it would be.

Q2 0:28 · r/CFB game thread · Sat, Sep 26

How it swung

Before kickoff, our ratings gave Arkansas a 32% chance, and the closing betting line (Arkansas was a 7-point favorite) put it at 71%.

FinalArkansas 34-6 TulsaArkansas 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.

Q1 5:49Jackson throws 44-yard pass to Marshall, setting up Arkansas touchdownThat's a play call that didn't deserve to work, but it's Chris Marshallr/CFB game thread
Q2 7:30Jackson connects with Marshall for 50 yards as fans debate the offenseReally like this Marshall kid. Can’t wait to see him play for lsu next year.r/CFB game thread
Q2 0:28Arkansas fans criticize red zone inefficiency and game management after Jackson sacksmh 2 steps forward 1 step backwards, it's the Arkansas wayr/CFB game threadQuoted at the top of the page.
Q3 12:42Arkansas fans criticize Jackson's short pass and lack of run gameYou have to get that pickr/CFB game thread
Q3 8:06Jackson passes to Marshall for touchdown as fans praise receiverlol I feel like I never hear announcers just call an RB soft like that Ayyy TD. Thank God for Marshall at leastr/CFB game thread
Q3 5:44Fans criticize KJ Jackson's interception and the upheld fumble callPut in AJ Hill. KJ’s numbers look good because of Marshall… but he has missed guys all night and mainly just thrown either little short routes or prayers to Marshall. That INT was…r/CFB game threadOne silver lining about our current situation is I have OCD. I used to repeatedly do these dumb little mental rituals and stuff during games. Something like that INT would've made…r/CFB game thread
Q4 12:59I vote for no more KJs at QBr/CFB game threadThis offense is a train wreck.r/CFB game thread

Arkansas’s chance to win after every play.

How to read this chart

Starts from the pregame line (Arkansas -7), at 76% for Arkansas (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 Tulsa flair (288 and 64); 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 Arkansas’s chance to win after each play; the logo is the team the play helped.

Every drive

Arkansas scored on 7 of its 12 drives; Tulsa on 1 of its 11.

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

“Alright guys, score on them again... This one is for the turnpike fees I had to pay in Oklahoma 😤”

An Arkansas fan

How fans reacted

Steady

Fans saved their loudest stretch for the second quarter.

Jump to the loudest stretch

The jump was steady; the crowd was quiet.

Fans of both teams were loud at once in the bracketed stretch.

“That is a sleeping hog. I don't think I mean anything deep by that, but it's very cute”

A Tulsa fan

What it cost

Tulsa’s chance to make the playoff fell from 3% to 1%.

Make the playoff

Tulsa · lost3% → ▼1%

Arkansas · won0% → 0%

Win the conference

Tulsa · lost15% → ▼14%

Arkansas · won0% → 0%

Before the game (September 25, 2026) → after this result, in our model.

Box score

Arkansas 34, Tulsa 6

Arkansas covered −7 by 21. The total, 40, stayed under 51.5.

Team totals	Tulsa	Arkansas
Total yards	241	441
Passing	20 of 32, 176 yds	24 of 36, 309 yds
Rushing	23 for 65 yds	43 for 132 yds
First downs	12	24
Third down	5 of 14	8 of 17
Fourth down	1 of 2	0 of 0
Turnovers	2	1
Penalties	9 for 63 yds	2 for 30 yds
Time of possession	22:29	37:31

Tulsa leaders

Passing Dexter Williams II 20 of 32, 176 yds
Rushing Damari Alston 9 for 27 yds, 1 TD; Trequan Jones 6 for 22 yds
Receiving Donnell Gee Jr. 4 for 49 yds; Oran Singleton Jr. 6 for 39 yds

Arkansas leaders

Passing KJ Jackson 24 of 36, 309 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Cam Settles 11 for 40 yds; Braylen Russell 9 for 30 yds
Receiving Chris Marshall 9 for 195 yds, 1 TD; Jaden Platt 3 for 36 yds

No rain and calm

76° at kickoff · 0.05 in of rain by radar over the stadium · wind 4 mph from the southeast, gusts to 13

September game-day temperatures at Razorback Stadium

Drag along the chart, or step through the game.

Second quarter, 14:43 left7:38 p.m.

Tulsa 0, Arkansas 10 · Arkansas 92% to win

rain 0.01 in per 10 minutes · wind 4 mph from the east · 73°

Williams 2-yd pass to McKinney

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 three games

Tulsa · 3-0

Rated 107th in our preseason ratings, 104th now.

Three straight wins, including a 14-point win over Oklahoma State as a 13.5-point underdog.

W 42-0 vs East Texas A&M #221 of 668

won by 42 as a 41.5-point favorite

W 23-17 @ Sam Houston #156 of 668

won by 6 as a 12.5-point favorite

W 24-10 vs Oklahoma StateTop 25 #260 of 668

won by 14 as a 13.5-point underdog

Last three games

Arkansas · 1-2

Rated 145th in our preseason ratings, 134th now, up 11 spots.

1-2 in its last three — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.

L 17-45 vs GeorgiaTop 25 #2 of 668

lost by 28 as a 24.5-point underdog

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
Wk 3Lvs Georgia17-45

Tulsa

Wk 1Wvs Oklahoma State24-10
Wk 2Wat Sam Houston23-17
Wk 3Wvs East Texas A&M42-0

Power rating by week

Tulsa is rated 1.8 points ahead as of week 3. Our power rating by week; higher is better.

Matchups

Biggest mismatch: Arkansas’s explosive plays against Tulsa, 62 points

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

Arkansas’s explosive plays against Tulsa’s defense
Arkansas offense, 11th percentile · Tulsa defense, 73rd
Tulsa’s rushing EPA against Arkansas’s defense
Tulsa offense, 70th percentile · Arkansas defense, 18th
Arkansas’s EPA/play against Tulsa’s defense
Arkansas offense, 22nd percentile · Tulsa defense, 54th

Season profile, all the rows

Season profile

TulsaArkansas

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

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

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

Tulsa fans are feeling it more than most fanbases this week (85th among FBS fanbases), in line with the numbers.

Arkansas favored by 7 · Total 51.5

How games like this usually go

Arkansas by 7, and it went to form

Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game

The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 377 games since 2025 with a favorite of 3.5 to 7.5 points.

The market

The spread moved 1.5 points toward Tulsa.

The total fell 1 point.

The books’ cut: 4.2%, the margin built into the odds

Weather at kickoff

Warm, with rain. Feels like 73° at kickoff.

Tulsa at Arkansas · Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026 · Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville

73°feels like at kickoff
0.03 inrain at kickoff
97weather score, Comfortable
Tiedfor the best of the day's 7 kickoff times

At kickoff, Sept. 26, 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 7 kickoff times that day, local time (kickoffs within 30 minutes of each other count as one). This game, ringed, was tied for the best of the day's seven kickoff times. At Razorback Stadium that day, a 8 pm kickoff would have scored 99, against 97 at 7 pm.

11 am: 86, Mixed
2:30 pm: 80, Mixed
3:15 pm: 82, Mixed
5 pm: 90, Comfortable
6 pm: 95, Comfortable
7 pm: 97, Comfortable (this game)
8 pm: 99, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

Tap a dot to read that kickoff time.

At kickoff, Sept. 26, 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.

Night kickoff — historically worth about half a point more to the home side against the number, and not much more than that. The visitors travel about 99 miles to get here.

Arkansas routs Tulsa 34-6