SEC Football Preview: Georgia at Arkansas

Arkansas-Georgia preview

Georgia faces Arkansas on Saturday in Fayetteville. 14Powers.com previews the game and predicts the final score of this contest.

Team Schedules/Results

Georgia

Date Visitor Pts Home Pts
Sept. 26 Georgia Arkansas
Oct. 3 Auburn Georgia
Oct. 10 Tennessee Georgia
Oct. 17 Georgia Alabama
Oct. 25 Georgia Kentucky
Nov. 7 # Florida Georgia
Nov. 14 Georgia Missouri
Nov. 21 Mississippi State Georgia
Nov. 28 Georgia South Carolina
Dec. 5 Vanderbilt Georgia
#at Jacksonville

Arkansas

Date Visitor Pts Home Pts
Sept. 26 Georgia Arkansas
Oct. 3 Arkansas Mississippi State
Oct. 10 Arkansas Auburn
Oct. 17 Ole Miss Arkansas
Oct. 31 Arkansas Texas A&M
Nov. 7 Tennessee Arkansas
Nov. 14 Arkansas Florida
Nov. 21 LSU Arkansas
Nov. 28 Arkansas Missouri
Dec. 5 Alabama Arkansas

College Football Ratings

Rating Georgia Arkansas
ESPN FPI 5 50
Sagarin 8 82
Massey Composite 4 74
PiRate Ratings 7 69

Key Stats (2019)

Stat Georgia Arkansas
Points 30.8 21.4
Points Allowed 12.6 36.8
Total YDS 408.1 340.1
Pass YDS 223.0 342.2
Rush YDS 185.07 147.17
Total YDS Allowed 275.7 450.7
Pass YDS Allowed 201.1 229.2
Rush YDS Allowed 74.64 221.5
Turnover margin 0.21 -0.42
3rd Down Conv. 41.18 33.33
3rd Down Conv. DEF 31.58 45.51

Players to Watch

Georgia

WR George Pickens, LB Eric Stokes, OL Ben Cleveland, CB Tyson Campbell, LB Azeez Ojulari.

Arkansas

WR Treylon Burks, OL Ricky Stromberg, DL Mataio Soli, DE Dorian Gerald, OL Noah Gatlin.

Injuries

Georgia

Date Pos Player Injury Status
09/23/20 QB JT Daniels Knee is “?” Saturday vs Arkansas
09/23/20 TE Tre’ McKitty Knee is doubtful Saturday vs Arkansas

Arkansas

Date Pos Player Injury Status
09/18/20 WR Jaquayln Crawford Eligibility is out for season

Source: Donbest.com

Comments

This is another of several games that the SEC set up to benefit some of the top tier teams. There are no cupcake out of conference games this season so it’s almost like the SEC setup the opening day schedule kind of like they do in basketball tournaments in the first round. The top team plays the bottom team and so on. Why not let Vandy and Arkansas play on opening day? That would be more exciting to watch than a lot of these mismatches.

Arkansas does have a new, seasoned SEC quarterback in former Florida star Feleipe Franks who is a graduate transfer. This will be the first game for new Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman, a former Georgia assistant. Throw in too the Georgia quarterback controversy and I think this game will not be the biggest mismatch of the day. I think Arkansas will be able to hang around for a quarter or so and it won’t be as bad of a deficit as many think.

Our Preseason Prediction

Georgia 38, Arkansas 17

Game Week 14Powers.com Prediction

Georgia 34, Arkansas 13

Saturday‘s game kicks off at 3:00 PM CT (4:00 PM ET). Watch on the SEC Network.

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