Nick Saban held some high praise for Arkansas football Wednesday evening. He told reporters the Tide’s top 25 showdown with the Razorbacks will be their toughest challenge of the season psychologically .

Hard to think of a team giving more to Alabama than Texas did. Perhaps Alabama’s next test is a kind of “prove it” game for Saban and his players in wake of that matchup in Austin.

“Obviously, we’ll be able to see where we are as a team,” Saban said, via Charlie Potter of 247Sports. “but psychologically, I think everybody has to know this is the toughest challenge of the year.”

For the record, Alabama faces some pretty tough battles this season. The Tide travel to Knoxville and Oxford to play Tennessee and Ole Miss, and also have a home matchup against Texas A&M to worry about.

Arkansas is absolutely right in that camp, though. The Razorbacks are 3-1 on the year and a missed field goal away from being undefeated.