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Kirk Herbstreit has message for Arkansas after Razorbacks rise in CFP top 25
By Sydney Hunte
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Kirk Herbstreit discussed the host of 3- and 4- loss teams in the College Football Playoff top 25 on Tuesday. At No. 21, Arkansas is among one of them.
Sam Pittman’s team has 2 regular season games left: at No. 2 Alabama on Nov. 20 before the Battle Line Rivalry vs. Missouri in Fayetteville on Nov. 26. It’s been an impressive turnaround for a Razorbacks team that won a combined 7 games in the previous 3 seasons, including a 20-game SEC losing streak that started in Oct. 2017 and ended in Oct. 2020.
The Razorbacks have a very strong chance at a 9-win season, something the program hasn’t achieved since 2011, when a Bobby Petrino-coached team went 11-2 and won the Cotton Bowl. They could also finish with a non-losing SEC record since going 5-3 in-conference in 2015.
While the upper-echelon teams will get much of the attention, Herbstreit has a message for teams like Arkansas.
“I know we focus on the top four, five or six [but] I just love to see these teams with 3, 4 losses not lose their way,” he said on ESPN. “Continue to battle, continue to be rewarded for playing good football.”
The Razorbacks and Crimson Tide kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
