Early 2015 Schedule Outlook: Arkansas

Arkansas earned a huge Texas Bowl win on Monday night, overpowering the Texas Longhorns in a convincing 31-7 win.

Though Arkansas loses key parts on the defensive side of the football, the Razorbacks could enter 2015 a preseason top-25 team as the Hogs look to year three under Bret Bielema.

Schedule breakdown

Home games (6): UTEP (9/5), Texas Tech (9/19), Auburn (10/24), UT-Martin (10/31), Mississippi State (11/21), Missouri (11/28)

Road games (4): at Tennessee (10/3), at Alabama (10/10), at Ole Miss (11/7), at LSU (11/14)

Neutral site: Toledo, War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Ark. (9/12), Texas A&M, AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Tex. (9/26)

Open date: 10/17

Longest home stretch: 3 games (UTEP, Toledo, Texas Tech)

Longest road stretch: 2 games (Tennessee, Alabama; Ole Miss, LSU)

Opponent breakdown

2014 ranked teams (final regular season): No. 1 Alabama, No. 8 Mississippi State, No. 9 Ole Miss, No. 16 Missouri, No. 19 Auburn, No. 22 LSU

2015 ranked teams (early projections): No. 2 Alabama, No. 10 Missouri, No. 12 Auburn, No. 14 Mississippi State, No. 15 Tennessee, No. 17 LSU, No. 19 Ole Miss, No. 24 Texas A&M

Potential trap games: at Tennessee, sandwiched between a neutral-site game against Texas A&M and a road date at Alabama

Toughest SEC games: at Tennessee, at Alabama, Auburn

Full schedule

Jordan Cox

After living in Birmingham, Ala., Jordan left the ground zero of SEC Nation to head south to Florida to tell the unique stories of the renowned tradition of SEC football. In his free time, his mission is to find the best locales around.