For the second straight season, Arkansas defensive coordinator Travis Williams will be seeing powder blue receivers in his nightmares running past his unit.
The Razorbacks had several opportunities to get off the field against the Rebels, but gave up big plays and penalties that allowed the hosts to gain their lead.
Arkansas allowed a touchdown on every drive except the last one of the half in a drive for Ole Miss that didn't get into the end zone, but did net a field goal for a 31-28 lead.
OXFORD, Miss. — Arkansas is going to have to face an Ole Miss quarterback they probably don't know much, if anything, about Saturday night. Ben Garrett of Rebel Grove at On3.com was the first to report the news.
Arkansas and Ole Miss have had very few forgettable encounters in recent memory in their border rivalry, which has been played every season since 1981, making the Rebels the longest continuous opponent on the Razorbacks’ schedule.
The Hogs came out strong in their first match of the Buffs Invitational on Friday, but host Colorado won sets two, three and four and handed Arkansas a loss (25-22, 16-25, 15-25, 22-25).
The transfer from Abilene Christian has not played due to a knee injury but was removed from Friday’s updated SEC player availability report for the game.
John Calipari and Arkansas are set to host another 2026 priority recruit beginning today, marking the program's third consecutive weekend visitor. Abdou Toure (6-5 wing, Notre Dame high school in West Haven, Conn., national Top 30, 4-star prospect) arrived for his official visit around 10 a.m.
While it has not been officially announced yet, Arkansas' entire 13-game non-conference schedule appears to be set. Coupled with the Razorbacks' 18-game SEC slate that was publicly released weeks ago, the team's full 31-game schedule for 2025-26 is apparently complete.