Alabama Football: Game-by-game predictions for the defending champions
6. Arkansas (Oct. 6)
Alabama’s schedule doesn’t get any more difficult by the week. Although not a Sun Belt team, Arkansas found itself at the bottom of the SEC last season with a 1-7 conference record. This year is not looking any more promising.
With a new head coach and coaching staff, Arkansas is simply looking to rely on its pair of running backs, Chase Hayden and Devwah Whaley to give them all of their offensive production.
However, without an offensive line and a passing game, it will be hard to move the ball at all against an Alabama defense that will surely be firmed after five full weeks of Coach Saban adjustments.
The trip to Fayetteville should be an uneventful one for the Tide before they head back home for a game against Missouri. With the exception of the Citadel in their second to last regular season game, this will be the last easy win for Alabama.