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In anticipation of this weekend's game, HawgBeat compared the projected starting lineups for Arkansas and Tennessee using the players' star ratings as recruits and their Pro Football Focus grades from this season.
We also did a side-by-side statistical comparison of the two teams using their numbers up to this point of the season.
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Stat Comparison - Tennessee | Arkansas (FBS rank, out of 103)
Offense
Scoring: 22.2 (82nd) | 24.6 (75th)
Total yards: 323.8 (88th) | 369.4 (76th)
Passing: 188.2 (81st) | 243.2 (44th)
Rushing: 135.6 (70th) | 126.2 (76th)
Third downs: 26.1% (t-97th) | 32.4% (86th)
Sacks allowed/game: 2.20 (t-54th) | 3.00 (t-76th)
Turnovers: 8 (t-58th) | 7 (t-46th)
Defense
Scoring: 33.0 (t-69th) | 28.8 (51st)
Total yards: 407.0 (59th) | 423.4 (65th)
Passing: 254.0 (68th) | 245.2 (61st)
Rushing: 153.0 (52nd) | 178.2 (66th)
Third downs: 47.1% (82nd) | 36.7% (37th)
Sacks/game: 2.00 (t-54th) | 1.80 (t-70th)
Turnovers forced: 7 (t-50th) | 13 (t-4th)
Star Comparison (using Rivals ratings)
Breakdown
Arkansas: 4
Tennessee: 15
Tied: 3
(NOTE: There is still an "or" listed between the top two players at four positions on Arkansas' depth chart, but Henry, Limmer, Coates and Williams each started last week, so that's who we went with for this project.)
Pro Football Focus Comparison (using season grades)
Team Grades (Tennessee | Arkansas)
Overall: 67.7 | 70.0
Offense: 68.8 | 67.3
Passing: 49.9 | 73.3
Rushing: 76.3 | 64.5
Receiving: 70.2 | 64.8
Pass blocking: 47.2 | 65.2
Run blocking: 70.5 | 62.4
