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Arkansas is favored in each of its seven remaining games, according to ESPN's Basketball Power Index.
A one-point win at Kentucky, coupled with Missouri's 21-point blowout loss at Ole Miss, was enough to swing Saturday's matchup with the Tigers in favor of the Razorbacks.
They had been a slight underdog in that game for the last few weeks, including as recently as Tuesday, but now the BPI gives the Razorbacks a 53.0 percent chance of leaving Columbia, Mo., with a victory.
As seen in the first chart below, it is one of only two games Arkansas has less than a 60 percent chance of winning. The other such game is the Feb. 24 rematch with SEC-leader Alabama at Bud Walton Arena.
Despite being favored in all of the games, though, it's still unlikely that the Razorbacks run the table. The BPI gives that just a 5.1 percent chance of happening, as seen in the second chart below.
Arkansas' most likely final record is now 20-7 with a 12-6 mark in SEC play. That would mean winning five of the seven remaining games, assuming the Texas A&M game is made up.
A complete breakdown of the BPI's game-by-game projections, as well as the likelihood Arkansas finishes with each possible record - from 15-12 (7-11) to 22-5 (14-4) - are listed below...
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