FAYETTEVILLE — The pressure will be on Arkansas defensive coordinator Robb Smith over the final half of the season to correct his unit's mistakes.
Smith, who is in his third year with the Razorbacks, has not come close to fielding a defense comparable to the one that had a strong end to the 2014 season. In the 19 games since, the Razorbacks are allowing 27.4 points and 393.7 yards per game.
Those stats are worse in the team's 10 SEC games over that time - 33.5 points and 443 yards average. Dating to last season, four of Arkansas' last six SEC opponents have had at least 517 yards of total offense.