In EA Sports’ College Football 26 video game, four teams serve as rivals to the Arkansas football team – LSU, Texas, Missouri and Texas A&M.
Ole Miss is notably absent from that “most wanted” list. It shouldn’t be.
“History” is an outsized component of a rivalry’s definition. It’s an outsized component of everyone’s consideration of a program’s strength, really. Around these parts, a good chunk of fans consider Arkansas a much better team than it currently is, suggesting the Razorbacks are higher on the totem pole than Texas Tech or Missouri, the latter of which isn’t considered a rival by the old-timers because, well, they don’t want it to be.