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2026 college football / Week 6 matchup

TennesseeatArkansas

Tennessee · 4–1 · No. 15Arkansas · 2–3

Saturday, October 10 · 3:15 PM CT · SEC Network
Razorback Stadium · Fayetteville, AR

Projected score (away / home)
36.5/21.1
Model line
Tennessee −15.4
Market line
Tennessee −13.5
Model pick
Tennessee −13.5

01 / Team identity

Offense + defense

Tennessee and Arkansas: overall matchup fingerprintsScores run from 0 at the center to 100 at the outside. Tennessee is a solid green line with round markers; Arkansas is a dashed rust line with square markers. Exact values are listed beside the chart. Missing data is left unplotted. Pace indicates speed, not strength.EfficiencySuccessratePassingRushingExplosivenessHavocFinishingdrivesPace255075100

Larger = stronger. On pace, larger = faster.
Select a category to explore its underlying numbers.

Category / 0–100TENNARK

Passing

Predicted points added on passing plays. Measures production through the air on offense and passing production allowed on defense.

Tennessee
Offense
-0.001 PPA/play
Defense
-0.226 PPA/play
Arkansas
Offense
0.125 PPA/play
Defense
0.217 PPA/play

02 / Matchup advantages

7areas favor
Tennessee

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5-point threshold

0areas favor
Arkansas

EfficiencyTennessee62.4 pts

Predicted points added (PPA) per play. A measure of how much value a team creates or allows on each snap.

Tennessee offense

Offensive percentile
54.7
Opponent defensive percentile
10.9
Matchup attack score
71.9

Offense: 0.167 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.224 PPA/play

Arkansas offense

Offensive percentile
14.6
Opponent defensive percentile
95.6
Matchup attack score
9.5

Offense: 0.017 PPA/play
Opponent defense: -0.130 PPA/play

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

Success rateTennessee25.9 pts

How consistently a team produces successful plays on offense and prevents them on defense.

Tennessee offense

Offensive percentile
44.5
Opponent defensive percentile
32.8
Matchup attack score
55.8

Offense: 42.9%
Opponent defense: 42.7%

Arkansas offense

Offensive percentile
37.2
Opponent defensive percentile
77.4
Matchup attack score
29.9

Offense: 42.3%
Opponent defense: 36.5%

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

PassingTennessee23.0 pts

Predicted points added on passing plays. Measures production through the air on offense and passing production allowed on defense.

Tennessee offense

Offensive percentile
10.2
Opponent defensive percentile
37.2
Matchup attack score
36.5

Offense: -0.001 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.217 PPA/play

Arkansas offense

Offensive percentile
27.0
Opponent defensive percentile
100.0
Matchup attack score
13.5

Offense: 0.125 PPA/play
Opponent defense: -0.226 PPA/play

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

RushingTennessee65.3 pts

Predicted points added on rushing plays. Measures ground-game production on offense and rushing production allowed on defense.

Tennessee offense

Offensive percentile
96.4
Opponent defensive percentile
2.9
Matchup attack score
96.7

Offense: 0.314 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.275 PPA/play

Arkansas offense

Offensive percentile
12.4
Opponent defensive percentile
49.6
Matchup attack score
31.4

Offense: -0.060 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.072 PPA/play

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

ExplosivenessTennessee14.2 pts

Predicted points added per successful play. Captures the impact of productive plays, beyond how often they happen.

Tennessee offense

Offensive percentile
29.9
Opponent defensive percentile
83.9
Matchup attack score
23.0

Offense: 1.171 PPA/successful play
Opponent defense: 1.112 PPA/successful play

Arkansas offense

Offensive percentile
5.1
Opponent defensive percentile
87.6
Matchup attack score
8.8

Offense: 1.062 PPA/successful play
Opponent defense: 1.106 PPA/successful play

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

HavocTennessee49.8 pts

Disruption created on defense and avoided on offense. Lower offensive havoc allowed and higher defensive havoc created are better.

Tennessee offense

Offensive percentile
29.6
Opponent defensive percentile
12.4
Matchup attack score
58.6

Offense: 15.8%
Opponent defense: 12.3%

Arkansas offense

Offensive percentile
10.2
Opponent defensive percentile
92.7
Matchup attack score
8.8

Offense: 18.4%
Opponent defense: 21.7%

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

Finishing drivesTennessee78.1 pts

Points scored or allowed per scoring opportunity. Measures how effectively teams turn opportunities into points or limit the damage.

Tennessee offense

Offensive percentile
86.1
Opponent defensive percentile
0.7
Matchup attack score
92.7

Offense: 4.70 pts/opportunity
Opponent defense: 5.07 pts/opportunity

Arkansas offense

Offensive percentile
23.4
Opponent defensive percentile
94.2
Matchup attack score
14.6

Offense: 3.27 pts/opportunity
Opponent defense: 2.25 pts/opportunity

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

Bars point toward the team with the edge. Select a row to see why. These are statistical comparisons, not scoring margins or win probabilities.

How to read these charts

Statistics cover Weeks 1–5 of 2026, against all opponents. Percentiles compare 138 FBS teams; ties share ranks. Early-season profiles reflect a small sample.

Fingerprints: overall scores average offensive and defensive percentiles. Higher is better on both sides of the ball, including havoc avoidance on offense. Pace uses the offensive percentile only: higher means faster, not better. Missing values are shown as a dash and left unplotted.

Matchup edges: compare the two attack scores, each calculated as (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. Differences within 5 percentile points are labeled even. Pace does not contribute to the advantage map. These comparisons describe statistical strengths, not causal effects or win probabilities.

Source: CollegeFootballData advanced season statistics and team metadata; pace comes from local box scores. PPA stands for predicted points added. Advanced statistics exclude garbage time where supported. Pace includes all box-score plays.