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SC at ARK

Sat, Nov 14 · TBD · Fayetteville

Desk line: South Carolina −1.5, total 55.5. Coin-flip on the road. Sellers is the edge; Fayetteville and a new Hogs staff are why it isn't more.

Spread

SC -1.5

Desk line

Total

55.5

Win

53%

Arkansas

26

desk projection

Gamecocks

28

Desk implied 29–27 · SC −120 / ARK +100

Kick weather

52°F

Cool Fayetteville afternoon · lo 36°F

25% precip

Window

TBD

Fayetteville. Silverfield Year 1. Kick TBD.

Coin-flip road SEC. KJ Jackson vs Sellers.

Unit matchups

Quarterback

SC 8 · 6 ARK

Sellers vs KJ Jackson. Clear SC edge if the line holds.

Offensive line

SC 6 · 6 ARK

Road in November. Don't let a new Hogs front wreck first-and-10.

Receivers

SC 7 · 6 ARK

Harbor should win. Arkansas corners are not the problem; the rush is.

Front seven

SC 7 · 6 ARK

Jackson is mobile. Keep him in the pocket and make him throw.

Secondary

SC 7 · 6 ARK

Take away the explosive. Live with the checkdown.

Special teams

SC 7 · 6 ARK

Fayetteville wind. Don't lose a one-score game on a kick.

Availability

  • Jayden Sellers WR

    Season-ending lower body. Mid-August.

    out

  • Jayden Gibson WR

    Season-ending lower body. Oklahoma transfer.

    out

  • Jackson Repp WR

    Walk-on, also lost in the same stretch.

    out

  • Jacarrius Peak OT

    Knee. Targeted back for the SEC stretch if the Week 3 window holds.

    probable

  • Dylan Stewart EDGE

    Back. The tell for every SEC Saturday — if he dresses, the edge grade jumps.

    probable

  • Brady Hunt TE

    Full go.

    available

  • LaNorris Sellers QB

    Full go. The season walks through him.

    available

  • Nyck Harbor WR

    Gravitational center of a thinned room.

    available

What the tape says

  • Start on schedule. Fayetteville punishes three-and-outs in November.
  • Sellers as the best player — designed runs and Harbor shots.
  • Keep Jackson in the pocket. He's dangerous off schedule.
  • Special teams in the wind. Don't donate a one-score road game.

History

  • Ryan Silverfield's first Arkansas season. KJ Jackson is the 2026 starter.
  • Donald W. Reynolds in November is a dogfight even when the Hogs are turning over.
  • A coin-flip road SEC game in Week 11 is how bowls get made.

Roster advantage · vs Arkansas

SC holds the two-deep

Starter-vs-starter grades for Ryan Silverfield's Arkansas.

Net grade

+8

7 SC · 1 even · 0 ARK

QB

SC edge

LaNorris Sellers

SC 8

vs

KJ Jackson

6 ARK

Sellers is the better player. Don't overthink it.

RB

SC edge

Matt Fuller

SC 7

vs

ARK committee

6 ARK

If you run it, Jackson sits on the sideline.

WR

SC edge

Nyck Harbor

SC 7

vs

ARK corners

6 ARK

Harbor should eat. Get him isolated.

OL

Even

Carter Miller

SC 6

vs

ARK front

6 ARK

Even. First-down success is the whole road script.

EDGE

SC edge

Dylan Stewart

SC 7

vs

ARK tackles

6 ARK

Jackson will scramble. Set the edge, then hunt.

DL

SC edge

G. Brownlow-Dindy

SC 7

vs

ARK interior

6 ARK

A push turns this into a Sellers day.

LB

SC edge

Fred Johnson

SC 7

vs

ARK skill

6 ARK

Standard fits. Don't chase ghosts.

DB

SC edge

Vicari Swain

SC 7

vs

ARK receivers

6 ARK

No busts. This is a tackling game.