South Carolina used to be a solid barometer of Arkansas’ season. Between 2001 and 2013 (the final year for the annual rivalry), Arkansas teams that went on to make a bowl game were 8-0 against the Gamecocks. Teams that missed a bowl were 0-5. In fact, the 2000 loss in Columbia was the only time in the rivalry’s history that Arkansas lost to the Gamecocks and still made a bowl game.
I don’t think Arkansas is going to a bowl game this year. As bad as Ole Miss, Mizzou, and Mississippi State have looked at times, Arkansas has to go 3-0 there and I don’t see it.