FAYETTEVILLE -- Whatever slim bowl hopes the Arkansas Razorbacks were clinging to got crushed by Vanderbilt.
The Commodores beat the University of Arkansas 45-31 on Saturday to mathematically eliminate the Razorbacks from bowl consideration.
After Arkansas (2-7, 0-5 SEC) lost to Ole Miss 37-33 on Oct. 13 in Little Rock, the Razorbacks had to beat their remaining five opponents to get to a 6-6 record required to qualify for a bowl.
Arkansas' chances of going to a bowl had seemed remote since a 34-27 loss at Colorado State in the second game of the season, but the Razorbacks at least kept hope alive by beating Tulsa 23-0 on Oct.