Put the opportunity for Arkansas to break through in the SEC on the back burner long enough to muse about three unbeatens on track to make College Football Playoff history of one sort or another.
Never have two teams with unblemished records been part of the same playoff and never has the loser of a conference championship game been selected. Alabama, Clemson and Notre Dame are eligible for the first scenario, and the Crimson Tide are uniquely qualified for the second.
Barring a major upset this weekend, those teams will be 1-2-3 when the CFP Selection Committee — including first-time committee member and former Arkansas coach Ken Hatfield — announces its initial rankings Tuesday evening.