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No. 2 Alabama (4-0, 1-0) at number 20 Arkansas (3-1, 1-1)

2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday (CBS)

Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas

1 The SEC-era Alabama team has a greater scoring margin over its opponents four games per season than the current team. In 2022, the Crimson Tide scored its first four foes 193-29 for a 164 point score difference. In 1979 Alabama defeated its first four opponents 179-9 for a 170-point difference. The 2018 team also had a 164-point difference four games into the season.

1 SEC player has had 13 TD passes this century and two TD runs four games in a season – Alabama QB Bryce Young in 2022. A SEC QB has had at least 13 TD passes four games in a season since 2000, including Young in 2021 when he had 15. But none of the previous 11 also scored two WLs on the ground.

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4 NCAA FBS players have reached 500 rushing yards this season, including Arkansas RB Raheim Sanders, who carries 508 and three TDs at 83. The other players with at least 500 rushing yards are Chase Brown of Illinois, Mohamed Ibrahim of Minnesota and Khalan Laborn of Marshall.

4 Players in school history have scored more points than Alabama K Will Reichard, who starts Saturday’s game with 339. Leigh Tiffin with 385 points, Adam Griffith with 357, Philip Doyle with 345 and Najee Harris with 342.

4 200-yard rushing games for Arkansas in 2022. The Razorbacks have surpassed 200 yards on the ground in every game this season. Alabama most recently allowed an opponent to rush to 200 yards on September 18, 2021, in a 31-29 win over Florida — 16 games ago.

5 Consecutive Arkansas games have featured at least one TD by QB KJ Jefferson. Jefferson joins Toledo’s DeQuan Finn as the only quarterbacks to have a TD run in every game this season. Jefferson joins Duke’s Riley Leonard and Syracuse’s Garrett Shrader as the only quarterbacks to have at least 900 passes and 200 rushing yards by 2022.

5 Players in Alabama history have accumulated more yards from total offense than QB Bryce Young, who passed Mac Jones and Andrew Zow on the school’s career list last week with 385 passing yards and 6 rushing yards in a 55-3 win over Vanderbilt. Young increased his tally to 6,184 yards – 21 behind No. 5 Brodie Croyle in the Crimson Tide career rankings. The Alabama record holder is AJ McCarron, with 8,969 yards total offense from 2010 to 2013. Young set a school record for one season in 2021 with 4,872 yards total offense.

5.5 Sacks for Arkansas LB Drew Sanders, shared for most in the nation. Arkansas leads the nation with 20 sacks. Sanders had one sack last season, his second in Alabama before moving to the Razorbacks.

6 Consecutive Alabama-Arkansas games have at least 40 points for the Crimson Tide. Alabama has scored at least 40 points in six consecutive games against only one other SEC rival — the past six encounters with Ole Miss. In their past six encounters with the Razorbacks, Alabama has won 49-30 in 2016, 41-9 in 2017, 65-31 in 2018, 48-7 in 2019, 52-3 in 2020 and 42-35 in 2021.

15 Consecutive wins for Alabama against Arkansas. The Razorbacks most recently defeated the Crimson Tide 24-23 in double overtime in 2006. Alabama leads the series 25-7 on the field (though the official record is 22-8 after a forfeit and two vacated wins imposed by the NCAA ).

17 Consecutive wins against Arkansas have been recorded by teams coached by Nick Saban. Saban has been 15-0 against the Razorbacks since coming to Alabama and led LSU to victories over Arkansas in 2003 and 2004.

29 Fails for Alabama LB Will Anderson Jr., the second-largest in school history. Anderson passed Jonathan Allen on the Crimson Tide career list by 2.5 sacks in Alabama’s 55-3 win over Vanderbilt last week. Allen had 28.5 sacks from 2013 to 2016. Alabama’s career sack leader is Derrick Thomas with 52 from 1985 to 1988.

96 Wins and 44 losses for Alabama coach Nick Saban in games against opponents ranked in the AP Poll. Saban has the most coaching wins against ranked opponents after passing former Penn State coach Joe Paterno, who had an 86-82 record against ranked teams.

244 Yards on 14 punt returns for Alabama’s Kool-Aid McKinstry, 84 yards more than any other player in the country in the 2022 season.

287 Games have been played by Alabama since it last went out, setting a school record and the fourth-longest scoring streak in SEC history. Alabama’s most recent shutout loss was 9-0 to Auburn on November 18, 2000.

385 Tackles were made by Arkansas LB Bumper Pool, second on the Razorbacks’ career list.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @AMarkG1.