Arkansas Football made great strides in 2021, and are poised to make an even bigger leap in growth this season.

Depending on the watchlist, Arkansas is either predicted to finish second or third in the SEC West, and is considered to be a top-five team as a whole in the conference.

Despite all the respect that they have received from local media, the national media has not bought the hype just yet. 247Sports has projected Arkansas to end the season in the Music City Bowl, while College Football News and Sporting News believes that Arkansas will play in the Texas Bowl.

Those projections seem a little disrespectful to Arkansas fans and players, and rightfully so. But, there is one news outlet that believes Sam Pittman’s squad will develop into one of College Football’s best teams.

Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports recently wrote a piece titled “22 compelling storylines, teams, coaches, players that will dominate the 2022 college football season”, where he made predictions of who will play in this season’s New Year’s Six bowl games, and Arkansas is included.

In his projection, Dodd has the Razorbacks meeting former Southwest Conference rival Baylor in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Eve in New Orleans.

If the projection comes true, it will be the first Sugar Bowl appearance for Arkansas since the 2010 season, when the Razorbacks faced Ohio State in the prestigious bowl game.

Ryan Mallet threw for 277 yards and two touchdowns while Knile Davis rushed for 139 yards, but it was not enough to slow down Ohio State quarterback Terrell Prior, who compiled 336 all-purpose yards in the Buckeyes’ 31-26 win over Arkansas.