1957 Arkansas
6–4 (2–4 Southwest Conference), coached by Jack Mitchell. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 6 Ole Miss 12–6Oct 26
Ole Miss was ranked No. 6, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | vs Oklahoma State | W 12–0 | 69% |
| Sep 28 | vs Tulsa | W 41–14 | 70% |
| Oct 5 | vs 18TCU | W 20–7 | 51% |
| Oct 12 | at Baylor | W 20–17 | 38% |
| Oct 19 | vs Texas | L 0–17 | 77% |
| Oct 26 | vs 6Ole Miss | W 12–6 | 32% |
| Nov 2 | vs 1Texas A&M | L 6–7 | 38% |
| Nov 9 | at Rice | L 7–13 | 54% |
| Nov 16 | at SMU | L 22–27 | 54% |
| Nov 23 | vs Texas Tech | W 47–26 | 76% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Texas Tech 47–26; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 49th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 4: 11
- Wk 5: 10
- Wk 7: 11
- Wk 8: 12
- Record
- 6–4
- Conference
- 2–4 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 10
- Points
- 187–134
- Coach
- Jack Mitchell
- Elo
- 1567 +24 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 11.6 No. 26 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Jay Donathan, Gerald Nesbitt and George Walker
All-Southwest Conference
3 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Gerald NesbittB- Donnie StoneB
- Jay DonathanCAP-1; UP-1
Second team
- Jerry FordOGAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1957 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 5–1 | 7–4 | 8 |
| Texas | 4–1–1 | 6–4–1 | 11 |
| Texas A&M | 4–2 | 8–3 | 9 |
| SMU | 3–3 | 4–5–1 | |
| Arkansas | 2–4 | 6–4 | |
| TCU | 2–4 | 5–4–1 | |
| Baylor | 0–5–1 | 3–6–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.