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Craig James still has Arkansas at #3? Eh, what?

I watched the BCS Countdown show on ESPN this past Sunday night, where college football "analysts" Craig James and Rod Gilmore laid out their top ten rankings. Following their 41-17 loss to top-ranked LSU, James kept 10-2 Arkansas at #3 in the country, as their only two losses were to the before-mentioned LSU Tigers and #2 Alabama. Eh, what? Arkansas is a good team. They've had a very solid year under head coach Bobby Petrino, but at this point in the season, they have not proven themselves of being #3-worthy. Let's look at their resume, shall we? Arkansas' non-conference schedule consisted of I-AA Missouri State, 1-10 New Mexico, 3-8 Troy (whom they beat by a mere 10 points) and 6-6 Texas A&M (whom they beat by 4 points). I won't even include Missouri State in this equation, as they're not of the same division as Arkansas, but the other three non-conference opponents are a combined 10-24 (.294) and the Razorbacks beat two of them by 10 points or f...