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The return of Ryan Pulley will make exploiting the secondary more difficult, and Chevin Calloway at the other corner spot looks ready for the challenge he's sure to face. The play at safety with veteran Santos Ramirez, converted cor- ner Kam Curl and company should be upgrad- ed. A total of 20 touchdown passes allowed sounds about right. 9. WILL THE RAZORBACKS PULL OFF AN SEC UPSET THIS SEASON? For the sake of this argument, we'll consider victories over Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Texas A&M and Mississippi State to be upsets; vic- tories over Ole Miss, Vanderbilt and Missouri to not be upsets, even though the Razorbacks might be slight underdogs in some of those games. Yes, Arkansas will win at least one game against one of the teams picked to finish in the top five of the SEC West ahead of the Hogs. It won't be against Auburn (on the road) or Ala- bama, which has won 11 in a row in the series. The Aggies have won six in a row, but three of those were in the Hogs' clutches, so there's upset potential in the Southwest Classic. LSU has lost a lot of starters, the quarterback situation, which got worse in camp, isn't guar- anteed to work, the Tigers always seem on the brink of an implosion and the Razorbacks have an open date before the Nov. 10 game in Fayetteville. LSU plays Alabama the week before. There's great upset potential there. Ar- kansas won its last game in Starkville, Miss., and beating Mississippi State should never feel like an upset. 10. A TWO-WIN IMPROVEMENT WOULD TAKE THE HOGS TO 6-6. CAN THEY GET THERE? This should be a tight race. The road game at Colorado State in Week Two could take the Razorbacks in a much happier direction, while a loss there could do some damage to their collective psyche. However, if we're calling for at least one SEC upset, then it stands to reason the Razorbacks could win at least two other league games and at least three non- conference games to get to six wins and the bowl eligibility threshold. We think it's going to happen. v Continued from preceding page College football FAQ By Bob Holt WHICH PLAYERS ARE AMONG THE FAVORITES TO WIN THE HEISMAN TROPHY? Stanford senior running back Bryce Love goes into the season as the Heisman Trophy favorite after he finished second in last season's voting to Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield, who is now playing for the Cleveland Browns after being the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft. Love rushed 263 times for 2,118 yards and 19 touchdowns last season, when he set an NCAA record with 13 runs of 50 or more yards. The Cardinal play USC and Notre Dame in September, so Love will have an opportunity early in the season to impress voters against marquee opponents. Wisconsin sophomore running back Jonathan Taylor (sixth) and Central Florida junior quar- terback McKenzie Milton (eighth) are the other returning players who finished in the top 10 of the Heisman voting last season. If Central Florida can go undefeated in back- to-back seasons, Milton might have a shot to be the first Heisman Trophy winner from a school not currently in one of the Power 5 con- ferences since BYU quarterback Ty Detmer in 1990. Other top candidates include Arizona quar- terback Khalil Tate, West Virginia quarterback Will Grier [a transfer from Florida], Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley, Georgia quarter- back Jake Fromm and Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Yes, Tagovailoa, a sophomore, never has started a game, but after he came off the bench and rallied the Crimson Tide to a 26-23 overtime victory against Georgia in the nation- al title game, he's become a popular Heisman choice. Bovada, an online gambling website, lists the odds of Tagovailoa winning the Heisman Tro- phy at 15-1. If voters decide they want to back a defensive player, Houston tackle Ed Oliver is a likely choice. Oliver has 39 tackles for lost yards the past two seasons, an astounding number for an interior lineman. Darkhorse candidates from the SEC include Missouri quarterback Drew Lock and Missis- sippi State quarterback Nick Fitzgerald. WHAT TEAMS FIGURE TO MAKE THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF? Alabama, and Alabama's second team are expected to take two of the four spots. OK, picking the Crimson Tide's backups is a joke. But Alabama is the only team to play in all four of the first playoff foursomes and the Crimson Tide are ranked No. 1 going into the season. There is no NCAA rule Alabama has to be in the playoff. It just seems that way considering the Tide won national championships in 2011 — under the old Bowl Championship Series format — and last season without even win- ning the SEC West. Other top playoff contenders based on presea- son polls are Clemson [which has been in the See FAQ, Page 42