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Huntsville Times Harsin said, "Like I said before, I think Coach Bobo and the offensive staff had a good plan to go into this game and hopefully have opportunities like that . . . Three of Auburn's five remaining opponents are ranked in the new AP Top 25: No. 4 Alabama, No. 12 Ole Miss and No. 17 Texas A&M . . . "Nothing really changed," Nix said of the offensive improvement against the Razorbacks. "I just think we did a better job of executing. We had a good plan going in . . . Bryan Harsin will use this week to fine-tune what's running well and hopefully fix what isn't doing so well. Where should he start? . . . After beating Arkansas, it convinced voters to put the Tigers, not only back in the poll but in the top 20. Auburn is ranked at 19 . . . "We don't flinch. Nobody panicked. We just stayed together," edge rusher Derick Hall said. "We're all we got, and we're all we need to be able to come on the road and win . . . Bo Nix was fantastic, the defense was opportunistic, and the receivers caught the ball . . . Nix completed passes to 10 different players, with Shedrick Jackson (five catches for 61 yards) and Demetris Robertson (two catches for 81 yards and a touchdown) leading the way . . . Auburn has beaten Arkansas six times in a row, which is now the team's longest winning streak against any of its 13 peers in the SEC . . . Watch: The team waiting for their head coach, Bryan Harsin, and the place erupting when he finally joins his team after the win . . . Some position-by-position grades for the Tigers against the Razorbacks . . . Watch: Every touchdown Auburn's Bo Nix scored at Arkansas . . . Nix iced the game with two big plays on his legs . . . Auburn vs Arkansas: Final stats . . . "Derick Hall, that's a big strip, fumble play," Harsin told reporters. "You score on defense; you have a really good shot of winning the game . . . It was the first time that Nix had multiple touchdown passes in a game since Sept. 11 against Alabama State . . . Check out the media's reaction to Bo Nix's best performance in an Auburn uniform . . . Plenty of people took to Twitter to voice their opinions about Aaron Murray's analysis, and much of it was not positive . . . Stats from Auburn's 38-23 win over Arkansas . . . Auburn flipped a three-point deficit into an 11-point lead in just over three minutes . . . Auburn stays alive in the SEC West race for a chance to play in Atlanta for the SEC Championship . . . Nix went 21-of-26 for 292 yards with two touchdowns and an interception, and had a 23-yard touchdown run to ice the game with 2:30 left . . . Quick takeaways from the Tigers' victory . . . Watch; The Tigers notched an even bigger play that put them back in front after they had led for the majority of the first half . . . The offense was consistent and was able to strike early while also being able to have sustained drives when the Auburn defense needed a break . . . Auburn remains in contention for the SEC West division title with Saturday's 38-23 win against Arkansas . . . "As you look at Arkansas -- tough, physical," Harsin said. "Those two things stand out. The coaches do a very good job. They're two points away from being 5-1 and they're playing aggressive . . . Which version of the Tigers run defense will show up on Saturday? . . . Both teams are coming in off of losses, licking their wounds, and figuring out how to make things right after losses - in Arkansas' case, it's two consecutive defeats . . . Five storylines to monitor as Auburn goes for its sixth straight win over the Hogs . . . Prediction: Auburn 30 - Arkansas 27 . . . Auburn Tigers vs Arkansas Razorbacks: 11:00 CT; Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas; CBS . . . Eighteen victories for Auburn, 11 for Arkansas and one tie in the Tigers-Razorbacks series . . . "Defensively, to me, they're back to where Auburn has been, dominating on the defensive line . . . Both offenses have shown an ability to light up the scoreboard, but both have taken a few lumps this year too. This should be a really entertaining game . . .
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