Before Texas plays that old Southwest Conference rival, another past foe from that league — unranked Arkansas — would love to play spoiler first. Texas (8-1, 4-1 SEC, No. 3 CFP) may not consider Arkansas one of its biggest rivals, but the reverse isn ...

Texas’ move to the Southeastern Conference has rekindled an old rivalry once so intense that national championships hung in the balance and a U.S. president made a special trip to attend. The Texas-Arkansas border clash is a feud that in its heyday was as big as any in the country.