Brief thoughts and grades: No. 1 Auburn over Arkansas

AUBURN -- Following No. 1 Auburn's seven-point win over a scrappy Arkansas bunch, head coach Bruce Pearl commended his team's ability to remain engaged on defense and make winning plays in the final few minutes, despite what Pearl called a "sloppy" night on offense. Sometimes it's like that. This Tigers team has been so good, so often, that when you have a game that looks rough, sluggish, tougher than usual, you wonder what's wrong? Maybe nothing is wrong.