Fresh off the bye week, Auburn will be a home underdog for the third time in six games at Jordan-Hare Stadium this season.

Auburn opened as a 4.5-point underdog for Saturday’s game against Arkansas, according to VegasInsider.com, with the line shifting to four points as of Monday morning. It’s the first time since 1998 that the Tigers have not been favored against the Razorbacks at Jordan-Hare Stadium; Auburn was a 2.5-point underdog in that matchup, according to OddsShark’s database, and lost, 24-21.

It’s also the second straight year that Arkansas has been favored against Auburn. The Razorbacks were slight favorites at home entering last year’s matchup but Bryan Harsin’s program left Fayetteville, Ark., with a top-25 road win.

This year’s matchup on the Plains is set for an 11 a.m. kick and will air on SEC Network. Both teams are coming off open dates in Week 8. Auburn (3-4, 1-3 SEC) is mired in a three-game losing streak after a home loss to LSU and back-to-back road losses at Georgia and at Ole Miss. Arkansas’ last game was a double-digit road win at BYU, which snapped a three-game skid for Sam Pittman’s program.

Auburn leads the all-time series against Arkansas, 19-11-1, and has won each of the last six meetings, including last season’s matchup, when Harsin’s team knocked off then-No. 17 Arkansas, 38-23. Auburn is 9-5-1 at home against Arkansas in series history and holds a 10-6 advantage in SEC play. Auburn has not lost to Arkansas at Jordan-Hare Stadium since 2012, when the Razorbacks beat the Tigers, 24-7.

Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.