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Interesting revised schedule lineup for Hogs provides some opportunities

Arkansas kicks off the Sam Pittman era at home inside Razorback Stadium on Sept. 26 against a familiar foe for the new head Hog.

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Arkansas kicks off the Sam Pittman era at home inside Razorback Stadium on Sept. 26 against a familiar foe for the new head Hog.

The storyline will be Pittman going up against the No. 4 Bulldogs that he coached on the offensive line for the last four years, but the rest of the schedule provides even a little more intrigue.

Mixed around that opener and facing Auburn with former head coach Chad Morris and the annual Gus Malzahn drama will be games with Mississippi State and Ole Miss.

Of course the games in the middle count, too, and there is another program with a new coach in Missouri the Hogs play the weekend after Thanksgiving.

Then Alabama comes to Fayetteville to wrap things up. By then who knows what will be happening but it was the safest thing for the league to do in terms of interest for games that could be cancelled with the global pandemic.

For the first time since 2009, Georgia comes to Fayetteville, the first of six teams ranked in the Coaches’ preseason poll on the Razorbacks’ schedule.

 The Hogs will hit the road for a pair of games following the opener, visiting Mississippi State (Oct. 3) and No. 11 Auburn (October 10) before returning home to face Ole Miss (Oct. 17). After four games, Arkansas enters the bye week Oct. 24 before taking off for No. 13 Texas A&M and visiting College Station for the first time since 2012 on Halloween.

Tennessee visits Fayetteville on Nov. 7 in the Volunteers’ first trip to Arkansas since 2011. The Hogs take on a pair of preseason Top 10 teams in back-to-back weeks with a visit to The Swamp and No. 8 Florida on Nov. 14 then return home to take on defending national champion and No. 5 LSU on Nov. 21.

Arkansas’ final road game of the season comes at Missouri on Nov. 28 but the game against the Tigers will not be the regular season finale for the first time since 2013.

The Hogs instead will end the regular season the following week in Fayetteville against No. 3 Alabama.

Dates and TV network designations will be announced at a later date by the Southeastern Conference.

Date – Opponent – Place

Sept. 26 – No. 4 Georgia – Fayetteville, Ark.
Oct. 3 – at Mississippi State – Starkville, Miss.
Oct. 10 – at No. 11 Auburn – Auburn, Ala.
Oct. 17 – Ole Miss – Fayetteville, Ark.
Oct. 24 – OPEN
Oct. 31 – at No. 13 Texas A&M – College Station, Texas
Nov. 7 – Tennessee – Fayetteville, Ark.
Nov. 14 – at No. 8 Florida – Gainesville, Fla.
Nov. 21 – No. 5 LSU – Fayetteville, Ark.
Nov. 28 – at Missouri – Columbia, Mo.
Dec. 5 – No. 3 Alabama – Fayetteville, Ark.

Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.

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Sat, Sep 7@ Oklahoma StateL, 31-39 2OT
Sat, Sep 14vs UABW, 37-27
Sat, Sep 21@ AuburnW, 24-14
Sat, Sep 28vs Texas A&M (Arl)L, 21-17
Sat, Oct 5vs TennesseeW, 19-14
Sat, Oct 19vs LSUL, 34-10
Sat, Oct 26@ Mississippi StateW, 58-25
Sat, Nov 2vs Ole MissL, 63-35
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2024 High School Rankings

Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll:
OVERALLRecordPtsPrv
1.Bryant (18)8-02521
2.Conway (6)8-02302
3.Greenwood (2)8-02103
4.Little Rock Parkview7-11714
5.Bentonville5-31416
6.Benton7-11265
7.Fayetteville6-21008
8.Pulaski Academy6-2757
9.Rogers5-3459
10.Shiloh Christian6-24010
Others receiving votes: Marion 13, Valley View 9, Joe T Robinson 8, Mountain Home 4, Cabot 3, Elkins 3.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (20)8-01241
2.Conway (6)8-01052
3.Bentonville5-3753
4.Fayetteville6-2455
5.Pulaski Academy6-2354
Others receiving votes: Rogers 5.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (26)8-01301
2.Benton7-11022
3.Shiloh Christian6-2713
4.Marion7-1524
5.Mountain Home7-131
Others receiving votes: Little Rock Catholic 4.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (23)7-11271
2.Joe T Robinson7-1902
3.Valley View (3)8-0803
4.Hot Springs Lakeside7-1484
5.Farmington7-130
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 4, Maumelle 4, Morrilton 3, Greenbrier 2, Harding Academy 1.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (19)8-01161
2.Arkadelphia (5)6-2792
3.Little Rock Mills (1)8-0703
4.Warren6-2404
5.Malvern (1)8-0315
Others receiving votes: Dardanelle 22, Southside Batesville 11, Mena 8, Bauxite 7, DeWitt 4, Highland 2.
CLASS 3A
4.Bismarck (15)8-01054
5.Fordyce (4)8-0765
Prescott (3)7-1531t
1.Osceola (2)6-149
3.Mayflower (1)8-036
Others receiving votes: Booneville (1) 31, Rivercrest 19, Mansfield 14, Charleston 4, Rison 3.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (21)8-01211
2.Conway Christian (4)8-01042
3.Des Arc7-1663
4.Bigelow (1)6-2455
5.Murfreesboro6-230
Others receiving votes: Marked Tree 10, Mineral Springs 6, Junction City 5, Cross County 1, Mount Ida 1, Poyen 1
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (25)5-0761
2.Midland (1)7-0502
3.Cedar Ridge7-1253
Others receiving votes: Rector 5.

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