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Pregame coverage begins at 5:30 p.m. and you can LISTEN HERE or on the radio at ESPN Arkansas 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home.

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Who: Arkansas Razorbacks (14-5, 6-4 SEC) at Kentucky Wildcats (5-12, 4-6 SEC)
What: First of back-to-back road games for Arkansas this week
When: Tuesday, Feb. 9, 6 p.m. (pregame starts at 5:30 p.m.)
Where: Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky.
• TV: ESPN (Karl Ravech and Jimmy Dykes) CLICK HERE
ONLINE: HitThatLine.com LISTEN HERE
• Radio: ESPN Arkansas 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)

After not playing during a six-day layoff, Arkansas returns to action on Tuesday to face the Kentucky Wildcats in the first of two road games this week.

Tip-off at Rupp Arena is set for 6 p.m. and the game will be televised on ESPN.

Pregame coverage begins at 7:30 p.m. and you can LISTEN HERE or on the radio at ESPN Arkansas 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home.

Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman will have all the coverage.

• This will be the 45th meeting between Arkansas and Kentucky.

The Wildcats own a 33-11 advantage in the series, including a 28-11 mark since Arkansas joined the SEC. Kentucky leads 15-3 in games played in Lexington.

• Even though Arkansas lost at Oklahoma State on Jan. 30 in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge, Arkansas is riding a four-game SEC win streak.

This is Arkansas’ first four-game, SEC win streak since 2017-18 season (Feb. 6-17) with victories over South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss and Texas A&M.

• Arkansas sits at 6-4 in the SEC, a half-game out of second place behind Missouri (6-3).

• Arkansas’ 14 overall wins are second-most in the SEC, trailing only Alabama’s 15.

• Moses Moody ranks third among NCAA freshmen in scoring (16.4 ppg).

• Arkansas ranks 24th in the NCAA, first in the SEC in scoring margin at +13.4.

• Arkansas ranks 14th in the NCAA, first in the SEC in scoring at 82.7 ppg.

• Arkansas is 29th in the latest NCAA NET. Arkansas (combined 13-0 vs Quad 2-3-4 teams) is one of 11 teams in the NCAA NET top 30 to be undefeated versus Quad 2, 3 and 4 opponents. A total of 19 teams ahead of Arkansas in the NET have at least one loss versus Quad 2 or 3 teams.

Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.

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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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