Hogs will get Texas Longhorns at Razorback Stadium in 2024

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Now we at least know who Arkansas is playing in 2024 and maybe the best thing is Alabama isn’t on the schedule. Don’t get too confident though, because there’s no idea who’s going to be any good (thank you to transfer portal).

The SEC finally released the eight-game conference schedule Wednesday night and while it probably could have been better, it certainly could have been worse. The Crimson Tide, who the Razorbacks haven’t beaten since 2006, aren’t on it anywhere. And they finally get that game in AT&T Stadium finished with Texas A&M, not to return.

It could be a murderous lineup or there could be some “gettable” games mixed in with another home game with the Texas Longhorns on the schedule. Don’t get too cocky about that 2021 win for 2024 because it will mean absolutely nothing. Besides, with LSU, Ole Miss and Tennessee also there it will at least be some marquee names.

The Razorbacks will go on the road for games against Auburn, Mississippi State and Missouri. The likely final year of the Texas A&M series at Arlington will continue. Maybe the most surprising is the Oklahoma Sooners aren’t on the schedule. That will have to wait at least a year.

With Texas and Oklahoma coming into the league starting in 2024, the SEC couldn’t figure out whether to have nine conference games or eight, so they just stayed with eight and no divisions. At least they got Alabama off the schedule, but the Hogs will still play Tennessee out of the old East and, of course, they are continuing to try and create a rivalry with Missouri that will probably be at the end of the year.

The Razorbacks will host LSU in the Battle for the Golden Boot, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Texas with road games at Auburn, Mississippi State and Missouri for the Battle Line Rivalry. The Hogs will meet Texas A&M at AT&T Stadium for the Southwest Classic.

In a series dating back to 1906, the Longhorns and Hogs have only met in Fayetteville in consecutive games once in 1929 and 1932. They met annually from 1932-91 as members of the Southwest Conference but have only played six times since 1991.

LSU and the Hogs will meet for the 70th time in 2024 and 33rd consecutive year since joining the league in 1992. The Rebels stay on the schedule for their 16th trip to Fayetteville in 2024. Tennessee makes a return trip to Razorback Stadium after playing in Fayetteville during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. The Hogs topped the Volunteers 24-13 in the last matchup between the once annual rivals.

Arkansas’s road games at Auburn and Mississippi State continue the annual series with both schools that started in 1992.

Arkansas’ 2024 non-conference schedule kicks off in Little Rock at War Memorial for the second straight season with a game against UAPB on August 31. A trip to Oklahoma State the following week on Sept. 7 will be the first game between the Razorbacks and Cowboys since 1980 and the first matchup between the two schools in Stillwater, Okla. since 1978 when Lou Holtz’s squad began the season ranked No. 2 in the nation. A game against UAB at Razorback Stadium on Sept. 14 and a November date against Louisiana Tech round out the non-con portion of the Hogs’ schedule.

The 2024 SEC opponents were determined based on two primary factors: traditional opponents and balance of schedule strength.

Balance of schedule strength was based on each school’s conference winning percentage since the SEC’s last expansion in 2012. The winning percentages for the performance of Oklahoma and Texas in the Big 12 since 2012 were included in determining 16 positions ranked by winning percentage.

Each school’s schedule in 2024 will include four opponents – two home and two away – whose winning percentage ranked among the top eight conference winning percentages since 2012. Also, each school’s 2024 schedule will include four opponents — two home and two away — whose winning percentages ranked among the second eight conference winning percentages since 2012.

Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.