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Razorbacks’ find out who’s coming to town for regional

Hogs get list of opponents for NCAA Regional in Fayetteville this week and Van Horn familiar with most of them.

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas has punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament for the 35th time in program history.

Arkansas (43-14), the No. 5 national seed and top seed in the Fayetteville Regional, is set to host second-seeded Louisiana Tech (45-17), third-seeded Kansas State (32-24) and fourth-seeded SEMO (34-25) from May 31-June 3 at Baum-Walker Stadium. Arkansas will open tournament play against SEMO at 2 p.m. Friday, May 31, on ESPN+.

The Razorbacks, hosting a regional for the 11th time in program history and the sixth time in the last seven seasons, will maintain home-field advantage through the super regional round and host at Baum-Walker Stadium for the seventh time overall and the fifth time since 2018 if they are to advance. Arkansas is 33-3 overall (.917 winning percentage) at Baum-Walker Stadium this year – one win shy of tying its single-season home win record of 34, which was set in 2018.

The winner of the Fayetteville Regional will play the winner of the Charlottesville Regional in the best-of-three-game super regional from June 7-9 or June 8-10. No. 12 national seed and top-seeded Virginia (41-15) hosts second-seeded Mississippi State (38-21), third-seeded St. John’s (37-16-1) and fourth-seeded Pennsylvania (24-23) in Charlottesville, Va.

The Razorbacks are one of a record 11 SEC teams among this year’s NCAA Tournament field. Arkansas is joined by Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt.

This year marks the first time that 11 teams from any conference have earned NCAA Baseball Tournament bids. The previous SEC record was 10 teams, most recently in 2023.

NCAA Fayetteville Regional
Friday
Game 1 – 1 Arkansas vs. 4 SEMO – 2 p.m. (ESPN+)
Game 2 – 2 Louisiana Tech vs. 3 Kansas State – 7 p.m. (ESPN+)

Saturday
Game 3 – Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser – 2 p.m. (TBD)
Game 4 – Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner – 8 p.m. (TBD)

Sunday
Game 5 – Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Loser – 1 p.m. (TBD)
Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner – 6 p.m. (TBD)

Monday (if necessary)
Game 7 – If the Game 5 Winner Wins Game 6 – TBD

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2024 Razorbacks Football

Thu, Aug 29vs UAPB (Little Rock)W, 70-0
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
Sat, Nov 16vs Texas11:00 AM
Sat, Nov 23vs Louisiana TechTBD
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Sat, Nov 30@ MissouriTBD
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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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