Arkansas basketball now has the full picture for its 2026-27 season, with tip times and TV assignments set for a schedule that mixes a heavy home slate with a handful of high-profile road tests.
The Razorbacks, who finalized the lineup a few weeks ago, will open their exhibition run at Bud Walton Arena later this month. Gonzaga comes to Fayetteville on Oct. 24 for a 3 p.m.
(CDT) tip, followed by Memphis on Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. (CDT).
Both exhibitions, along with most of Arkansas’ non-conference games, will stream on SEC Network+.
John Calipari’s team then starts the regular season with UAPB on Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. on SECN+ before jumping into one of the biggest early games on the calendar. Arkansas meets Virginia in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 8 at noon on ESPN as part of the “Capital Showcase,” giving the Hogs their second regular season game.
The non-conference schedule is packed with major neutral-site and road matchups. Arkansas faces Indiana at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 17 at 6:30 p.m.
(CDT) on Peacock, then turns around a little more than a week later for a Thanksgiving date with Michigan State in Detroit. That game, part of the “CareSource Invitational,” is set for Nov. 26 at 3:30 p.m.
(CDT) on CBS.
The other two headline non-conference games are just as prominent. The Razorbacks go to Chapel Hill to play North Carolina on Dec. 1 at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN in the SEC/ACC Challenge, then close that stretch by heading to Phoenix to take on Arizona on Dec. 19 at 5:30 p.m. (CDT) on ESPN in the “Hall of Fame Series.”
Arkansas’ home-heavy non-conference schedule also includes Robert Morris on Nov. 10, Central Arkansas on Nov.
13, Mississippi Valley State on Nov. 20, Oral Roberts on Dec. 5 in North Little Rock, Oakland on Dec.
8, UT Arlington on Dec. 13, Central Michigan on Dec. 22 and UTRGV on Dec.
- All of those are listed for 7 p.m. and will stream on SECN+.
Once SEC play begins, the Razorbacks get Missouri on Jan. 2, 2027 at 3 p.m. on ESPN/2, then hit the road to South Carolina on Jan. 6 at 8 p.m. on SECN. Alabama visits Fayetteville on Jan. 9 at 1 p.m. on ESPN2 before Arkansas heads to Texas A&M on Jan. 12 at 6 p.m. on ESPN2/U.
The conference grind continues with a Jan. 16 trip to Tennessee at 11 a.m. on ESPN/2, a home game against Georgia on Jan. 19 at 8 p.m. on ESPNU, and a Jan. 23 road game at Texas at 5 p.m. on ESPN/2/U. LSU comes to Bud Walton Arena on Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. on SECN, followed by Mississippi State on Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. on SECN.
After the Feb. 2/3 bye week, Arkansas resumes league play at Vanderbilt on Feb. 6 at 7/7:30 p.m. on ESPN, hosts Ole Miss on Feb. 9 at 8 p.m. on SECN, then travels to Alabama on Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. Auburn comes to Fayetteville on Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. on ESPN/2, before the Hogs go to Kentucky on Feb. 20 at 5/5:30 p.m. on ESPN and to Missouri on Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. on ESPN2/U.
The final stretch includes Florida in Fayetteville on Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. on ABC, a trip to LSU on March 2 at 8 p.m. on ESPNU, and Oklahoma at home on March 6 at 11 a.m. on ESPN/U. The SEC Tournament is set for March 10/14.
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