Hoop Hogs’ 18 SEC matchups for 2025-26 announced on Wednesday

By Kevin McPherson

LITTLE ROCK — The list of all 18 SEC regular-season matchups for the 2025-26 Arkansas Razorbacks was released on Wednesday, headlined by a home game at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville against blueblood Kentucky, a home-and-away series against defending league champion Auburn, and a road game against defending national champion Florida.

Coupled with six known non-conference opponents in ’25-26, it brings the number to 24 total known foes among the 31 regular-season games that will be played in the upcoming campaign.

Via combination of two non-conference matchups and three SEC tilts, Arkansas will face each of the four teams — Florida, Auburn, Houston, and Duke — that competed in the ’24-25 NCAA Tournament Final Four.

The Razorbacks will host Kentucky at BWA for the first time since John Calipari, entering his second season as Head Hog, last led the Wildcats’ into the venue as Big Blue Nation’s head coach during the ’23-24 season.

Both the Hoop Hogs and Wildcats advanced to the NCAAT Sweet Sixteen last season.

The ’25-26 league game dates, times, and television designations are atill pending and will be announced at a later time.

Hoop Hogs’ ’25-26 SEC matchups (18 total) …

– HOME-&-AWAY: Auburn, Missouri, LSU

– HOME: Kentucky, Texas, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, South Carolina

– AWAY: Florida, Alabama, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Georgia

Hoop Hogs’ ’25-26 non-conference matchups (6 known now, will be 13 total) …

-UCA at home (Nov. 11 at BWA)

-Baylor at home (date TBD, BWA or Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock)

-Duke in Chicago (Nov. 27, a.k.a. Thanksgiving Day, on CBS)

-Louisville at home in 3rd annual ACC/SEC Challenge (Dec. 3 at BWA, ESPN/2/U)

-Michigan State on the road (TBD, East Lansing, Mich.)

-Houston in Brooklyn (Dec. 20)