What do you think of @RJ_Young's way-too-early Top 25 for the 2022 season? 🤔
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) January 11, 2022
Read more on each team's ranking ➡️ https://t.co/IhziTAl7Hd pic.twitter.com/cHzu8MrjXO
Hogs landing in Too Early Top 25s
January 13, 2022
Days after putting the finishing touches on Arkansas’ best season in a decade, Head Coach Sam Pittman’s Razorbacks are landing in numerous early Top 25s for the 2022 season.
In just Pittman’s second season on The Hill, the Hogs beat Penn State to win the Outback Bowl and finish the season 9-4. The bowl victory was the first for the program since 2016 and first-ever bowl win over a team from the Big 10 in program history. The nine wins are the most by an Arkansas team since 2011. Both the major polls recognized the Razorbacks’ season this week with the final AP Poll ranking the Hogs 21st and the USA Today Coaches Poll placing the team 20th. Arkansas finished the season ranked for the first time in a decade after spending the majority of the season in the polls, reaching as high as No. 8 in the AP Poll after beating No. 7 Texas A&M.
Led by an offense that returns mostly intact for the 2022 season, including QB KJ Jefferson, and a defense that will be anchored by the return of LB Bumper Pool, the Hogs have already begun to receive lots of praise, landing in at least nine different early Top 25s for the 2022 season from various media outlets.
No. 6 – RJ Young (Fox Sports)
No. 7 – Joel Klatt (Fox Sports)
With lots of variables (transfers) to come here is a WAY-TOO-EARLY CFB 2022 top 10
— Joel Klatt (@joelklatt) January 8, 2022
1) @AlabamaFTBL
2) @OhioStateFB
3) @GeorgiaFootball
4) @AggieFootball
5) @UMichFootball
6) @ClemsonFB
7) @RazorbackFB
8) @Utah_Football
9) @NDFootball
10) @WakeFB
No. 10 – Dennis Dodd (CBS Sports)
College football rankings: @AlabamaFTBL @OhioStateFB State lead way-too-early top 25 ahead of 2022 season - https://t.co/Do0GY2YbwU https://t.co/2IdCpZN2pn
— Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) January 11, 2022
No. 14 – Pat Forde (Sports Illustrated)
The season has been over for MINUTES now, so who's ready to look ahead to next season? The Way Way Too Early 2022 @SINow Top 25 https://t.co/cPglmi8YL3
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) January 11, 2022
No. 15 – Brett McMurphy (Action Network)
No more waiting: here’s my 2022 Ridiculously Way Too Early Top 25 rankings for @ActionNetworkHQ. SEC has 7 teams, followed by Big Ten (6), ACC (3), Big 12 (3), Mountain West (2), Pac-12 (2), AAC (1) & Notre Damehttps://t.co/zjpwf0fjBj
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) January 9, 2022
No. 17 – Stewart Mandel (The Athletic)
2021 was the Year of the Dawgs. Will 2022 be Texas A&M's moment in the sun?
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) January 11, 2022
Also, is NC State a Top 10 team?
Is Oklahoma even a Top 25 team?
My early Top 25:https://t.co/9jbViYZSJz
Will Oklahoma even be a Top 25 team?
No. 17 – 247Sports
247Sports' way-too-early preseason Top 25 rankings for 2022: https://t.co/c6rrxJq0ju pic.twitter.com/98xXqK9kAs
— 247Sports (@247Sports) January 12, 2022
No. 20 – ESPN.com
Way too early Top 25 for 2022 from @espn
— Saturday Down South (@SatDownSouth) January 13, 2022
1. Bama
3. UGA
4. Texas A&M
20. Arkansas
21. Kentucky
23. Ole Miss
25. S. Carolina pic.twitter.com/QoEF9H8VXh
No. 23 – Brandon Marcello (247Sports)
.@bmarcello’s WAY too early 2022 Top 25. What y’all think? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/0gNQAFCxal
— 247Sports (@247Sports) January 11, 2022
The Razorbacks will face one of the toughest schedules in the nation yet again in 2022 with seven of those games coming inside Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium for the first time ever. The season-opener is set for Sept. 3 against Cincinnati, who will be coming off the program’s first-ever trip to the College Football Playoff. The Hogs will also host game against South Carolina (Sept. 10), Missouri State (Sept. 17), national runner-up and SEC Champion Alabama (Oct. 1), Liberty (Nov. 5), LSU (Nov. 12) and Ole Miss (Nov. 19).
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