Razorback Volleyball Unveils 2026 Schedule
The Volley Hogs are back in action in August, and the full schedule for the 2026 slate has been released.
Following the team’s Red/White Scrimmage at Barnhill Arena on Saturday, Aug. 15, Arkansas will play 26 regular season matches, with 11 at Barnhill Arena and 15 SEC matchups.
The Hogs opens their season at home with the Razorback Invitational, Aug. 28-30. Arkansas will play one match per day during the tournament, starting out with SIU-Edwardsville on Friday, Aug. 28. The Razorbacks will play UT-Arlington on Saturday, Aug. 29 and close out opening weekend with UTSA on Sunday, Aug. 30.
From there, a long road stretch awaits. The month of September starts with the 2026 Big 10/SEC Challenge, in which Arkansas will head to Music City for two matches hosted by Vanderbilt. The Razorbacks take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Tuesday, Sept. 1 and the Maryland Terrapins on Wednesday, Sept. 2 in the event.
Another conference challenge awaits the following week as Arkansas travels to New York to face Syracuse in the ACC/SEC Challenge on Wednesday, Sept. 9, hosted by the Orange. The Hogs then head southwest to Towson, Md. for an invitational. Arkansas will play two matches on Friday, Sept. 11, against Robert Morris in the morning and host Towson in the evening. The Hogs wrap up the road trip on Saturday, Sept. 12 with an afternoon matchup with Howard.
In the last non-SEC weekend of the season, the Razorbacks will go to Jonesboro to take on in-state opponent Arkansas State on Friday, Sept. 18. They will play Illinois on Saturday to conclude the non-conference slate.
The Hogs’ SEC schedule opens with Auburn at home on Friday, Sept. 25. To start October, the Hogs hit the road with a pair of matches at Georgia on Friday, Oct. 2 and at South Carolina on Sunday, Oct. 4 for their first full weekend on conference play.
Arkansas then has four straight home matches with some heavy hitters. The Texas Longhorns come to town on Friday, Oct. 9 and the defending national champion Texas A&M Aggies will be at Barnhill on Oct. 11. Tennessee will be Arkansas’ Friday night opponent on Oct. 16, and the Hogs will play the reigning SEC champion Kentucky Wildcats on Sunday, Oct. 18.
The Hogs head to Tuscaloosa on Friday, Oct. 23 for a match with the Crimson Tide, and finish out the weekend in Starkville to play the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Sunday, Oct. 25. Arkansas concludes the month with a home match against the Oklahoma Sooners on Friday, Oct. 30 at Barnhill.
The next three for the Razorbacks are on the road: at Florida on Sunday, Nov. 1, at LSU on Wednesday, Nov. 4, and at Ole Miss on Sunday, Nov. 8. Arkansas’ final two matches of the regular season will be at home, on Friday, Nov. 13 versus Vanderbilt and Sunday, Nov. 15 versus Missouri.
The 2026 SEC Volleyball Tournament will again be hosted at Enmarket Arena in Savannah, Ga. Nov. 20-24, and NCAA Tournament play opens the first weekend of December.
Season ticket renewals open on Monday, June 15, as well as new general admission season tickets. Renewals and new purchases can be made online via Razorback Ticket Center or by phone.
All match times and TV designations will be released at a later date, and all are subject to change.
2026 Arkansas Volleyball Schedule
8/28: SIUE, 7 p.m.
8/29: UTA, 7 p.m.
8/30: UTSA, 1 p.m.
9/1: vs. Rutgers (at Vanderbilt | Big 10/SEC Challenge)
9/2: vs. Maryland (at Vanderbilt | Big 10/SEC Challenge)
9/9: at Syracuse (ACC/SEC Challenge)
9/11: vs. Robert Morris, 9 a.m.
9/11: at Towson, 6 p.m.
9/12: vs. Howard, 11 a.m.
9/18: at Arkansas State, 7 p.m.
9/19: vs. Illinois, 2 p.m.
9/25: Auburn
10/2: at Georgia
10/4: at South Carolina
10/9: Texas
10/11: Texas A&M
10/16: Tennessee
10/18: Kentucky
10/23: at Alabama
10/25: at Mississippi State
10/30: Oklahoma
11/1: at Florida
11/4: at LSU
11/8: at Ole Miss
11/13: Vanderbilt
11/15: Missouri
11/20-11/24: SEC Volleyball Tournament (Savannah, Ga.)
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