SEC Announces Arkansas’ MBB 2025-26 League Opponents

June 18, 2025

FAYETTEVILLE – The Southeastern Conference released the men’s basketball home and away conference opponents for the 2025-26 season. The Razorbacks will play each of the league’s three Tigers – LSU, Missouri and Auburn – twice during the regular season, once at home and once on the road.

As for the teams Arkansas will face once, the Razorbacks will host Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt while playing at Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Oklahoma.

League play tips off on Saturday, January 3, and runs through Saturday, March 7. Each SEC team plays the other 15 teams at least once during league play. Three teams will be played a second time during the schedule – two of which are permanent opponents and one that will change each year.

The SEC Tournament returns to Nashville, Tenn., as Bridgestone Arena will host the event from March 11-15, 2026.

Arkansas 2025-26 SEC Opponents

HOME GAMES
Auburn
Kentucky
LSU
Missouri
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Texas A&M
Vanderbilt

AWAY GAMES
at Alabama
at Auburn
at Florida
at Georgia
at LSU
at Ole Miss
at Mississippi State
at Missouri
at Oklahoma

NOTES:

Under the new scheduling format, this will be the second-straight year Arkansas will face both LSU and Missouri twice as SEC-designated “permanent opponents.” Auburn is the third team Arkansas will play both home and away. Texas was that third team last season.
Arkansas and LSU have met for a home-and-home series in all but two seasons since the Razorbacks joined the SEC for the 1991-92 season. The Razorbacks and Tigers only met once in 2013 (in Baton Rouge) and just once in 2015 (in Fayetteville). Arkansas leads the Tigers 40-32 since the Razorbacks joined the SEC. Since Arkansas joined the SEC, the Tigers are the Razorbacks’ most common SEC opponent with 72 meetings followed by Mississippi State (61), Alabama (60), Auburn (60) and Ole Miss (59).
Arkansas and Missouri will be playing a home-and-home series for the 14th consecutive year. The streak coincides with the number of years since the Tigers joined the SEC (2012-13). Arkansas leads the all-time series with Missouri, 36-28, and leads 17-10 since Mizzou joined the SEC, including wins in eight of the last 10 meetings.
The last time Arkansas and Auburn met twice during the regular season was the 2017-18 campaign. Auburn upset the #22 Razorbacks in the first meeting, 88-77 on Jan. 6, 2018 in Auburn, and Arkansas returned the favor with a 91-82 victory over #14 Auburn in Bud Walton Arena (2/17/2018).
Arkansas will make its first trip to Norman since the 2011-12 season. The Sooners won that meeting, 78-63 on Dec. 10, 2011. Overall, Arkansas is just 3-8 in games played in Norman. However, the teams have only meet a total of five times in Norman since the 1998-99 season, a span of 27 years.
For just the second consecutive year and the fourth time since Texas A&M joined the SEC (2012-13), Arkansas and the Aggies will meet just once in the regular season. Texas A&M is Arkansas’ most common opponent with 170 games played in the series since the Hog’s first year of basketball (1923-24). Arkansas leads the all-time series with the Aggies, 108-62, and own a 13-11 advantage since A&M joined the SEC. The home team has dominated the series over the last 14 seasons as Arkansas is 10-1 versus the Aggies at home and Texas A&M is 8-3 versus the Razorbacks in College Station.
If history is an indicator, the home schedule sets up well for Arkansas. The Razorbacks are 23-6 all-time versus Auburn in Fayetteville, 8-10 versus Kentucky, 25-8 versus LSU, 21-10 versus Missouri, 12-6 versus South Carolina, 12-5 versus Tennessee, 47-22 versus Texas, 62-15 versus Texas A&M and 16-5 versus Vanderbilt.
As part of a scheduling quirk, Arkansas will be making just its sixth trip to Mississippi State since the 2015-16 season. The teams have played in Fayetteville eight times over the span.

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