Arkansas Razorbacks’ history in AP top-10 matchups

Published Oct 2, 2021

Arkansas’ history in AP top-10 matchups

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Arkansas has played in 36 AP top-10 matchups in its history. Here are a few notes on the previous games, as well as a list of all of them...

~The Razorbacks are just 9-26-1 in AP top-10 matchups.

~Of those 26 losses, 16 of them have been by one possession. Five of Arkansas' nine wins were by one possession, as well. That means, including the tie, 22 of the 36 top-10 matchups have been decided by 7 points or less.

~That record includes a 1-7-1 mark in AP top-10 matchups that were true road games. The lone win was during the 1964 national championship, when No. 8 Arkansas won 14-13 at No. 1 Texas. The tie came in 1982, when the No. 9 Razorbacks tied No. 2 SMU 17-17.

~Saturday's game will be the second time Arkansas has played an AP top-10 matchup against Georgia. The first was in the 1969 Sugar Bowl, when the No. 9 Razorbacks knocked off the No. 4 Bulldogs 16-2.

Arkansas' all-time top-10 matchups

Date	Game	Result

Oct. 23, 1954	No. 5 Ole Miss at No. 7 Arkansas (Little Rock)	W, 6-0
Oct. 24, 1959	No. 10 Arkansas vs. No. 4 Ole Miss (Memphis)	L, 28-0
Jan. 1, 1961	No. 7 Arkansas vs. No. 10 Duke (Cotton Bowl)	L, 7-6
Oct. 21, 1961	No. 3 Texas at No. 10 Arkansas	L, 33-7
Jan. 1, 1962	No. 9 Arkansas vs. No. 1 Alabama (Sugar Bowl)	L, 10-3
Oct. 20, 1962	No. 7 Arkansas at No. 1 Texas	L, 7-3
Jan. 1, 1963	No. 6 Arkansas vs. No. 3 Ole Miss (Sugar Bowl)	L, 17-13
Oct. 17, 1964	No. 8 Arkansas at No. 1 Texas	W, 14-13
Jan. 1, 1965	No. 2 Arkansas vs. No. 6 Nebraska (Cotton Bowl)	W, 10-7
Oct. 16, 1965	No. 1 Texas at No. 3 Arkansas	W, 27-24
Nov. 20, 1965	No. 9 Texas Tech at No. 2 Arkansas	W, 42-24
Jan. 1, 1969	No. 9 Arkansas vs. No. 4 Georgia (Sugar Bowl)	W, 16-2
Dec. 6, 1969	No. 1 Texas at No. 2 Arkansas	L, 15-14
Sept. 12, 1970	No. 10 Stanford at No. 4 Arkansas (Little Rock)	L, 34-28
Dec. 5, 1970	No. 4 Arkansas at No. 1 Texas	L, 42-7
Sept. 9, 1972	No. 8 USC at No. 4 Arkansas (Little Rock)	L, 31-10
Oct. 15, 1977	No. 2 Texas at No. 8 Arkansas	L, 13-9
Jan. 2, 1978	No. 6 Arkansas vs. No. 2 Oklahoma (Orange Bowl)	W, 31-6
Oct. 21, 1978	No. 3 Arkansas at No. 8 Texas	L, 28-21
Oct. 20, 1979	No. 2 Texas at No. 10 Arkansas (Little Rock)	W, 17-14
Oct. 27, 1979	No. 6 Houston at No. 4 Arkansas	L, 13-10
Jan. 1, 1980	No. 6 Arkansas vs. No. 2 Alabama (Sugar Bowl)	L, 24-9
Sept. 1, 1980	No. 6 Arkansas at No. 10 Texas	L, 23-17
Nov. 20, 1982	No. 9 Arkansas at No. 2 SMU	T, 17-17
Jan. 1, 1987	No. 9 Arkansas vs. No. 3 Oklahoma (Orange Bowl)	L, 42-8
Sept. 26, 1987	No. 5 Miami (Fla.) at No. 10 Arkansas (Little Rock)	L, 51-7
Nov. 26, 1988	No. 8 Arkansas at No. 3 Miami (Fla.)	L, 18-16
Jan. 2, 1989	No. 8 Arkansas vs. No. 9 UCLA (Cotton Bowl)	L, 17-3
Jan. 1, 1990	No. 10 Arkansas vs. No. 8 Tennessee (Cotton Bowl)	L, 31-27
Nov. 14, 1998	No. 10 Arkansas at No. 1 Tennessee	L, 28-24
Nov. 24, 2006	No. 9 LSU at No. 5 Arkansas (Little Rock)	L, 31-26
Dec. 2, 2006	No. 8 Arkansas vs. No. 4 Florida (SECCG)	L, 38-28
Sept. 25, 2010	No. 1 Alabama at No. 10 Arkansas	L, 24-20
Jan. 4, 2011	No. 8 Arkansas vs. No. 6 Ohio State (Sugar Bowl)	L, 31-26
Nov. 5, 2011	No. 10 South Carolina at No. 8 Arkansas	W, 44-28
Nov. 25, 2011	No. 3 Arkansas at No. 1 LSU	L, 41-17