The Razorbacks, who have won nine consecutive games in SEC play, rose eight spots to No. 12 in the AP poll that was released Monday. It is the program’s highest ranking in the poll since it was No. 12 in February 1998.
It is the third-largest one-week jump ever for Arkansas in the AP basketball poll, and the largest since the Razorbacks jumped nine spots from No. 20 to No. 11 in December 1980.
The Razorbacks (19-5, 11-4 SEC) have been ranked in three consecutive AP polls for the first time since the end of the 2014-15 regular season.