FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas softball received its highest preseason ranking in program history on Tuesday.
The Razorbacks, coming off a 42-win season and their first Super Regional appearance in 2018, came in at No. 14 in the USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll.
Eleven SEC teams make up the poll, and six are ranked in the top 11, including Florida (5), Georgia (6), Tennessee (8) and Alabama and South Carolina (T9).
On Jan. 16, Arkansas was picked to finish fifth in the SEC in a vote of the league’s 13 coaches. The predicted fifth-place finish is also the highest in program history.