FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas will begin the 2020 season in an increasingly familiar situation: highly ranked.
The Razorbacks were No. 5 in the preseason USA Today coaches poll that was released Thursday. It is the program’s second-highest preseason ranking ever in the poll, and highest since Arkansas was ranked No. 1 to begin the 2013 season.
It is the fifth time since 2007 that the Razorbacks have started the season ranked in the coaches’ top 10, and second time in three years. They were ranked No. 6 to begin the 2018 season and No. 12 to start last year.