FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Fifth-ranked Arkansas (12-5) hosts third-ranked Mississippi State (15-2) contained in the pleasant confines of Baum-Walker Stadium on SEC Opening Weekend. First pitch within the high 5 showdown between the Hogs and Bulldogs is ready for six p.m. Friday, March 13, on SEC Network+ with Brett Dolan (play-by-play) and Troy Eklund (analyst) on the decision.
Game two of the SEC Opening Weekend sequence will get underway at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 14, on SEC Network with Dave Neal (play-by-play) and Chris Burke (analyst) within the broadcast sales space. First pitch within the sequence finale between Arkansas and Mississippi State, in the meantime, is scheduled for two p.m. Sunday, March 15, on SEC Network with Neal and Burke on the decision.
Arkansas has been the convention’s most constant winner during the last near-decade, having gained 18-plus SEC video games in eight consecutive seasons and 20-plus SEC video games in 5 of the final six seasons getting into the 2026 marketing campaign. LSU is the one different program in SEC historical past with least eight consecutive seasons of 18 or extra SEC wins (10 from 1996-2005).
Schedule
Friday, March 13
#3 Mississippi State vs. #5 Arkansas – 6 p.m. – SEC Network+ – Listen – Live Stats
Saturday, March 14
#3 Mississippi State vs. #5 Arkansas – 1 p.m. – SEC Network – Listen – Live Stats
Sunday, March 15
#3 Mississippi State vs. #5 Arkansas – 2 p.m. – SEC Network – Listen – Live Stats
On the Mound
Friday, March 13
Mississippi State – RHP Ryan McPherson (3-0, 1.96 ERA)
Arkansas – RHP Gabe Gaeckle (2-1, 2.61 ERA)
Saturday, March 14
Mississippi State – LHP Tomas Valincius (3-0, 1.74 ERA)
Arkansas – LHP Hunter Dietz (2-1, 2.84 ERA)
Sunday, March 15
Mississippi State – RHP Duke Stone (3-0, 3.06 ERA)
Arkansas – LHP Colin Fisher (2-1, 1.17 ERA)
Tune In
Friday’s SEC opener between fifth-ranked Arkansas and third-ranked Mississippi State will stream on SEC Network+ with Brett Dolan (play-by-play) and Troy Eklund (analyst) on the decision. Saturday and Sunday’s video games, in the meantime, will televise nationally on SEC Network with Dave Neal (play-by-play) and Chris Burke (analyst) within the broadcast sales space.
The SEC Opening Weekend sequence between #5 Arkansas and #3 Mississippi State can be heard on the Razorback Sports Network from Learfield, together with regionally in Fayetteville on 92.1 FM or by the Razorback app, with Phil Elson (play-by-play) and Bubba Carpenter (analyst) on the decision. A full checklist of radio associates is out there here.
History Lesson
Arkansas is 61-58 all-time towards Mississippi State, together with a 29-20 report in Fayetteville. Under head coach Dave Van Horn (2003-pres.), the Razorbacks are 38-29 general and 20-13 at Baum-Walker Stadium towards the Bulldogs.
The Hogs have gained eight consecutive sequence towards the Bulldogs contained in the pleasant confines of Baum-Walker Stadium (2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 & 2024), with the final sequence loss in Fayetteville coming within the 2007 season.
Arkansas will sq. off towards Mississippi State on SEC Opening Weekend for the primary time since 2017, and for under the second time since becoming a member of the convention in 1992. In the final SEC Opening Weekend sequence between the 2 packages throughout the 2017 marketing campaign, the Razorbacks swept the Bulldogs in a three-game sequence at Baum-Walker Stadium.
SEC Opening Weekend
Since becoming a member of the convention in 1992, Arkansas owns a 17-16 sequence report on SEC Opening Weekend, together with an 11-3 report in dwelling sequence and a 6-13 report in street sequence. The Razorbacks, opening league play at dwelling for the eighth time within the final 9 seasons, have gained eight consecutive SEC Opening Weekend sequence, together with six sweeps within the course of.
Arkansas swept Mississippi State in 2017, Kentucky in 2018, Missouri in 2019, Kentucky in 2022, Auburn in 2023 and, most lately, Missouri in 2024. The Hogs, who took two-of-three video games on the street towards Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss., final 12 months, haven’t misplaced an SEC Opening Weekend sequence since being swept by South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., in 2016.
It Just Means More Wins
Entering the 2026 marketing campaign, Arkansas has gained 18 or extra SEC video games in eight consecutive seasons. LSU is the one different program in SEC historical past to report at least eight consecutive seasons of 18 or extra SEC victories (10 from 1996-2005).
Additionally, Arkansas has began 8-4 or higher in SEC play for eight consecutive seasons. Arkansas’ streak is the most effective stretch of beginning 8-4 or higher in SEC play by a workforce since LSU did so in eight consecutive seasons from 1991-98.
The Razorbacks have completed with 20 or extra SEC wins in a season six occasions in program historical past, together with 5 occasions within the Dave Van Horn period (2003-pres.). Arkansas (2023-25), considered one of three groups in SEC historical past together with Tennessee (1993-95) and LSU (1996-98) to achieve the 20-win mark in league play in three consecutive seasons, has gained 20 or extra video games in convention play in 5 of the final six seasons, making them the one workforce in league historical past to perform the feat.
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