Expectations were high for the 2019 team, picked to finished third in the SEC West and ranked between #12-25 in preseason polls.
Arkansas scheduled two preseason exhibition games in Fall 2018 following a rule change by the NCAA.
The exhibition match-up at Gary Hogan Field was the first for the Razorbacks against an in-state opponent in program history.
Arkansas hired Matt Hobbs, who had coached the previous four seasons at Wake Forest.
[4] Head coach Dave Van Horn was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in January 2019.