NEW ORLEANS – The first national coaches’ cross country poll after competitions held over the past couple of weekends have Arkansas at No. 14 after being No. 12 in the preseason poll.
The Razorbacks are the top SEC school in the national poll, followed by Ole Miss at No. 22, Alabama at No. 25, and Tennessee at No. 29.
In the NCAA South Central Region, Arkansas remains No. 1 over Texas, Texas A&M, Tulane, and Arkansas State.
The next competition for the Razorbacks will be a home meet over an 8k course at 5 p.m. during the Chile Pepper Festival held at Agri Park on Friday, Sept. 30.
Chile Pepper Festival – Friday, Sept. 30, 2022
| 3:15 p.m. | Women’s Collegiate Prairie Fire Pepper 5k |
| 3:45 p.m. | Men’s Collegiate Prairie Fire Pepper 8k |
| 4:30 p.m. | College Women’s 5k |
| 5:00 p.m. | McDonnell Memorial College Men’s 8k |
| 6:00 p.m. | Awards |
| 1 | Northern Arizona | |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | |
| 3 | Stanford | |
| 4 | BYU | |
| 5 | Colorado | |
| 6 | Tulsa | |
| 6 | Wisconsin | |
| 8 | Washington | |
| 9 | Iowa State | |
| 10 | Wake Forest | |
| 11 | Air Force | |
| 12 | Harvard | |
| 13 | Notre Dame | |
| 14 | Arkansas | |
| 15 | Portland | |
| 16 | Villanova | |
| 17 | North Carolina | |
| 18 | Gonzaga | |
| 19 | Syracuse | |
| 20 | Princeton | |
| 21 | Furman | |
| 22 | Ole Miss | |
| 23 | Georgetown | |
| 24 | Montana State | |
| 25 | Alabama | |
| 26 | Michigan | |
| 27 | Butler | |
| 28 | Texas | |
| 29 | Tennessee | |
| 30 | Michigan State |
| 1. Arkansas, 2. Texas, 3. Texas A&M, 4. Tulane, 5. Arkansas State, 6. Incarnate Word, 7. Central Arkansas, 8. Rice, 9. LSU, 10. Lamar. |