Texas vs Arkansas softball: Live updates, TV/streaming info for Game 1 of SEC series
Texas softball plays Arkansas on April 30, 2026, in an SEC game at McCombs Field in Austin. Find score-by-score updates, broadcast info and more here.
Texas softball closes out the regular season with one last challenge in the loaded SEC. The No. 7 Longhorns (38-8, 15-6 SEC) open a three-game series with No.
10 Arkansas (39-9, 13-8) Thursday at 7 p. m. in a matchup that features the two teams atop the NCAA’s RPI rankings.
The game marks the ninth meeting this season between Texas and a team that’s currently ranked in the top 10 in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll . The Longhorns are 3-5 in their previous eight games against top-10 teams, including 2-4 against teams from the SEC. Texas is currently tied with Texas A&M for fourth place in the SEC and holds a tiebreaking edge over the Aggies.
That means if Texas sweeps the series against Arkansas, it will enter next week’s SEC Tournament as a top-four seed and get a coveted double bye regardless of how Texas A&M fares in its series against first-place Oklahoma . Follow below for live scores and updates Thursday as the Texas Longhorns begin a three-game SEC series against the Arkansas Razorbacks. MORE: How 'Smash Sisters' Reese Atwood, Katie Stewart super-charge Texas softball Texas Longhorns infielder Viviana Martinez (23) warms up to bat as utility Leighann Goode (43) bats in the second inning of the Longhorns’ 9-1 win over the Houston Cougars in their first game of the Longhorn Invitational at Red and Charline McCombs Field in Austin, Feb.