Nationally, Arkansas' list of 24 signees for 2012 looks pretty good.

Scout.com ranked the Razorbacks' class No. 21 in the country. Rivals.com had it a bit lower, at No. 32, but still respectable.

But the flip side to that is this: Among SEC teams, Scout.com ranked the Hogs only ninth among the 14 teams, five of which were Western Division colleagues Alabama, LSU, Auburn, Texas A&M, and Mississippi State.

Rivals.com had the Hogs only 11th in the league behind even Vanderbilt, which snuck in at No. 29 nationally.

Part of the downgrade could be attributed to at least one late defection, but coach Bobby Petrino, as you might expect, preferred to concentrate on the positives of his class.

"Like I said before, we're really fired up about our class and what ...More