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Ranking the 10 best college football fight songs

By Phil Poling

12 November 2016: USC quarterback #14 Sam Danold leads the Trojan band in a song after the game against Washington. USC defeated Washington 36-13 at Husky Stadium on November 12, 2016, in Seattle, WA. (Photo by Jesse Beals/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
12 November 2016: USC quarterback #14 Sam Danold leads the Trojan band in a song after the game against Washington. USC defeated Washington 36-13 at Husky Stadium on November 12, 2016, in Seattle, WA. (Photo by Jesse Beals/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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FAYETTEVILLE, AR – SEPTEMBER 15: The Arkansas Razorback band during the North Texas Mean Green 44-17 win over the Arkansas Razorbacks on September 15, 2018, at Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas. (Photo by Andy Altenburger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
FAYETTEVILLE, AR – SEPTEMBER 15: The Arkansas Razorback band during the North Texas Mean Green 44-17 win over the Arkansas Razorbacks on September 15, 2018, at Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas. (Photo by Andy Altenburger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

No. 8: Arkansas Razorbacks

One of the most underrated fight songs in all of college sports belongs to the University of Arkansas. Known as, “The Best in Sight and Sound,” the Razorback’s Marching Band (RMB) is the largest student organization on campus with 350-plus members.

The university actually has two bands, the RMB and the Hogwild Band. The Hogwild Band supports the volleyball team, as well as men’s and women’s basketball at home and in tournament play, but only has 104 members. Only.

The Razorback’s fight song, titled, “Arkansas Fight,” was penned by a student, William Edwin Douglass in 1913. His music professor, Henry D. Tovey, helped with the song by adding chords and instrumentation.

The Razorback’s Never Yield campaign, introduced in 2013, is derived from a line in the fight song that states, “Razorbacks will never yield,” a motto the school aspires to apply to all Arkansas athletics.

“We are asking all Razorbacks to join us in recognizing our rich heritage of success while celebrating the distinguishing determination displayed by our student-athletes, coaches and fans,” former athletic director Jeff Long said in 2013. “At the University of Arkansas, we will Never Yield!”