Kentucky Basketball's 2025-26 schedule now complete with tip times
And just like that, Kentucky Basketball’s 2025-26 schedule is now complete. The SEC revealed the tip times for the conference slate, giving us firm dates and times for every conference game. The TV channel for several games is still up in the air, but this is a good start on planning your fall and winter around basketball.
Of note: lots of Wednesday games this season, four in SEC play. Thankfully, only two 9 p.m. ET tips, at Vanderbilt on Tue., Jan. 27 and vs. Georgia at home on Tue., Feb. 17. That said, three Saturday games won’t tip off until 8:30 p.m. ET: vs. Mississippi State on Jan. 10, vs. Tennessee on Feb. 7, and at Auburn on Feb. 21. Otherwise, most of Kentucky’s Saturday games will tipoff in the early or midafternoon, except the game at Arkansas, which will tip off at 6:30 p.m. at Bud Walton Arena.
Check out the schedule in full below. Click here for the pretty one you can print out and hang on your fridge. It’s almost here, folks.
Kentucky Basketball 2025-26 Schedule
| Date (Day) | Tip Time (ET) | Opponent/Event | Location | TV Network |
| Oct. 11 (Sat) | 6 p.m. | Big Blue Madness | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | SECN+ |
| Oct. 17 (Fri) | 7 p.m. | Blue-White | Historic Memorial Coliseum | SECN+ |
| Oct. 24 (Fri) | 6 p.m. | Purdue (exhibition) | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | SEC Network |
| Oct. 30 (Thu) | 7 p.m. | Georgetown (exhibition) | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | SECN+ |
| Nov. 4 (Tue) | 7 p.m. | Nicholls (BBN United Tipoff Classic) | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | SECN+ |
| Nov. 7 (Fri) | 7 p.m. | Valparaiso (BBN United Tipoff Classic) | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | SECN+ |
| Nov. 11 (Tue) | 8 p.m. | at Louisville | KFC Yum! Center (Louisville, Ky.) | ESPN |
| Nov. 14 (Fri) | 7 p.m. | Eastern Illinois (BBN United Tipoff Classic) | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | SECN+ |
| Nov. 18 (Tue) | 6:30 p.m. | vs. Michigan State (Champions Classic) | Madison Square Garden (New York) | ESPN |
| Nov. 21 (Fri) | 7 p.m. | Loyola (Md.) | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | SECN+ |
| Nov. 26 (Wed) | 7 p.m. | Tennessee Tech | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | SEC Network |
| Dec. 2 (Tue) | 9:30 p.m. | North Carolina (ACC/SEC Challenge) | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | ESPN |
| Dec. 5 (Fri) | 7 p.m. | vs. Gonzaga | Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tenn.) | ESPN2 |
| Dec. 9 (Tue) | 7 p.m. | North Carolina Central | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | SEC Network |
| Dec. 13 (Sat) | 7:30 p.m. | Indiana | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | ESPN |
| Dec. 20 (Sat) | 12:30 p.m. | vs. St. John’s (CBS Sports Classic) | State Farm Arena (Atlanta) | CBS |
| Dec. 23 (Tue) | 1 p.m. | Bellarmine | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | SECN+ |
| Jan. 3 (Sat) | 1 p.m. | at Alabama (SEC) | Coleman Coliseum (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) | ESPN |
| Jan. 7 (Wed) | 7 p.m. | Missouri (SEC) | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | ESPN2 |
| Jan. 10 (Sat) | 8:30 p.m. | Mississippi State (SEC) | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | SEC Network |
| Jan. 14 (Wed) | 7 p.m. | at LSU (SEC) | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (Baton Rouge, La.) | SEC Network |
| Jan. 17 (Sat) | Noon | at Tennessee (SEC) | Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center (Knoxville, Tenn.) | ESPN |
| Jan. 21 (Wed) | 7 p.m. | Texas (SEC) | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | SEC Network |
| Jan. 24 (Sat) | Noon | Ole Miss (SEC) | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | ESPN/ESPN2 |
| Jan. 27 (Tue) | 9 p.m. | at Vanderbilt (SEC) | Memorial Gymnasium (Nashville, Tenn.) | ESPN |
| Jan. 31 (Sat) | 6:30 p.m. | at Arkansas (SEC) | Bud Walton Arena (Fayetteville, Ark.) | ESPN |
| Feb. 4 (Wed) | 7 p.m. | Oklahoma (SEC) | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | ESPN2 |
| Feb. 7 (Sat) | 8:30 p.m. | Tennessee (SEC) | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | ESPN |
| Feb. 14 (Sat) | 3 p.m. | at Florida (SEC) | Exactech Arena at Stephen C. O’Connell Center (Gainesville, Fla.) | ABC |
| Feb. 17 (Tue) | 9 p.m. | Georgia (SEC) | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU |
| Feb. 21 (Sat) | 8:30 p.m. | at Auburn (SEC) | Neville Arena (Auburn, Ala.) | ESPN/ESPN2 |
| Feb. 24 (Tue) | 7 p.m. | at South Carolina (SEC) | Colonial Life Arena (Columbia, S.C.) | SEC Network |
| Feb. 28 (Sat) | 2 p.m. | Vanderbilt (SEC) | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | ESPN/ESPN2 |
| March 3 (Tue) | 7 p.m. | at Texas A&M (SEC) | Reed Arena (Bryan-College Station, Texas) | ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU |
| March 7 (Sat) | 4 p.m. | Florida (SEC) | Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center | ESPN/ESPN2 |
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