Tennessee baseball announces complete 2026 season schedule
Tennessee baseball released the complete 2026 schedule on Thursday in what will be the first year led by Josh Elander as head coach. The Vols will play at the newly renovated Lindsey Nelson Stadium a total of 38 times with 15 away bouts and three contests on a neutral field.
The 30-game Southeastern Conference slate was previously announced earlier in the offseason, as were the three games set to be played in Arlington, TX. at Globe Life Field for the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series. Tennessee is set to play UCLA, Arizona Sate and Virginia Tech in what will be its second trip in three years to the Major League Baseball Stadium.
Tennessee’s nonconference slate, which was officially released on Thursday, consists of 38 games with the season-opener against Nicholls State on February 13. The first midweek contest will be against UNC Asheville on February 17. Tennessee will host three nonconference weekend series at home (Nicholls State, Kent State and Wright State) to go along with 14 midweek home bouts.
The television schedule for the season will be released at a later date but all games will be available via streaming. All times subject to change.
For the third time in four years, the Tennessee baseball team will begin Southeastern Conference play on the road away from Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Elander’s first season on Rocky Top as head coach has his program hitting the road to take on Georgia in Athens from March 13-15. The first home series of conference action takes place the following weekend when Tennessee plays host to Missouri.
The Vols hit the road again to end the month, travelling a few hours west to take on rival Vanderbilt in Nashville from March 27-29. The defending national champion LSU Tigers, coached by Jay Johnson, roll into town to kickoff the month of April and then Tennessee hits the road to take on Mississippi State in Starkville from April 10-12.
The first back-to-back home series in conference play are the weekends of April 17-19 (Ole Miss) and April 24-26 (Alabama) before Tennessee travels to Lexington to take on Kentucky at the beginning of May. The final home series of SEC action will be against Texas from May 8-10 before the Vols end the conference season on the road at Oklahoma from May 14-16. The series against the Sooners will be played in Oklahoma City at Chickasaw-Bricktown Ballpark.
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As of now, the only Thursday-Saturday series scheduled in league play is the final weekend of the regular season at Oklahoma. That weekend is a mandated Thursday-Saturday slate due to the start of the Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament in Hoover, Ala. beginning early the following week.
When the television schedule is announced later in the offseason, at least one weekend will likely shift up a day to the Thursday-Saturday slate.
The Vols are set to play the two new additions to the SEC (Texas, Oklahoma) for first time in league action in 2026 when Texas comes to Knoxville May 8-10 and the Vols travel to take on Oklahoma from May 14-16, but that series will actually take place in Oklahoma City at Chickasaw-Bricktown Ballpark. The series is considered away for Tennessee with Oklahoma the host, though the games are being played in Oklahoma City.
The Southeastern Conference schedule consists of 10, three-game series to equal 30 games. Tennessee has won the league’s regular season and tournament championship twice over the past four seasons (2022, 2024) and has competed in five-straight Super Regionals under former skipper Tony Vitello, winning the College World Series in 2024.
2026 Tennessee Nonconference Schedule
| DATE | OPPONENT | HOME/AWAY | TIME (ET) |
| Feb. 13-15 | Nicholls State | Home | 4:30/4/1 p.m. |
| Feb. 17 | UNC Asheville | Home | 4 p.m. |
| Feb. 20-22 | Kent State | Home | 4:30/4/1 p.m. |
| Feb. 24 | Bellarmine | Home | 4 p.m. |
| Feb. 27 | UCLA | Arlington, TX | 4 p.m. |
| Feb. 28 | Arizona State | Arlington, TX | 12 p.m. |
| March 1 | Virginia Tech | Arlington, TX | 11:30 a.m. |
| March 3 | ETSU | Home | 4 p.m. |
| March 4 | Oakland University | Home | 4 p.m. |
| March 6-8 | Wright State | Home | 6:30/6/1 p.m. |
| March 10 | Tennessee Tech | Home | 6 p.m. |
| March 17 | Eastern Kentucky | Home | 6 p.m. |
| March 24 | USC-Upstate | Home | 6 p.m. |
| March 31 | Austin Peay | Home | 6 p.m. |
| April 7 | Northern Kentucky | Home | 6 p.m. |
| April 14 | UNC Asheville | Home | 6 p.m. |
| April 21 | Lipscomb | Home | 6 p.m. |
| April 28 | West Georgia | Home | 6 p.m. |
| May 5 | Presbyterian | Home | 6 p.m. |
| May 12 | Belmont | Home | 5 p.m. |
| May 19-24 | SEC Tournament | Hoover, Ala. | TBD |
2026 Tennessee SEC Schedule
| DATE | OPPONENT | HOME/AWAY | TIME (ET) |
| March 13-15 | Georgia | Away | 6/2/1 p.m. |
| March 20-22 | Missouri | Home | 6:30/6/1 p.m. |
| March 27-29 | Vanderbilt | Away | TBD/TBD/TBD |
| April 3-5 | LSU | Home | 6:30/6/1 p.m. |
| April 10-12 | Mississippi State | Away | TBD/TBD/TBD |
| April 17-19 | Ole Miss | Home | 6:30/6/1 p.m. |
| April 24-26 | Alabama | Home | TBD/6:30/1 p.m. |
| May 1-3 | Kentucky | Away | TBD/TBD/TBD |
| May 8-10 | Texas | Home | 6:30/6/1 p.m. |
| May 14-16 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, Okla. | TBD/TBD/TBD |