Dates, times and TV announced for Tennessee Basketball's 2025-26 schedule
Dates, times and television information for the 2025-26 Tennessee Basketball schedule was announced on Tuesday. The news included the exhibition game against Duke on Sunday, October 26 will be televised by ESPN2.
The Vols will host Ohio State in a closed scrimmage on Saturday, October 18 before facing the Blue Devils in the sold-out exhibition at Food City Center in a 7 p.m. Eastern Time start.
Tennessee opens the season at home against Mercer on November 3, starts SEC play at Arkansas on January 3 and ends the regular season at home against Vanderbilt on March 7.
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The notable non-conference games for the Vols are against Rutgers and Houston, as well as a third team that is to be determined, in the Players Era tournament in Las Vegas in November, as well as a three-game stretch at Syracuse (December 3), Illinois in Nashville (December 6) and Louisville at home on December 16.
Tennessee will play Alabama, Kentucky and Vanderbilt in home-and-home games during SEC play. The other SEC road games are at Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State, Missouri and South Carolina and the other home games are Texas, Texas A&M, Auburn, Ole Miss, LSU and Oklahoma.
2025-26 Tennessee Basketball Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time (ET) | TV |
| Sunday, Oct. 26 | Duke (Exhibition) | 7 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Monday, Nov. 3 | Mercer | 7 p.m. | SEC Network+ |
| Saturday, Nov. 8 | Northern Kentucky | 3 p.m. | SEC Network+ |
| Wednesday, Nov. 12 | North Florida | 7 p.m. | SEC Network+ |
| Monday, Nov. 17 | Rice | 8:30 p.m. | SEC Network |
| Thursday, Nov. 20 | Tennessee State | 7 p.m. | SEC Network |
| Monday, Nov. 24 | Rutgers (Las Vegas) | 1 p.m. | TNT/HBO Max |
| Tuesday, Nov. 25 | Houston (Las Vegas) | 6 p.m. | TNT/HBO Max |
| Nov. 26 or Nov. 27 | TBD (Las Vegas) | TBD | TBD |
| Tuesday, Dec. 2 | at Syracuse | 7 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Saturday, Dec. 6 | Illinois (Nashville) | 8 p.m. | ESPN |
| Tuesday, Dec. 16 | Louisville | 7 p.m. | ESPN |
| Sunday, Dec. 21 | Gardner-Webb | 3 p.m. | SEC Network+ |
| Tuesday, Dec. 30 | S.C. State | 8 p.m. | SEC Network |
| Saturday, Jan. 3 | at Arkansas | 3 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Tuesday, Jan. 6 | Texas | 9 p.m. | ESPN/ESPN2 |
| Saturday, Jan. 10 | at Florida | Noon | ESPN/ESPN2 |
| Tuesday, Jan. 13 | Texas A&M | 7 p.m. | SEC Network |
| Saturday, Jan. 17 | Kentucky | Noon | ESPN |
| Saturday, Jan. 24 | at Alabama | 8:30 p.m. | ESPN/ESPN2 |
| Tuesday, Jan. 27 | at Georgia | 7 p.m. | SEC Network |
| Saturday, Jan. 31 | Auburn | 8:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Tuesday, Feb. 3 | Ole Miss | 7 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Saturday, Feb. 7 | at Kentucky | 8:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Wednesday, Feb. 11 | at Miss. State | 9 p.m. | ESPN2/U |
| Saturday, Feb. 14 | LSU | 6 p.m. | SEC Network |
| Wednesday, Feb. 18 | Oklahoma | 7 p.m. | ESPN/2/U |
| Saturday, Feb. 21 | at Vanderbilt | 2/2:30 p.m. | ESPN/2 |
| Tuesday, Feb. 24 | at Missouri | 9 p.m. | SEC Network |
| Saturday, Feb. 28 | Alabama | 6/6:30 p.m. | ESPN/2 |
| Tuesday, March 3 | at South Carolina | 6 p.m. | SEC Network |
| Saturday, March 7 | Vanderbilt | 2 p.m. | ESPN/2/U |