The 2025-26 season marks Rick Barnes’ 11th year leading the Tennessee men’s basketball program. The Volunteers will open their campaign on Nov. 3 against Mercer at Food City Center.
SEC play is scheduled from Jan. 3 to March 7, 2026, with each team playing 18 conference games—nine at home and nine on the road. Tennessee will face Alabama, Kentucky, and Vanderbilt twice in home-and-away matchups.
The Vols’ home SEC slate includes games against Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, and Vanderbilt.
Their road schedule features trips to Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt.
Below is Tennessee’s complete 2025-26 men’s basketball schedule.
2025-26 Tennessee Men’s Basketball Schedule
All times Eastern
Oct. 26 – Exhibition: Duke, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Nov. 3 – Mercer, 7 p.m. (SECN+)
Nov. 8 – Northern Kentucky, 3 p.m. (SECN+)
Nov. 12 – North Florida, 7 p.m. (SECN+)
Nov. 17 – Rice, 8:30 p.m. (SECN)
Nov. 20 – Tennessee State, 7 p.m. (SECN+)
Nov. 24 – vs. Rutgers, 1 p.m. (TNT & HBO Max)
Nov. 25 – vs. Houston, 6 p.m. (TNT & HBO Max)
Nov. 26/27 – vs. TBD, time TBA (TNT/truTV & HBO Max)
Dec. 2 – at Syracuse, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Dec. 6 – vs. Illinois, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 16 – Louisville, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 21 – Gardner-Webb, 3 p.m. (SECN+)
Dec. 30 – South Carolina State, 8 p.m. (SECN)
Jan. 3 – at Arkansas, 3 p.m. (ESPN2)
Jan. 6 – Texas, 9 p.m. (ESPN/2)
Jan. 10 – at Florida, Noon (ESPN/2)
Jan. 13 – Texas A&M, 7 p.m. (SECN)
Jan. 17 – Kentucky, Noon (ESPN)
Jan. 24 – at Alabama, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN/2)
Jan. 27 – at Georgia, 7 p.m. (SECN)
Jan. 31 – Auburn, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Feb. 3 – Ole Miss, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)
Feb. 7 – at Kentucky, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Feb. 11 – at Mississippi State, 9 p.m. (ESPN2/U)
Feb. 14 – LSU, 6 p.m. (SECN)
Feb. 18 – Oklahoma, 7 p.m. (ESPN/2/U)
Feb. 21 – at Vanderbilt, 2 or 2:30 p.m. (ESPN/2)
Feb. 24 – at Missouri, 9 p.m. (SECN)
Feb. 28 – Alabama, 6 or 6:30 p.m. (ESPN/2)
March 3 – at South Carolina, 6 p.m. (SECN)
March 7 – Vanderbilt, 2 p.m. (ESPN/2/U)
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