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2025-26 Tennessee men's basketball schedule, TV, tipoff times
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The 2025-26 men's basketball season will be the 11th for Tennessee under coach Rick Barnes . The Vols' basketball season will tip off Nov. 3 against Mercer at Food City Center.
SEC play will be contested from Jan. 3 to March 7, 2026 and each team will play 18 league games, including nine home contests. The Vols will play three opponents twice. Tennessee will face Alabama , Kentucky and Vanderbilt in both home and away contests.
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Tennessee is slated to host Alabama, Auburn , Kentucky, LSU , Ole Miss, Oklahoma , Texas , Texas A&M and Vanderbilt.
The Vols will play SEC road games at Alabama, Arkansas, Florida , Georgia , Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.
Below is Tennessee's 2025-26 men's basketball schedule.
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2025-26 Tennessee men's basketball schedule
*All times Eastern
Oct. 26 – DUKE (exhibition) (7 p.m. on ESPN2)
Nov. 3 – MERCER (7 p.m. on SECN+)
Nov. 8 – NORTHERN KENTUCKY (3 p.m. on SECN+)
Nov. 12 – NORTH FLORIDA (7 p.m. on SECN+)
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Nov. 17 – RICE (8:30 p.m. on SECN)
Nov. 20 – TENNESSEE STATE (7 p.m. on SECN+)
Nov. 24 – vs. Rutgers (1 p.m. on TNT, HBO Max)
Nov. 25 – vs. Houston (6 p.m. on TNT, HBO Max)
Nov. 26/27 – vs. TBD (TBD on TNT/truTV, HBO Max)
Dec. 2 – at Syracuse (7 p.m. on ESPN2)
Dec. 6 – vs. Illinois (8 p.m. on ESPN)
Dec. 16 – LOUISVILLE (7 p.m. on ESPN)
Dec. 21 – GARDNER-WEBB (3 p.m. on SECN+)
Dec. 30 – SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (8 p.m. on SECN)
Jan. 3 – at Arkansas (3 p.m. on ESPN2)
Jan. 6 – TEXAS (9 p.m. on ESPN/2)
Jan. 10 – at Florida (Noon on ESPN/2)
Jan. 13 – TEXAS A&M (7 p.m. on SECN)
Jan. 17 – KENTUCKY (12 p.m. on ESPN)
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Jan. 24 – at Alabama (8:30 p.m. on ESPN/2)
Jan. 27 – at Georgia (7 p.m. on SECN)
Jan. 31 – AUBURN (8:30 p.m. on ESPN)
Feb. 3 – OLE MISS (9 p.m. on ESPN2)
Feb. 7 – at Kentucky (8:30 p.m. on ESPN)
Feb. 11 – at Mississippi State (9 p.m. on ESPN2/U)
Feb. 14 – LSU (6 p.m. on SECN)
Feb. 18 – OKLAHOMA (7 p.m. on ESPN/2/U)
Feb. 21 – at Vanderbilt (2/2:30 p.m. on ESPN/2)
Feb. 24 – at Missouri (9 p.m. on SECN)
Feb. 28 – ALABAMA (6/6:30 p.m. on ESPN/2)
March 3 – at South Carolina (6 p.m. on SECN)
March 7 – VANDERBILT (2 p.m. on ESPN/2/U)
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