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Here's every Tennessee football SEC opponent for the next four seasons
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Tennessee football now knows its opponents for all 36 SEC games over the next four seasons under the league's new scheduling format.
On Sept. 23, the SEC released pairings for every conference game in the 2026-29 seasons during an hour-long primetime show on SEC Network.
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Tennessee will play Alabama , Kentucky and Vanderbilt as annual SEC opponents . Its other six opponents will rotate each season. That means each school will play every SEC opponent home and away every four years.
It's part of the SEC's new nine-game conference schedule, which begins next season. Each SEC school must also schedule at least one nonconference opponent from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 or Notre Dame.
The SEC's annual opponent assignments will undergo evaluation after the initial four years of the nine-game SEC schedule and could be changed after that four-year period.
Here are Tennessee's SEC opponents for the next four seasons, as well as nonconference opponents already scheduled.
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Tennessee football 2026 opponents
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Home: Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, LSU, Texas
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Away: Arkansas , South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
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Nonconference: Furman (Sept. 5); at Georgia Tech (Sept. 12); Kennesaw State (Sept. 19)
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Notable: This will be the first time that Texas has come to Tennessee. And it will be the first time that Tennessee hosts Alabama and Auburn at Neyland Stadium in the same season since 2004. LSU last came to Knoxville in 2017. The Vols have been to Texas A&M only once before in 2016.
Tennessee football 2027 opponents
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Home: Ole Miss , Vanderbilt, Florida, Mississippi State
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Away: Georgia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri
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Nonconference: Tennessee State (Sept. 4); Georgia Tech (Sept. 11); Western Michigan (Sept. 18)
Tennessee football 2028 opponents
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Home: Arkansas, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Kentucky, Alabama
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Away: Auburn, LSU, Texas, Vanderbilt
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Nonconference: West Virginia (in Charlotte, North Carolina, Sept. 2)
Tennessee football 2029 opponents
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Home: Georgia, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt, Missouri
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Away: Ole Miss, Florida, Mississippi State, Kentucky, Alabama
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Nonconference: Washington (Sept. 1)
Adam Sparks is the Tennessee football beat reporter. Email adam.sparks@knoxnews.com . X, formerly known as Twitter @AdamSparks . Support strong local journalism by subscribing at knoxnews.com/subscribe .
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This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Tennessee football SEC opponents set for 2026-29 schedules
