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Tennessee (7-3) will look to end its three-game losing streak . The Vols will return to action Dec. 16 versus Louisville at Food City Center .
Tipoff between the Vols and Cardinals is slated for 7 p.m. EST and will be televised by ESPN.
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The Vols have recorded wins over Mercer, Northern Kentucky, North Florida, Rice, Tennessee State, Rutgers and Houston since tipping off its 2025-26 regular season. The Vols have suffered consecutive losses to Kansas, Syracuse and Illinois.
Below is the entire USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll top 25 rankings released on Monday. Tennessee is down seven spots to No. 20.
More: 2025-26 Tennessee men's basketball schedule, TV, tipoff times
USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll top 25 rankings
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
PTS |
1st |
Prev |
Chg |
Hi/Lo |
| 1 |
8-0 |
755 |
17 |
2 |
+1 |
1/7 |
|
| 2 |
8-0 |
742 |
11 |
3 |
+1 |
2/13 |
|
| 3 |
10-0 |
723 |
2 |
4 |
+1 |
3/5 |
|
| 4 |
9-0 |
651 |
1 |
9 |
+5 |
4/18 |
|
| 5 |
8-1 |
628 |
0 |
5 |
- |
3/7 |
|
| 6 |
8-1 |
617 |
0 |
1 |
-5 |
1/6 |
|
| 7 |
9-1 |
565 |
0 |
11 |
+4 |
7/20 |
|
| 8 |
8-1 |
547 |
0 |
7 |
-1 |
2/8 |
|
| 9 |
8-1 |
517 |
0 |
8 |
-1 |
8/21 |
|
| 10 |
7-1 |
507 |
0 |
10 |
- |
7/11 |
|
| 11 |
8-1 |
456 |
0 |
6 |
-5 |
5/12 |
|
| 12 |
7-2 |
436 |
0 |
12 |
- |
9/16 |
|
| 13 |
7-2 |
371 |
0 |
15 |
+2 |
8/15 |
|
| 14 |
9-0 |
365 |
0 |
16 |
+2 |
14/NR |
|
| 15 |
8-1 |
341 |
0 |
17 |
+2 |
15/25 |
|
| 16 |
7-2 |
277 |
0 |
19 |
+3 |
11/20 |
|
| 17 |
7-2 |
245 |
0 |
23 |
+6 |
15/23 |
|
| 18 |
5-3 |
213 |
0 |
14 |
-4 |
3/18 |
|
| 19 |
7-3 |
208 |
0 |
21 |
+2 |
19/NR |
|
| 20 |
7-3 |
170 |
0 |
13 |
-7 |
13/20 |
|
| 21 |
5-3 |
138 |
0 |
22 |
+1 |
6/22 |
|
| 22 |
9-0 |
114 |
0 |
NR |
+6 |
22/NR |
|
| 23 |
8-1 |
77 |
0 |
25 |
+2 |
23/NR |
|
| 24 |
7-3 |
76 |
0 |
24 |
- |
22/NR |
|
| 25 |
8-1 |
67 |
0 |
NR |
+8 |
25/NR |
Schools dropped out
No. 18 Kentucky; No. 19 Indiana
Others receiving votes
Saint Mary's 52; UCLA 35; Oklahoma State 33; Wisconsin 32; USC 20; Seton Hall 16; Indiana 16; Kentucky 14; SMU 11; Missouri 7; Clemson 7; Ohio State 6; Georgia 5; Miami (FL) 4; LSU 4; Utah State 3; Yale 2; California 1; Baylor 1
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List of voters
The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2025-26 season: Adrian Autry, Syracuse; John Becker, Vermont; Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's; Jeff Boals, Ohio; Alvin Brooks, Lamar; Pat Chambers, Florida Gulf Coast; Scott Drew, Baylor; Dan Earl, Chattanooga; Jonas Hayes, Georgia State; Donte' Jackson, Alabama A&M; Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa; James Jones, Yale; Greg Kampe, Oakland; Eric Konkol, Tulsa; Brad Korn, Southeast Missouri State; Anthony Latina, Sacred Heart; Jim Les, UC Davis; Greg McDermott, Creighton; Nick McDevitt, Middle Tennessee; Mike McGarvey, Lafayette; Dan Monson, Eastern Washington; Chris Mooney, Richmond; Mike Morrell, UNC Asheville; Nate Oats, Alabama; Eric Olen, New Mexico; Matt Painter, Purdue; Paul Sather, North Dakota; Patrick Sellers, Central Connecticut State; Zach Spiker, Drexel; Brett Tanner, Abilene Christian; Stan Waterman, Delaware State.
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