Tennessee baseball released its complete schedule for the 2026 season on Thursday afternoon as the Vols begin a new era under head coach Josh Elander.
The Vols’ non conference schedule includes three game home series against Nichols, Kent State and Wright State at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Tennessee’s toughest non conference test comes in Arlington where they’ll face UCLA, Arizona State and Virginia Tech at Globe Life Field. UCLA presents a serious test, projecting as one of the nation’s five best teams to begin the season.
Tennessee also has midweek games against a number of foes including two against UNC Asheville. They’ll also face off against instate foes ETSU, Austin Peay, Lipscomb, Belmont and Tennessee Tech in midweek games.
In SEC play, Elander’s first Tennessee team hosts Missouri, LSU, Ole Miss, Alabama and Texas at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Vols will go on the road to face Georgia, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State and Oklahoma.
Tennessee plays all five SEC teams that they didn’t face a season ago while retaining matchups against Vanderbilt, LSU, Alabama, Ole Miss and Kentucky. Gone are matchups against rivals Florida and Arkansas as well as Auburn, South Carolina, Texas A&M.
The Vols open up SEC play on March 13-15 with a three-game series against Georgia at Foley Field in Athens. Tennessee’s SEC home opener comes a week later when they face Missouri at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Tennessee wraps up SEC play the second weekend of May at Oklahoma before heading to Hoover for the SEC Tournament.
The toughest stretch of Tennessee’s schedule projects to be the third SEC series to the fifth SEC series when the Vols travel to Vanderbilt, host defending national champion LSU and travels to Mississippi State.
Check out Tennessee baseball’s full 2026 schedule here.
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Full SEC Schedule
Bold: SEC, Italics: Home
Feb. 13-15: vs. Nichols
Feb. 17: vs. UNC Asheville
Feb. 20-22: vs. Kent State
Feb. 24: vs. Bellarmine
Feb. 27: vs. UCLA (Arlington)
Feb. 28: vs. Arizona State (Arlington)
March 1: vs. Virginia Tech (Arlington)
March 3: vs. ETSU
March 4: vs. Oakland
March 6-8: vs. Wright State
March 10: Tennessee Tech
March 13-15: at Georgia
March 17: vs. Eastern Kentucky
March 20-22: vs. Missouri
March 24: vs. USC Upstate
March 27-29: at Vanderbilt
March 31: vs. Austin Peay
April 3-5: vs. LSU
April 7: vs. Northern Kentucky
April 10-12: at Mississippi State
April 14: vs. UNC Asheville
April 17-19: vs. Ole Miss
April 21: vs. Lipscomb
April 24-26: vs. Alabama
April 28: vs. West Georgia
May 1-3: at Kentucky
May 5: vs. Presbyterian
May 8-10: vs. Texas
May 12: vs. Belmont
May 14-16: at Oklahoma (Oklahoma City)
