The SEC released Tennessee basketball’s complete conference schedule Wednesday, putting the Vols’ complete 2025-26 schedule into view.
Tennessee opens up SEC play on the road on Jan. 3, facing John Calipari and Arkansas at Bud Walton Arena. The Vols opened up SEC play against Arkansas at home a season ago, routing the Razorbacks 76-52. Tennessee’s SEC home opener comes a few days later against Texas.
Rick Barnes’ 11th Tennessee team faces every SEC team at least once while facing rivals Alabama, Kentucky and Vanderbilt twice.
Of the teams that Tennessee faces once, they host Texas, Texas A&M, Auburn, Ole Miss, LSU and Oklahoma at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center. The Vols’ lone meetings with Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State, Missouri and South Carolina are all on the road.
Tennessee’s SEC schedule is front loaded with the Vols facing Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Alabama and Auburn all in January. Three of Tennessee’s first five SEC games include matchups at Arkansas and Florida and a home matchup against Kentucky.
The Vols close to the regular season isn’t quite easy, but it is lighter than the jump. Tennessee’s five final games include two matchups against Vanderbilt, road trips to Missouri and South Carolina and a home game against Alabama.
Tennessee has a challenging non conference schedule that includes neutral site matchups against Rutgers (Las Vegas), Houston (Las Vegas) and Illinois (Nashville), a home game against Louisville and a road game at Syracuse. The Vols will also play another game in Las Vegas that will likely be against a power five opponent.
Check out Tennessee’s complete 2025-26 schedule below.
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Full Schedule
Nov. 3: vs. Mercer
Nov. 8: vs. Northern Kentucky
Nov. 12: vs. North Florida
Nov. 17: vs. Rice
Nov. 20: vs. Tennessee State
Nov. 24: Rutgers (Vegas)
Nov. 25: Houston (Vegas)
Nov. 26/27: TBD (Vegas)
Dec. 2: at Syracuse
Dec. 6: Illinois (Nashville)
Dec. 16: vs. Louisville
Dec. 21: vs. Gardner-Webb
Dec. 30: vs. South Carolina State
Jan. 3: at Arkansas
Jan. 6/7: vs. Texas
Jan. 10: at Florida
Jan. 13/14: vs. Texas A&M
Jan. 17: vs. Kentucky
Jan. 20/21: BYE
Jan. 24: at Alabama
Jan. 27/28: at Georgia
Jan. 31: vs. Auburn
Feb. 3/4: vs. Ole Miss
Feb. 7: at Kentucky
Feb. 11: at Mississippi State
Feb. 14: vs. LSU
Feb. 17/18: vs. Oklahoma
Feb. 21: at Vanderbilt
Feb. 24: at Missouri
Feb. 28: vs. Alabama
March 3/4: at South Carolina
March 7: vs. Vanderbilt
