University of Tennessee Athletics
2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule
Overall23-110.676
Conference11-70.611
StreakW1
Home14-3
Away5-5
Neutral4-3
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location | Tournament | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26 (Sun) | 7 PM ET | Home | #6/5 Duke (Exh.) | Knoxville, TN (Food City Center) | L 76-83 | |
| Nov 3 (Mon) | 7 PM ET | Home | Mercer | Knoxville, TN (Food City Center) | W 76-61 | |
| Nov 8 (Sat) | 3 PM ET | Home | Northern Kentucky | Knoxville, TN (Food City Center) | W 95-56 | |
| Nov 12 (Wed) | 7 PM ET | Home | North Florida | Knoxville, TN (Food City Center) | W 99-66 | |
| Nov 17 (Mon) | 8:30 PM ET | Home | Rice | Knoxville, TN (Food City Center) | W 91-66 | |
| Nov 20 (Thu) | 7 PM ET | Home | Tennessee State | Knoxville, TN (Food City Center) | W 89-60 | |
| Nov 24 (Mon) | 1 PM ET | Neutral | Rutgers | Las Vegas, NV (MGM Grand Garden Arena) | Players Era Men's Championship | W 85-60 |
| Nov 25 (Tue) | 6 PM ET | Neutral | #3/2 Houston | Las Vegas, NV (MGM Grand Garden Arena) | Players Era Men's Championship | W 76-73 |
| Nov 26 (Wed) | 7 PM ET | Neutral | Kansas | Las Vegas, NV (MGM Grand Garden Arena) | Players Era Men's Championship | L 76-81 |
| Dec 2 (Tue) | 7 PM ET | Away | Syracuse | Syracuse, NY | ACC/SEC Challenge | L 60-62 |
| Dec 6 (Sat) | 8 PM ET | Neutral | #14/15 Illinois | Nashville, TN (Bridgestone Arena) | Music City Madness | L 62-75 |
| Dec 16 (Tue) | 7 PM ET | Home | #11 Louisville | Knoxville, TN (Food City Center) | W 83-62 | |
| Dec 21 (Sun) | 3 PM ET | Home | Gardner-Webb | Knoxville, TN (Food City Center) | W 94-52 | |
| Dec 30 (Tue) | 8 PM ET | Home | South Carolina State | Knoxville, TN (Food City Center) | W 105-54 | |
| Jan 3 (Sat) | 3 PM ET | Away | #18 Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR | L 75-86 | |
| Jan 6 (Tue) | 9 PM ET | Home | Texas | Knoxville, TN (Food City Center) | W 85-71 | |
| Jan 10 (Sat) | 12 PM ET | Away | Florida | Gainesville, FL | L 67-91 | |
| Jan 13 (Tue) | 7 PM ET | Home | Texas A&M | Knoxville, TN (Food City Center) | W 87-82 | |
| Jan 17 (Sat) | 12 PM ET | Home | Kentucky | Knoxville, TN (Food City Center) | L 78-80 | |
| Jan 24 (Sat) | 8:30 PM ET | Away | #17 Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL | W 79-73 | |
| Jan 28 (Wed) | 7 PM ET | Away | Georgia | Athens, Ga. | W 86-85 | |
| Jan 31 (Sat) | 8:30 PM ET | Home | Auburn | Knoxville, TN (Food City Center) | W 77-69 | |
| Feb 3 (Tue) | 7 PM ET | Home | Ole Miss | Knoxville, TN (Food City Center) | W 84-66 | |
| Feb 7 (Sat) | 8:30 PM ET | Away | Kentucky | Lexington, KY | L 71-74 | |
| Feb 11 (Wed) | 9 PM ET | Away | Mississippi State | Starkville, MS | W 73-64 | |
| Feb 14 (Sat) | 6 PM ET | Home | LSU | Knoxville, TN (Food City Center) | W 73-63 | |
| Feb 18 (Wed) | 7 PM ET | Home | Oklahoma | Knoxville, TN (Food City Center) | W 89-66 | |
| Feb 21 (Sat) | 2 PM ET | Away | #19/18 Vanderbilt | Nashville, TN | W 69-65 | |
| Feb 24 (Tue) | 9 PM ET | Away | Missouri | Columbia, MO | L 69-73 | |
| Feb 28 (Sat) | 6 PM ET | Home | #17/18 Alabama | Knoxville, TN (Food City Center) | L 69-71 | |
| Mar 3 (Tue) | 6 PM ET | Away | South Carolina | Columbia, SC | W 78-59 | |
| Mar 7 (Sat) | 2 PM ET | Home | Vanderbilt | Knoxville, TN (Food City Center) | L 82-86 | |
| Mar 12 (Thu) | 3 PM ET | Neutral | Auburn | Nashville, TN (Bridgestone Arena) | SEC Tournament | W 72-62 |
| Mar 13 (Fri) | 3:30 PM ET | Neutral | #22 Vanderbilt | Nashville, TN (Bridgestone Arena) | SEC Tournament | L 68-75 |
| Mar 20 (Fri) | 4:25 PM ET | Neutral | Miami (OH) | Philadelphia, PA (Xfinity Mobile Arena) | NCAA Tournament | W 78-56 |
| Mar 22 (Sun) | 6:10 PM ET | Neutral | #9/8 Virginia | Philadelphia, PA (Xfinity Mobile Arena) | NCAA Tournament | - |