Tip Times, TV Networks Announced For Vol Hoops 2025-26 Season

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By Cody McClure

Tip-off times and TV networks have been announced for the 2025-26 Tennessee Basketball season.

The SEC announced the information this afternoon, per a UTSports.com press release.

Tennessee will play 18 league games from Jan. 3 through March 7 — all of which will be televised on the ESPN family of networks.

Here is the full conference schedule, per the release:

Jan. 3 – at Arkansas (3 p.m. on ESPN2)
Jan. 6 – TEXAS (9 p.m. on ESPN/2)
Jan. 10 – at Florida (12 p.m. on ESPN/2)
Jan. 13 – TEXAS A&M (7 p.m. on SECN)
Jan. 17 – KENTUCKY (12 p.m. on ESPN)
Jan. 24 – at Alabama (8:30 p.m. on ESPN/2)
Jan. 27 – at Georgia (7 p.m. on SECN)
Jan. 31 – AUBURN (8:30 p.m. on ESPN)
Feb. 3 – OLE MISS (9 p.m. on ESPN2)
Feb. 7 – at Kentucky (8:30 p.m. on ESPN)
Feb. 11 – at Mississippi State (9 p.m. on ESPN2/U)
Feb. 14 – LSU (6 p.m. on SECN)
Feb. 18 – OKLAHOMA (7 p.m. on ESPN/2/U)
Feb. 21 – at Vanderbilt (2/2:30 p.m. on ESPN/2)
Feb. 24 – at Missouri (9 p.m. on SECN)
Feb. 28 – ALABAMA (6/6:30 p.m. on ESPN/2)
March 3 – at South Carolina (6 p.m. on SECN)
March 7 – VANDERBILT (2 p.m. on ESPN/2/U)

In the non-conference portion of the schedule, the Vols play Rutgers and Houston in Las Vegas’ Players Era Men’s Championship on Nov. 24-25. Those games air on TNT and HBO MAX, at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m., respectively, with a third game to be determind on Nov. 26 or 27.

Tennessee also plays at Syracuse in the SEC/ACC Challenge on Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. UT then follows up that road test with a Dec. 6 game in Nashville vs. Illinois at 8 p.m. on ESPN.

The team will return to Knoxville for a notable home game vs. Louisville on Dec. 16 (7 p.m. on ESPN).

Another notable contest is the Oct. 26 exhibition vs. Duke, which will air at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.

All in all, Tennessee has 31 regular season games scheduled.

The only five games that are not officially televised are home titlts with Mercer, Northern Kentucky, North Florida, Tennessee State, and Gardner-Webb.

Those games can be streamed on SEC Network+.