Tennessee basketball finalized its 2026-27 schedule, which is headlined by a trip to the Players Era Championship and two games against teams from the Big Ten.
UT will play two exhibition games against Xavier at home on Oct. 15 (7 p.m. ET, SEC Network+) and at Duke on Oct. 20 (7 p.m., ACC Network) before the regular season begins at Food City Center against Wofford on Nov. 3 (6 p.m., SEC Network).
The Vols' most difficult stretch of the non-conference slate comes during a three-week stretch beginning with a home game against Michigan State on Nov. 17 (9 p.m., ESPN2) and ending with a road game at Purdue on Dec. 11 (8 p.m., FOX).
UT has home-and-home series with Kentucky, Missouri and Vanderbilt on its SEC schedule for the 2026-27 season. The Vols
also host Florida, Alabama and Arkansas for marquee games at Food City Center. Texas and Auburn headline the road games on the schedule.
Tennessee basketball schedule for 2026-27 season
- Oct. 15 - Xavier+ (7 p.m. ET, SEC Network+)
- Oct. 20 - at Duke+ (7 p.m. ET, ACC Network)
- Nov. 3 - Wofford (6 p.m. ET, SEC Network)
- Nov. 9 - Radford (7 p.m. ET, SEC Network+)
- Nov. 13 - Tennessee State (7 p.m. ET, SEC Network+)
- Nov. 17 - Michigan State (9 p.m. ET, ESPN2)
- Nov. 20 - Coastal Carolina (7 p.m. ET, SEC Network+)
- Nov. 24 - Maryland^ (Las Vegas, Michelob ULTRA Arena, 3 p.m. ET, ESPN)
- Nov. 26 - Iowa State or San Diego State^ (Las Vegas, Michelob ULTRA Arena, 1:30 p.m. or 9 p.m. ET, ESPN or ESPN2)
- Nov. 27 - TBD^ (Las Vegas, Michelob ULTRA Arena, ESPN or ESPN2 or ESPNU)
- Dec. 1 - Florida State (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2)
- Dec. 6 - NC State (Nashville, Bridgestone Arena, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN)
- Dec. 11 - at Purdue (8 p.m. ET, FOX)
- Dec. 16 - Morehead State (8 p.m. ET, SEC Network)
- Dec. 20 - Marist (4 p.m. ET, SEC Network)
- Dec. 29 - Norfolk State (7 p.m. ET, SEC Network+)
- Jan. 2 - Vanderbilt* (2 p.m. ET, ESPN or ESPN2)
- Jan. 6 - at Auburn* (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2 or ESPNU)
- Jan. 9 - at LSU* (8:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network)
- Jan. 13 - Missouri* (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2 or ESPNU)
- Jan. 16 - Arkansas* (noon ET, ESPN or ESPN2)
- Jan. 23 - at Kentucky* (2 p.m. ET, ESPN or ESPN2 or ESPNU)
- Jan. 26 - at Texas A&M* (7 p.m. ET, ESPN or ESPN2)
- Jan. 30 - Florida* (8 or 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN or ESPN2)
- Feb. 3 - Georgia* (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2)
- Feb. 6 - at Missouri* (1 p.m. ET, SEC Network)
- Feb. 10 - at Oklahoma* (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2 or ESPNU)
- Feb. 13 - Kentucky* (4 p.m. ET, ESPN)
- Feb. 17 - at Ole Miss* (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2 or ESPNU)
- Feb. 20 - Alabama* (2 p.m. ET, ESPN or ESPN2)
- Feb. 23 - South Carolina* (7 p.m. ET, SEC Network)
- Feb. 27 - at Texas* (6 or 6:30 p.m. ET, ESPN or ESPN2)
- March 2 - Mississippi State* (6 p.m. ET, SEC Network)
- March 6 - at Vanderbilt* (2 p.m. ET, ESPN or ESPNU)
+Exhibition game^Players Era Men's Championship*SEC game
Stephen Thompson covers Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball. Email him at stephen.thompson@knoxnews.com and follow him on X @stephenethom.
This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Tennessee basketball game times, TV channels for 2026-27 schedule, including Kentucky
