Tennessee (2-0) tipped off its 2025-26 men’s basketball regular season on Oct. 26. The Vols have recorded wins against Mercer and Northern Kentucky to open regular-season play.
Tennessee will play one game this week. The Vols will return to action Wednesday versus North Florida at Food City Center. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. EST and the nonconference matchup can be watched on SEC Network+.
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The latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll was released on Monday. Tennessee is ranked No. 18. The Vols were ranked No. 17 in the preseason.
Purdue (2-0) is ranked No. 1 nationally. The entire USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll top 25 rankings are listed below.
USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll top 25 basketball rankings
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
PTS |
1st |
Prev |
Chg |
Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Purdue |
2-0 |
749 |
21 |
1 |
– |
1/1 |
|
2 |
Houston |
2-0 |
746 |
7 |
2 |
– |
2/2 |
|
3 |
UConn |
2-0 |
682 |
0 |
4 |
+1 |
3/4 |
|
4 |
Duke |
2-0 |
661 |
1 |
5 |
+1 |
4/5 |
|
5 |
Michigan |
1-0 |
582 |
0 |
7 |
+2 |
5/7 |
|
6 |
Arizona |
2-0 |
574 |
0 |
13 |
+7 |
6/13 |
|
7 |
BYU |
2-0 |
544 |
0 |
8 |
+1 |
7/8 |
|
8 |
Kentucky |
2-0 |
537 |
2 |
9 |
+1 |
8/9 |
|
9 |
Alabama |
2-0 |
532 |
0 |
16 |
+7 |
9/16 |
|
10 |
Florida |
1-1 |
507 |
0 |
3 |
-7 |
3/10 |
|
11 |
Texas Tech |
2-0 |
454 |
0 |
11 |
– |
11/11 |
|
12 |
Louisville |
2-0 |
430 |
0 |
10 |
-2 |
10/12 |
|
13 |
St. John’s |
1-1 |
384 |
0 |
6 |
-7 |
6/13 |
|
14 |
Illinois |
2-0 |
379 |
0 |
14 |
– |
14/14 |
|
15 |
UCLA |
2-0 |
324 |
0 |
12 |
-3 |
12/15 |
|
16 |
Iowa State |
2-0 |
292 |
0 |
18 |
+2 |
16/18 |
|
17 |
Michigan State |
2-0 |
288 |
0 |
21 |
+4 |
17/21 |
|
18 |
Tennessee |
2-0 |
282 |
0 |
17 |
-1 |
17/18 |
|
19 |
Gonzaga |
2-0 |
249 |
0 |
20 |
+1 |
19/20 |
|
20 |
North Carolina |
2-0 |
225 |
0 |
25 |
+5 |
20/25 |
|
21 |
Arkansas |
1-1 |
135 |
0 |
15 |
-6 |
15/21 |
|
22 |
Wisconsin |
2-0 |
100 |
0 |
24 |
+2 |
22/24 |
|
23 |
Creighton |
1-0 |
92 |
0 |
23 |
– |
23/23 |
|
24 |
Kansas |
1-1 |
82 |
0 |
19 |
-5 |
19/24 |
|
25 |
Auburn |
2-0 |
48 |
0 |
22 |
-3 |
22/25 |
Others receiving votes
Vanderbilt 31; Oregon 26; Baylor 25; Indiana 24; North Carolina State 23; Virginia 14; San Diego State 10; Ole Miss 8; USC 6; Missouri 5; Georgetown 5; Clemson 5; Saint Mary’s 4; Georgia 4; Iowa 3; Ohio State 2; Texas 1; Kansas State 1
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List of voters
The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2025-26 season: Adrian Autry, Syracuse; John Becker, Vermont; Randy Bennett, Saint Mary’s; Jeff Boals, Ohio; Alvin Brooks, Lamar; Pat Chambers, Florida Gulf Coast; Scott Drew, Baylor; Dan Earl, Chattanooga; Jonas Hayes, Georgia State; Donte’ Jackson, Alabama A&M; Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa; James Jones, Yale; Greg Kampe, Oakland; Eric Konkol, Tulsa; Brad Korn, Southeast Missouri State; Anthony Latina, Sacred Heart; Jim Les, UC Davis; Greg McDermott, Creighton; Nick McDevitt, Middle Tennessee; Mike McGarvey, Lafayette; Dan Monson, Eastern Washington; Chris Mooney, Richmond; Mike Morrell, UNC Asheville; Nate Oats, Alabama; Eric Olen, New Mexico; Matt Painter, Purdue; Paul Sather, North Dakota; Patrick Sellers, Central Connecticut State; Zach Spiker, Drexel; Brett Tanner, Abilene Christian; Stan Waterman, Delaware State.
More: 2025-26 Tennessee men’s basketball schedule, TV, tipoff times
2025-26 Tennessee men’s basketball schedule
*All times Eastern
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Oct. 26 – DUKE (exhibition – L, 83-76)
Nov. 3 – MERCER (W, 76-61)
Nov. 8 – NORTHERN KENTUCKY (W, 95-56)
Nov. 12 – NORTH FLORIDA (7 p.m. on SECN+)
Nov. 17 – RICE (8:30 p.m. on SECN)
Nov. 20 – TENNESSEE STATE (7 p.m. on SECN+)
Nov. 24 – vs. Rutgers (1 p.m. on TNT, HBO Max)
Nov. 25 – vs. Houston (6 p.m. on TNT, HBO Max)
Nov. 26/27 – vs. TBD (TBD on TNT/truTV, HBO Max)
Dec. 2 – at Syracuse (7 p.m. on ESPN2)
Dec. 6 – vs. Illinois (8 p.m. on ESPN)
Dec. 16 – LOUISVILLE (7 p.m. on ESPN)
Dec. 21 – GARDNER-WEBB (3 p.m. on SECN+)
Dec. 30 – SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (8 p.m. on SECN)
Jan. 3 – at Arkansas (3 p.m. on ESPN2)
Jan. 6 – TEXAS (9 p.m. on ESPN/2)
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Jan. 10 – at Florida (Noon 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)
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