Tennessee's 2026 football schedule features a historic first regular-season clash with Texas and a significant Senior Day matchup against LSU.

Tennessee has its complete 2026 football schedule, which was released on Dec. 11. Here are the dates and opponents, including Lane Kiffin's return.

(utsports.com)– Tennessee will host five Southeastern Conference games — Texas, Auburn, Alabama, Kentucky and LSU — as the 2026 football schedule dates were unveiled Thursday night on SEC Network. The SEC announced in August it would play a nine-game conference schedule starting with the 2026 season.

New Tennessee defensive coordinator Jim Knowles must work with Josh Heupel to construct the staff, evaluate the roster and determine portal needs.

Jim Knowles is regarded as one of the best veteran defensive coordinators in college football. He helped guide Ohio State to the 2024 national title.

Some fans expected the matchup against Kentucky to be a little more challenging for Tennessee's offense based on the way the Wildcats played the Texas Longhorns in Lexington last weekend. Kentucky didn't get the win against Texas -- the Longhorns won 16-13 ...

In the raucous moments before Wednesday night's fifth set of an SEC showdown between Texas volleyball and Tennessee at Gregory Gymnasium, Torrey Stafford took a moment to step out of the Longhorns huddle and take a quick breath. The outside hitter, who was ...

The SEC announced the full 2026 schedules Thursday night. Georgia opens the year against Tennessee State on Sept. 5 in Sanford Stadium. All three of Georgia’s nonconference games come at home and bookend the schedule.