KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Opponents and sites for the next four seasons of Tennessee’s Southeastern Conference football schedule were unveiled by the league office Tuesday night during its 2026-29 show.
The SEC announced in August it would play a nine-game conference schedule starting with the 2026 season. In the new format, each SEC school will play every other SEC school at least once every two years, and every opponent home and away over four years, making it the most fair and balanced schedule in the history of the Conference.
Under the new format, each school will play three annual opponents focused on maintaining many traditional rivalries and each team’s remaining six games will rotate among the remaining conference schools. The Vols’ three annual opponents include Alabama, Kentucky and Vanderbilt.
The Vols’ 2026 non-conference schedule is already set and will be played the first three weeks of the season. Tennessee hosts Furman (Sept. 5) and Kennesaw State (Sept. 19) and will travel to play Georgia Tech in Atlanta Week 2 (Sept. 12).
Current season ticket holders can renew their 2026 tickets at AllVols.com. Fans interested in purchasing future new season tickets can fill out the 2026 season ticket interest form.
Tennessee’s 2026 through 2029 SEC opponents are below:
2026 SEC Opponents
Home (5): Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, LSU, Texas
Away (4): Arkansas, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
2027 SEC Opponents
Home (4): Florida, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt
Away (5): Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma
2028 SEC Opponents
Home (5): Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, South Carolina, Texas A&M
Away (4): Auburn, LSU, Texas, Vanderbilt
2029 SEC Opponents
Home (4): Georgia, Missouri, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt
Away (5): Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Mississippi State
Source: UT Sports
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