Tennessee (18-7, 8-4 SEC) has six basketball games remaining in the 2025-26 regular season.
The Vols will play three home games and three road games during the regular season: Oklahoma State, Vanderbilt, Missouri, Alabama, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.
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The SEC Championship will be held March 11-15 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
Tennessee will host the Sooners on Wednesday at Food City Center. Kickoff is set for 7pm ET and the game will be televised on ESPN2. The Vols also play at Vanderbilt this week. Saturday’s in-state game will be at 2 pm ET or 2:30 pm ET at Memorial Coliseum in Nashville, Tenn. (ESPN/2).
On Monday, the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll was released. Tennessee is unranked for the sixth straight week. The Vols scored 19 points.
USA Today Sports Coaches Poll Top 25 Rankings
|
rank |
team |
Record |
PTS |
first place |
Previous article |
Change |
high/low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
michigan |
24-1 |
Chapter 775 |
31 |
2 |
1 |
1/7 |
|
2 |
Houston |
23-2 |
719 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2/8 |
|
3 |
Duke |
23-2 |
695 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
3/6 |
|
4 |
Arizona |
23-2 |
670 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1/13 |
|
5 |
University of Connecticut |
24-2 |
Chapter 663 |
0 |
5 |
– |
3/7 |
|
6 |
Iowa |
22-3 |
624 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
2/18 |
|
7 |
Purdue University |
21-4 |
Chapter 542 |
0 |
12 |
5 |
1/12 |
|
8 |
gonzaga |
25-2 |
500 |
0 |
11 |
3 |
5/20 |
|
9 |
nebraska |
22-3 |
Chapter 497 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
5/NR |
|
10 |
illinois |
21-5 |
Chapter 491 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
6/19 |
|
11 |
Florida |
19-6 |
Chapter 471 |
0 |
14 |
3 |
3/NR |
|
12 |
kansas |
19-6 |
Chapter 445 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
9/NR |
|
13 |
Texas Tech University |
19-6 |
Chapter 423 |
0 |
16 |
3 |
11/20 |
|
14 |
virginia |
22-3 |
Chapter 388 |
0 |
15 |
1 |
14/NR |
|
15 |
michigan state university |
20-5 |
Chapter 349 |
0 |
10 |
5 |
8/21 |
|
16 |
st johns |
20-5 |
315 |
0 |
No. 17 |
1 |
6/NR |
|
No. 17 |
Arkansas |
19-6 |
Chapter 247 |
0 |
twenty one |
4 |
14/23 |
|
18 |
Vanderbilt |
21-4 |
244 |
0 |
20 |
2 |
8/NR |
|
19 |
saint louis |
24-1 |
233 |
0 |
19 |
– |
19/NR |
|
20 |
North Carolina |
20-5 |
200 |
0 |
13 |
7 |
12/25 |
|
twenty one |
Louisville |
19-6 |
159 |
0 |
twenty three |
2 |
5/23 |
|
twenty two |
Brigham Young University |
19-6 |
114 |
0 |
twenty two |
– |
7/22 |
|
twenty three |
Miami (Ohio) |
25-0 |
90 |
0 |
twenty four |
1 |
23/NR |
|
twenty four |
Clemson |
20-6 |
68 |
0 |
18 |
6 |
18/NR |
|
25 |
Wisconsin |
18-7 |
36 |
0 |
NR |
– |
21/NR |
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Others who received votes
Alabama 32; Villanova 30; Utah State 20; Tennessee 19; Iowa State 7; Kentucky 6; St. Mary’s 2; Miami (Fla.)
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The USA TODAY Sports Coaches Council is composed of 31 head coaches from Division I institutions. They are both members of the National Basketball Coaches Association. 2025-26 Board of Directors: Adrian Autry, Syracuse; John Becker, Vermont; Randy Bennett, St. Mary’s; Jeff Bolles, Ohio State; Alvin Brooks, Lamar; Pat Chambers, Florida Gulf Coast; Scott Drew, Baylor; Dan Earle, Chattanooga; Jonas Hayes, Georgia; Donte’ Jackson, Alabama A&M; Ben Jacobson Jacobson, Northern Iowa; James Jones, Yale; Greg Kemp, Oakland; Eric Konkel, Tulsa; Brad Korn, Southeast Missouri State; Anthony Latin, Sacred Heart; Jim Rice, UC Davis; Greg McDermott, Creighton; Nick McDevitt, Middle Tennessee State; Mike McGarvey, Lafayette; Dan Monson Monson, Eastern Washington; Chris Mooney, Richmond; Mike Morrell, UNC Asheville; Nate Oates, Alabama; Eric Oren, New Mexico State; Matt Painter, Purdue; Paul Sasser, North Dakota State; Patrick Sellers, Central Connecticut State; Zach Spike, Dressel; Brett Tanner, Abilene Christian; Stan Waterman, Delaware State.
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This article originally appeared in Vols Wire: Vols Still Not in the Top 25 of USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll