Tennessee football will welcome quarterback Arch Manning and Texas to Neyland Stadium at noon ET on Sept. 26 in its first SEC game of the 2026 season.
The game will be televised by ABC or ESPN.
Plus, five of UT’s SEC games will be in flex TV slots, either in the 3:30-4:30 p.m. period or the 6-8 p.m. window. Those games include Auburn (Oct. 3), at Arkansas (Oct. 10), Alabama (Oct. 17), at Texas A&M (Nov. 14) and LSU (Nov. 21).
UT’s game at South Carolina will kick off in the 3:30-4:30 p.m. window on Oct. 24. The Vols will host Kentucky on Nov. 7 between 6-8 p.m. and play at Vanderbilt on Nov. 28 between 6-8 p.m.
On June 10, the SEC announced windows for kickoff times of SEC-controlled games.
There are four windows: Early (noon-1 p.m.), afternoon (3:30-4:30 p.m.), night (6-8 p.m.) and flex (3:30-4:30 p.m. or 6-8 p.m., to be determined).
The exact kickoff times will be announced at a later date and TV designations.
Game times and TV arrangement for three Tennessee nonconference were previously announced.
UT will play Furman at 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 5, at Neyland Stadium. It will be aired on ESPN+ and SEC Network+.
The Vols will play at Georgia Tech at 7 p.m. on Sept. 12, on ESPN.
And UT will play Kennesaw State at 7:45 p.m. on Sept. 19, at Neyland Stadium. It will be televised on SEC Network. That will also serve as the Salute to Service game, when UT honors service members, veterans and their families.
Here is Tennessee’s week-to-week schedule for the 2026 season.
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Adam Sparks is the Tennessee football beat reporter. Email[email protected]. X, formerly known as Twitter@AdamSparks. Support strong local journalism by subscribing at knoxnews.com/subscribe.
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