Tennessee (8-3) basketball last played on Dec. 22. The Lady Vols will return to action Thursday to begin Southeastern Conference play during the 2025-26 season.
Tennessee will host Florida (12-3) in a SEC opener for both schools. Tipoff between the Lady Vols and Gators is slated 2 p.m. EST at Food City Center (SEC Network+).
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The Lady Vols have recorded wins against East Tennessee State, UT Martin, Belmont, Middle Tennessee State, Coppin State, Stanford, Winthrop and Southern Indiana, while losing to North Carolina State, UCLA and Louisville during the regular season.
The latest USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll was released Tuesday. Tennessee is down one spot and ranked No. 22.
USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll top 25 rankings
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
PTS |
1st |
Prev |
Chg |
Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
13-0 |
772 |
28 |
1 |
– |
1/1 |
|
|
2 |
15-0 |
747 |
3 |
2 |
– |
2/4 |
|
|
3 |
13-1 |
701 |
0 |
3 |
– |
2/3 |
|
|
4 |
12-1 |
675 |
0 |
4 |
– |
3/4 |
|
|
5 |
14-0 |
649 |
0 |
5 |
– |
5/5 |
|
|
6 |
14-0 |
610 |
0 |
6 |
– |
6/10 |
|
|
7 |
13-0 |
572 |
0 |
7 |
– |
7/12 |
|
|
8 |
11-1 |
563 |
0 |
8 |
– |
8/15 |
|
|
9 |
12-1 |
541 |
0 |
8 |
-1 |
6/9 |
|
|
10 |
13-0 |
515 |
0 |
10 |
– |
10/18 |
|
|
11 |
13-0 |
431 |
0 |
11 |
– |
11/21 |
|
|
12 |
13-1 |
421 |
0 |
12 |
– |
12/20 |
|
|
13 |
12-3 |
365 |
0 |
13 |
– |
13/22 |
|
|
14 |
11-2 |
358 |
0 |
14 |
– |
12/23 |
|
|
15 |
12-3 |
336 |
0 |
15 |
– |
8/16 |
|
|
16 |
10-3 |
305 |
0 |
16 |
– |
10/19 |
|
|
17 |
13-2 |
280 |
0 |
17 |
– |
13/17 |
|
|
18 |
10-2 |
232 |
0 |
18 |
– |
13/23 |
|
|
19 |
12-1 |
177 |
0 |
21 |
+2 |
19/NR |
|
|
20 |
11-2 |
168 |
0 |
19 |
-1 |
19/NR |
|
|
21 |
11-3 |
163 |
0 |
20 |
-1 |
10/21 |
|
|
22 |
8-3 |
151 |
0 |
21 |
-1 |
9/22 |
|
|
23 |
14-0 |
123 |
0 |
23 |
– |
23/NR |
|
|
24 |
14-0 |
76 |
0 |
25 |
+1 |
24/NR |
|
|
25 |
12-1 |
44 |
0 |
24 |
-1 |
24/NR |
Others receiving votes
Princeton 31; Oklahoma State 20; Duke 14; West Virginia 12; Arizona State 8; Washington 6; Stanford 5; Oregon 2; South Dakota State 1; Clemson 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 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The board for the 2025-26 season: Octavia Blue, Kennesaw State; Ashleen Bracey, Illinois-Chicago; Jen Brown, Queens; Dan Burt, Duquesne; Jeff Cammon, Saint Mary’s; Fred Chmiel, Bowling Green; Janell Crayton, Bethune-Cookman; Denise Dillon, Villanova; Carrie Eighmey, South Dakota; Dalila Eshe, Yale; Heather Ezell, Wyoming; Bill Fennelly, Iowa State; Aqua Franklin, Lamar; Ty Grace, Howard; Hana Haden, Georgia Southern; Corry Irvin, Chicago State; Renee Jimenez, UC-Santa Barbara; Chris Kielsmeier, Cleveland State; Mike Lane, NJIT; Amy Mallon, Drexel; Kristen Mattio, Northern Colorado; Mike McGuire, Radford; Kim McNeill, East Carolina; Dan Nielson, Utah Valley; Shawn Poppie, Clemson; Terry Primm, Siena; Samantha Quigley Smith, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville; Shea Ralph, Vanderbilt; Jonathan Tsipis, Western Carolina; Coquese Washington, Rutgers; Trevor Woodruff, Bucknell.
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