Tennessee (10-3, 2-0 SEC) will play its third SEC basketball game during the 2025-26 season on Thursday.
Mississippi State will host the Lady Vols at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Mississippi. Tipoff between the Lady Vols and Bulldogs is slated for 7:30 p.m. EST. The contest can be watched on SEC Network+.
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Tennessee has recorded wins against East Tennessee State, UT Martin, Belmont, Middle Tennessee State, Coppin State, Stanford, Winthrop, Southern Indiana, Florida and Auburn, while losing to North Carolina State, UCLA and Louisville during the regular season.
The Lady Vols remain ranked No. 22 in the latest USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll. The entire poll is listed below.
More: 2025-26 Lady Vols basketball schedule, TV, tipoff times
USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll top 25 rankings
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
PTS |
1st |
Prev |
Chg |
Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
15-0 |
772 |
28 |
1 |
– |
1/1 |
|
|
2 |
17-0 |
747 |
3 |
2 |
– |
2/4 |
|
|
3 |
15-1 |
707 |
0 |
3 |
– |
2/3 |
|
|
4 |
14-1 |
685 |
0 |
4 |
– |
3/4 |
|
|
5 |
14-1 |
631 |
0 |
9 |
+4 |
5/9 |
|
|
6 |
15-0 |
595 |
0 |
11 |
+5 |
6/21 |
|
|
7 |
15-1 |
575 |
0 |
12 |
+5 |
7/20 |
|
|
8 |
15-1 |
532 |
0 |
6 |
-2 |
6/10 |
|
|
9 |
12-2 |
493 |
0 |
8 |
-1 |
8/15 |
|
|
10 |
14-1 |
468 |
0 |
7 |
-3 |
7/12 |
|
|
11 |
14-3 |
464 |
0 |
13 |
+2 |
11/22 |
|
|
12 |
14-2 |
443 |
0 |
5 |
-7 |
5/12 |
|
|
13 |
14-1 |
442 |
0 |
10 |
-3 |
10/18 |
|
|
14 |
13-2 |
391 |
0 |
14 |
– |
12/23 |
|
|
15 |
14-1 |
304 |
0 |
19 |
+4 |
15/NR |
|
|
16 |
13-3 |
273 |
0 |
21 |
+5 |
10/21 |
|
|
17 |
14-3 |
256 |
0 |
17 |
– |
13/17 |
|
|
18 |
13-4 |
221 |
0 |
15 |
-3 |
8/18 |
|
|
19 |
13-2 |
216 |
0 |
20 |
+1 |
19/NR |
|
|
20 |
16-0 |
199 |
0 |
23 |
+3 |
20/NR |
|
|
21 |
10-4 |
195 |
0 |
16 |
-5 |
10/21 |
|
|
22 |
10-3 |
172 |
0 |
22 |
– |
9/22 |
|
|
23 |
12-2 |
80 |
0 |
NR |
+8 |
22/NR |
|
|
24 |
15-1 |
49 |
0 |
24 |
– |
24/NR |
|
|
25 |
10-4 |
48 |
0 |
18 |
-7 |
13/25 |
Schools dropped out
No. 25 Nebraska
Others receiving votes
Princeton 38; West Virginia 30; Nebraska 24; Stanford 5; Illinois 5; Oklahoma State 4; North Carolina State 4; Oregon 3; Auburn 2; Arizona State 2
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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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