Tennessee (12-6, 2-3 SEC) will play one basketball game this week. Alabama will host the Vols on Saturday at Coleman Coliseum. Tipoff between the Vols and Crimson Tide is slated for 8:30 p.m. EST.
Tennessee enters the road matchup after losing at home to Kentucky, 80-78.
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Tennessee has recorded wins over Mercer, Northern Kentucky, North Florida, Rice, Tennessee State, Rutgers, Houston, Louisville, Gardner-Webb, South Carolina State, Texas and Texas A&M since tipping off its 2025-26 regular season. The Vols have suffered losses to Kansas, Syracuse, Illinois, Arkansas, Florida and Kentucky.
The latest USA TODAY Sports men’s basketball coaches poll was released on Monday. Tennessee is not ranked for a second consecutive week. The Vols are receiving 10 votes.
More: 2025-26 Tennessee men’s basketball schedule, TV, tipoff times
USA TODAY Sports men’s basketball coaches poll top 25 rankings
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
PTS |
1st |
Prev |
Chg |
Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
18-0 |
775 |
31 |
1 |
– |
1/13 |
|
|
2 |
16-1 |
710 |
0 |
3 |
+1 |
1/7 |
|
|
3 |
18-1 |
693 |
0 |
4 |
+1 |
3/7 |
|
|
4 |
17-1 |
665 |
0 |
5 |
+1 |
1/6 |
|
|
5 |
17-1 |
653 |
0 |
6 |
+1 |
3/6 |
|
|
6 |
17-1 |
629 |
0 |
7 |
+1 |
2/8 |
|
|
7 |
18-0 |
598 |
0 |
10 |
+3 |
7/NR |
|
|
8 |
19-1 |
581 |
0 |
9 |
+1 |
7/20 |
|
|
9 |
16-2 |
497 |
0 |
2 |
-7 |
2/18 |
|
|
10 |
16-2 |
489 |
0 |
12 |
+2 |
8/21 |
|
|
11 |
15-3 |
447 |
0 |
13 |
+2 |
8/19 |
|
|
12 |
14-4 |
418 |
0 |
14 |
+2 |
11/20 |
|
|
13 |
16-2 |
412 |
0 |
11 |
-2 |
7/13 |
|
|
14 |
16-2 |
352 |
0 |
8 |
-6 |
8/NR |
|
|
15 |
16-2 |
350 |
0 |
16 |
+1 |
15/NR |
|
|
16 |
13-5 |
284 |
0 |
20 |
+4 |
3/NR |
|
|
17 |
13-5 |
275 |
0 |
18 |
+1 |
9/18 |
|
|
18 |
16-3 |
262 |
0 |
21 |
+3 |
18/NR |
|
|
19 |
13-5 |
181 |
0 |
25 |
+6 |
17/NR |
|
|
20 |
13-5 |
173 |
0 |
17 |
-3 |
14/23 |
|
|
21 |
13-5 |
117 |
0 |
19 |
-2 |
5/21 |
|
|
22 |
15-3 |
110 |
0 |
22 |
– |
20/NR |
|
|
23 |
17-1 |
100 |
0 |
NR |
+4 |
23/NR |
|
|
24 |
14-4 |
90 |
0 |
15 |
-9 |
12/25 |
|
|
25 |
13-5 |
54 |
0 |
NR |
+6 |
6/NR |
Schools dropped out
No. 23 Iowa; No. 24 Utah State
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Others receiving votes
Iowa 52; Wisconsin 20; Miami University 19; Utah State 14; Villanova 10; Tennessee 10; Saint Mary’s 9; Miami 8; Texas A&M 5; Kentucky 5; SMU 4; Seton Hall 2; UCF 1; George Mason 1
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 National Association of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2025-26 season: Adrian Autry, Syracuse; John Becker, Vermont; Randy Bennett, Saint Mary’s; Jeff Boals, Ohio; Alvin Brooks, Lamar; Pat Chambers, Florida Gulf Coast; Scott Drew, Baylor; Dan Earl, Chattanooga; Jonas Hayes, Georgia State; Donte’ Jackson, Alabama A&M; Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa; James Jones, Yale; Greg Kampe, Oakland; Eric Konkol, Tulsa; Brad Korn, Southeast Missouri State; Anthony Latina, Sacred Heart; Jim Les, UC Davis; Greg McDermott, Creighton; Nick McDevitt, Middle Tennessee; Mike McGarvey, Lafayette; Dan Monson, Eastern Washington; Chris Mooney, Richmond; Mike Morrell, UNC Asheville; Nate Oats, Alabama; Eric Olen, New Mexico; Matt Painter, Purdue; Paul Sather, North Dakota; Patrick Sellers, Central Connecticut State; Zach Spiker, Drexel; Brett Tanner, Abilene Christian; Stan Waterman, Delaware State.
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