{"id":753113,"date":"2026-06-05T12:21:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T12:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/753113\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T12:21:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T12:21:24","slug":"tennessee-basketballs-opponent-set-for-acc-sec-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/753113\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Basketball’s Opponent Set For ACC-SEC Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\"tennessee<\/a>Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes. Photo By Cole Moore\/Rocky Top Insider<\/p>\n

Tennessee basketball\u2019s opponent is set for this season\u2019s ACC-SEC Challenge. The Vols will host Florida State at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center, Jon Rothstein<\/a> reported Thursday night. The challenge takes place on Tuesday, Dec. 2 and Wednesday, Dec. 3 but Rothstein did not report what day Tennessee will host the Seminoles.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the fourth year of the ACC-SEC Challenge with Tennessee posting a 1-2 record in its first three matchups in the series. Tennessee lost its opening game in the event against North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 2023. The Vols defeated Syracuse in Knoxville in December 2024 before suffering an upset defeat at Syracuse last December.<\/p>\n

Florida State is entering its second season under head coach Luke Loucks. The Seminoles posted an 18-15 record last season, finishing 62nd in KenPom.<\/a> Bart Torvik<\/a>\u2018s early 2026-27 projections predict Florida State to finish No. 67 next season.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s another lackluster opponent for Tennessee in the challenge. The Vols are hurt by the alternating home-and-away years. The Vols are at home the same year that North Carolina, Clemson, Louisville, NC State, Miami and Virginia are also at home.<\/p>\n

The Vols have a small tie to Florida State. Assistant coach Amorrow Morgan was briefly on Loucks\u2019 staff at Florida State before leaving to join Rick Barnes staff in Knoxville.<\/p>\n

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Tennessee has yet to announce its official non conference schedule for next season but it\u2019s marquee matchups are coming into view.<\/p>\n

The Vols will host Big 10 power Michigan State at home while traveling to Mackey Arena to face Purdue on Dec. 11. Tennessee will face off against former associate head coach Justin Gainey and NC State on Sunday, Dec. 6 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.<\/p>\n

Rick Barnes\u2019 12th Tennessee team will also play either three or four games at the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas. The Vols will face off against Maryland, one of San Diego State or Iowa and one of Oregon, Louisville, St. John\u2019s and Texas Tech. If they win all three games, Tennessee will play a fourth, championship, game at the event.<\/p>\n

Matchups<\/p>\n

Arkansas at North Carolina
\nAuburn at Clemson
\nDuke at Florida
\nBoston College at Georgia
\nWake Forest at LSU
\nPitt at Missouri
\nSyracuse at Oklahoma
\nOle Miss at Virginia Tech
\nSouth Carolina at NC State
\nTexas at Louisville
\nAlabama at Miami
\nKentucky at Virginia
\nGeorgia Tech at Mississippi State
\nStanford at Texas A&M
\nVanderbilt at Notre Dame<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes. Photo By Cole Moore\/Rocky Top Insider Tennessee basketball\u2019s opponent is set for this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[20588,7,44523,7926,1919],"class_list":["post-753113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-acc-sec-challenge","tag-basketball","tag-florida-state-basketball","tag-rick-barnes","tag-tennessee-basketball"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116697476816720916","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}