KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee announced Monday morning that the men's basketball program has sold its full allotment of 14,500 season tickets for the 2026-27 season at Food City Center. It is the fourth season in a row that Tennessee has sold out its season tickets.
The school said it is also the eighth straight full-capacity season in which more than 13,000 fans have bought season tickets, including the fifth consecutive year above 14,000. Single-game tickets are available at AllVols.com and by calling the Tennessee Ticket Office at 1-800-332-VOLS between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Groups can also arrange tickets, and fans can start the process for the 2027-28 season.
Tennessee has finished in the top eight nationally in average attendance in each of the last nine seasons, from 2017-18 through 2025-26. That includes a top-five finish in each of the past eight years and a third-place finish in each of the last two. The Vols have averaged more than 19,000 fans a game for the past three years, and their 20,026 average in 2024-25 is the third best in program history.
Last year Food City Center hosted five of the 12 highest-attended regular-season games in the country, as well as the top-attended exhibition game. Even in the third-largest on-campus arena in the country, Tennessee has had 26 sellouts over the past four seasons, including a venue-best eight in both 2023-24 and 2024-25.
The crowds have come with success. Tennessee has reached the Sweet 16 in each of those four seasons and the Elite Eight in each of the last three, and it is the only program in the country that can say so. Last season coach Rick Barnes' team went 25-12 (11-7 SEC) and finished No. 12 in the national polls, the fifth straight 25-win season and the seventh of Barnes' 11-year tenure.
The Volunteers open the regular season Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 6 p.m. Eastern against Wofford at Food City Center, live on SEC Network.