| 10 | Sat Dec 6 | vs #14Illinois | 8:00 PM | 6-2 | .750 | #13 | ESPN | Thompson-Boling Arena · Knoxville, TN |
| 11 | Tue Dec 16 | vs#6Louisville | 7:00 PM | 7-1 | .875 | #13 | ESPN | Thompson-Boling Arena · Knoxville, TN |
| 12 | Sun Dec 21 | vsGardner-Webb | 3:00 PM | 0-10 | .000 | #13 | SECN+ | Thompson-Boling Arena · Knoxville, TN |
| 13 | Tue Dec 30 | vsSC State | 8:00 PM | 0-8 | .000 | #13 | SEC Network | Thompson-Boling Arena · Knoxville, TN |
| 14 | Sat Jan 3 | at#25Arkansas | 3:00 PM | 6-2 | .750 | #13 | ESPN2 | Bud Walton Arena · Fayetteville, AR |
| 15 | Tue Jan 6 | vsTexas | 9:00 PM | 6-3 | .667 | #13 | | Thompson-Boling Arena · Knoxville, TN |
| 16 | Sat Jan 10 | at#15Florida | 12:00 PM | 5-3 | .625 | #13 | | O'Connell Center · Gainesville, FL |
| 17 | Tue Jan 13 | vsTexas A&M | 7:00 PM | 7-2 | .778 | #13 | SEC Network | Thompson-Boling Arena · Knoxville, TN |
| 18 | Sat Jan 17 | vs#18Kentucky | 12:00 PM | 5-3 | .625 | #13 | ESPN | Thompson-Boling Arena · Knoxville, TN |
| 19 | Sat Jan 24 | at#12Alabama | 8:30 PM | 6-2 | .750 | #13 | ESPN | Coleman Coliseum · Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 20 | Tue Jan 27 | atGeorgia | 7:00 PM | 8-1 | .889 | #13 | SEC Network | Stegeman Coliseum · Athens, GA |
| 21 | Sat Jan 31 | vs#20Auburn | 8:30 PM | 7-2 | .778 | #13 | ESPN | Thompson-Boling Arena · Knoxville, TN |
| 22 | Tue Feb 3 | vsOle Miss | 7:00 PM | 5-3 | .625 | #13 | ESPN2 | Thompson-Boling Arena · Knoxville, TN |
| 23 | Sat Feb 7 | at#18Kentucky | 8:30 PM | 5-3 | .625 | #13 | ESPN | Rupp Arena · Lexington, KY |
| 24 | Wed Feb 11 | atMississippi St | 9:00 PM | 4-4 | .500 | #13 | | Humphrey Coliseum · Starkville, MS |
| 25 | Sat Feb 14 | vsLSU | 6:00 PM | 8-0 | 1.000 | #13 | SEC Network | Thompson-Boling Arena · Knoxville, TN |
| 26 | Wed Feb 18 | vsOklahoma | 7:00 PM | 6-2 | .750 | #13 | | Thompson-Boling Arena · Knoxville, TN |
| 27 | Sat Feb 21 | at#17Vanderbilt | 2:00 PM | 9-0 | 1.000 | #13 | | Memorial Gymnasium (TN) · Nashville, TN |
| 28 | Tue Feb 24 | atMissouri | 9:00 PM | 8-1 | .889 | #13 | SEC Network | Mizzou Arena · Columbia, MO |
| 29 | Sat Feb 28 | vs#12Alabama | 6:00 PM | 6-2 | .750 | #13 | | Thompson-Boling Arena · Knoxville, TN |
| 30 | Tue Mar 3 | atSouth Carolina | 6:00 PM | 5-3 | .625 | #13 | SEC Network | Colonial Life Arena · Columbia, SC |
| 31 | Sat Mar 7 | vs#17Vanderbilt | 2:00 PM | 9-0 | 1.000 | #13 | | Thompson-Boling Arena · Knoxville, TN |
