BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Southeastern Conference office announced Tuesday afternoon that six members of the Tennessee football team were selected to the coaches’ 2024 All-SEC teams. Tennessee’s six honorees on the coaches’ All-SEC teams are its most since also having six players recognized in 2012. Junior running back Dylan Sampson, senior center Cooper Mays and junior edge rusher James Pearce…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee men’s basketball team is ranked atop both major national polls, as announced Monday afternoon. Tennessee (8-0) climbed two spots in both the Associated Press Top 25 Poll and the USA TODAY Coaches Poll to No. 1 overall. It is just the second team to hold the top position in…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Wins over Florida State and Iowa last week have propelled the Tennessee women’s basketball team into the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time this season at No. 19. The Lady Volunteers beat the Seminoles (79-77) last Wednesday night in Knoxville and (then) the No. 17/20 Hawkeyes (78-68) on Saturday night in…… MORE
NEW YORK — The Boomer Esiason Foundation announced Monday that Tennessee senior Cooper Mays is a finalist for the Rimington Trophy, which annually recognizes the most outstanding center in college football. Mays becomes the first player in Tennessee history to be named a Rimington Trophy finalist since the award’s inception in 2000. He is one of three final candidates…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Following the second 10-win regular season in three years under head coach Josh Heupel, the seventh-ranked Tennessee Volunteers have officially punched their ticket to their first College Football Playoff. The ninth-seeded Volunteers will travel to take on eighth-seeded Ohio State at 8 p.m. ET in the first round of the College Football Playoff on…… MORE
Game Recap: Women’s Basketball | December 07, 2024 BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Tennessee picked up its first ranked win of the season and improved to 7-0, knocking off No. 17/20 Iowa, 78-68, at the Barclays Center in the Shark Beauty Women’s Champions Classic on Saturday night. The Lady Vols, who only shot 39 percent for the game, rode…… MORE
ATLANTA – Two-time unanimous first-team All-America defensive back and College Football Hall of Famer Eric Berry will be recognized on the 2024 SEC Football Legends Class in Atlanta surrounding SEC Championship weekend. The 2024 Football Legends class includes 16 former stars who excelled on the gridiron and helped write the rich history of the sport at…… MORE
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Southeastern Conference announced Wednesday that Tennessee wide receiver Bru McCoy was named to the 2024 SEC Football Community Service Team. The SEC names a Community Service Team for each of its 21-league sponsored sports, looking to highlight an athlete from each school who gives back to his community through superior service efforts. One of…… MORE
Rick Barnes‘ Tennessee Volunteers are off to their first 8-0 start in 24 years, going back to the 2000-01 campaign, which they started 9-0. UT’s 96-70 home victory over Syracuse in the SEC/ACC Challenge Tuesday night was yet another illustration of its thriving team culture, led by Barnes, in his 10th season at the helm…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee women’s basketball remained unbeaten this season, outlasting a talented Florida State squad, 79-77, in a see-saw affair in front of a crowd of 9,529 on Wednesday night at Food City Center. The Lady Vols (6-0) used a 13-0 run to build a 20-point second-quarter lead and took an 18-point advantage into the…… MORE
