Television start time windows for Weeks 4-14 are defined as follows:
- Early: 12 to 1 p.m. ET start
- Afternoon: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. ET start
- Night: 6 to 8 p.m. ET start
- Flex: Games flexed between the Afternoon (3:30-4:30 p.m. ET) and Night (6-8 p.m. ET) windows
The Volunteers have five
Flex games on the slate, including Sept. 21 at Oklahoma, Oct. 5 at Arkansas, Oct. 12 vs. Florida, Oct. 19 vs. Alabama and Nov. 16 at Georgia. All of these games will feature a start time somewhere between 3:30-4:30 p.m. ET
or 6-8 p.m. ET.
Tennessee's consecutive home games against Kentucky (Nov. 2) and Mississippi State (Nov. 9) will feature
night kickoffs in Neyland Stadium in the 6-8 p.m. ET window. The Mississippi State contest serves as Homecoming, and it will be the Vols' first night Homecoming tilt since 2019. It's the fourth straight year that UT and Kentucky will face off at night.
In addition, Tennessee's Nov. 23 Senior Day contest against UTEP will start at 1 p.m. ET and be streamed on ESPN+/SEC Network+.
The Vols' regular season finale at Vanderbilt on Nov. 30 is in the
early window (12-1 p.m. ET start).