| 14. Tennessee (26-9) | Rating: 89.69 | SOS Rank: 9 | Proj: 26-9 |
| DATE | OPPONENT | RNK | W-L | Res/Pct | Sco/MOV | QUAL | |
| Fri, | Nov 10 | Presbyterian | 328 | 8-21 | W | 88-53 | +2 |
| Tue, | Nov 14 | High Point | 238 | 11-16 | W | 84-53 | +5 |
| Wed, | Nov 22 | *Purdue | 3 | 30-7 | W | 78-75 | +8 |
| Thu, | Nov 23 | *Villanova | 1 | 34-4 | L | 76-85 | −1 |
| Fri, | Nov 24 | *NC State | 45 | 21-12 | W | 67-58 | +3 |
| Wed, | Nov 29 | Mercer | 162 | 17-15 | W | 84-60 | +4 |
| Sun, | Dec 3 | at Georgia Tech | 114 | 13-19 | W | 77-70 | −3 |
| Sat, | Dec 9 | Lipscomb | 173 | 20-10 | W | 81-71 | −11 |
| Sun, | Dec 17 | North Carolina | 8 | 26-11 | L | 73-78 | −7 |
| Wed, | Dec 20 | Furman | 102 | 21-10 | W | 66-61 | −10 |
| Sat, | Dec 23 | at Wake Forest | 86 | 11-20 | W | 79-60 | +12 |
| Sat, | Dec 30 | at Arkansas | 31 | 23-12 | L | 93-95 | −2 |
| Tue, | Jan 2 | Auburn | 23 | 26-8 | L | 84-94 | −16 |
| Sat, | Jan 6 | Kentucky | 17 | 26-11 | W | 76-65 | +6 |
| Tue, | Jan 9 | at Vanderbilt | 84 | 12-20 | W | 92-84 | +1 |
| Sat, | Jan 13 | Texas A&M | 29 | 22-13 | W | 75-62 | +6 |
| Wed, | Jan 17 | at Missouri | 36 | 19-13 | L | 55-59 | −5 |
| Sat, | Jan 20 | at South Carolina | 71 | 16-16 | W | 70-63 | +2 |
| Tue, | Jan 23 | Vanderbilt | 84 | 12-20 | W | 67-62 | −8 |
| Sat, | Jan 27 | at Iowa St | 101 | 13-18 | W | 68-45 | +15 |
| Wed, | Jan 31 | LSU | 60 | 18-15 | W | 84-61 | +12 |
| Sat, | Feb 3 | Mississippi | 99 | 12-20 | W | 94-61 | +18 |
| Tue, | Feb 6 | at Kentucky | 17 | 26-11 | W | 61-59 | +4 |
| Sat, | Feb 10 | at Alabama | 50 | 19-16 | L | 50-78 | −31 |
| Tue, | Feb 13 | South Carolina | 71 | 16-16 | W | 70-67 | −9 |
| Sat, | Feb 17 | at Georgia | 65 | 18-15 | L | 62-73 | −15 |
| Wed, | Feb 21 | Florida | 21 | 21-13 | W | 62-57 | 0 |
| Sat, | Feb 24 | at Mississippi | 99 | 12-20 | W | 73-65 | 0 |
| Tue, | Feb 27 | at Mississippi St | 51 | 24-11 | W | 76-54 | +19 |
| Sat, | Mar 3 | Georgia | 65 | 18-15 | W | 66-61 | −6 |
| Fri, | Mar 9 | *Mississippi St | 51 | 24-11 | W | 62-59 | −3 |
| Sat, | Mar 10 | *Arkansas | 31 | 23-12 | W | 84-66 | +14 |
| Sun, | Mar 11 | *Kentucky | 17 | 26-11 | L | 72-77 | −6 |
| Thu, | Mar 15 | *Wright St | 141 | 23-10 | W | 73-47 | +10 |
| Sat, | Mar 17 | *Loyola-Chicago | 55 | 31-5 | L | 62-63 | −7 |