Tennessee’s men’s basketball program has once again turned its ticket demand into a headline of its own.
The University of Tennessee announced Monday morning that the Vols have sold out their full season-ticket allotment of 14,500 for the 2026-27 season at Food City Center. It’s the fourth straight year Tennessee has done so, extending a run that has become routine in Knoxville.
The numbers around the program’s fan support keep stacking up. This is the eighth consecutive full-capacity season in which more than 13,000 fans have bought season tickets, and the fifth straight year the total has climbed above 14,000.
Tennessee has also finished among the top eight nationally in average attendance in each of the last nine seasons, stretching from 2017-18 through 2025-26. Within that stretch, the Vols have landed in the top five eight times and finished third in each of the last two years.
The home crowds have been massive, too. Tennessee has averaged more than 19,000 fans per game in each of the past three seasons, producing three of the eight highest single-season attendance marks in program history. That includes a 20,026 figure in 2024-25, which ranks third all-time for the program.
Food City Center has been a tough ticket on the national scene as well. Last season, the building hosted five of the 12 highest-attended regular-season games in the country and also drew the top-attended exhibition game. In 2024-25, it hosted eight of the top 18, and in 2023-24 it was home to three of the top six.
Even with Tennessee playing in the third-largest on-campus arena in the country, the Vols have piled up 26 sellouts over the last four seasons. They posted eight sellouts in both 2023-24 and 2024-25, the most in the venue during each of those years.
The crowd support has matched the results on the floor. Tennessee has reached the Sweet 16 in each of the last four seasons and the Elite Eight in each of the past three, making it the only program in the country to claim both streaks.
Last year, Rick Barnes’ team finished 25-12 overall and 11-7 in SEC play, ending the season No. 12 in the national polls. It was the fifth straight 25-win season for Tennessee and the seventh such year during Barnes’ 11-year tenure.
For fans who missed out on season tickets, single-game tickets remain available on AllVols.com or by calling the Tennessee Ticket Office at 1-800-332-VOLS between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Group ticket requests for this season can also be started online, and fans interested in 2027-2028 season tickets can find more information there as well.
Tennessee opens the regular season Nov. 3 at 6 p.m. with a home game against Wofford, airing on SEC Network.
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