According to Tennessee Athletics, The University of Tennessee men’s basketball team will welcome Florida State to Food City Center for the 2026 SEC/ACC Challenge, as revealed Friday morning by ESPN.
The contest between the Volunteers and Seminoles is slated for Dec. 1. The tip time and TV network will be announced later.
Tennessee sports a 5-4 record against Florida State, but the sides have met just once in the last 37 seasons.
Tennessee 1-2 in the SEC/ACC Challenge, which started in 2022-23. It fell by eight at North Carolina in the inaugural year of the event, before defeating Syracuse by 26 the following year and then dropping a two-point road decision against the Orange last season.