2025 SEC Football Media Day dates announced
SEC Football Media Days are set for July 14-17 in Atlanta, the league announced on Tuesday. Tennessee coach Josh Heupel and the Vols will take their turn with reporters on Tuesday, July 15.
SEC Football Kickoff Media Days will be held at the College Football Hall of Fame and The Omni Hotel in Atlanta
Alongside Tennessee on July 15 will be Auburn, Georgia and Texas. Media days start July 14 with LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Vanderbilt. Wednesday, July 16 will feature Alabama, Florida, Mississippi State and Oklahoma and Thursday, July 17 will be Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri and Texas A&M.
Vols open season against Syracuse in Atlanta on August 30
Tennessee will be back in Atlanta to open the 2025 season on Saturday, August 30 against Syracuse at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the Aflac Kickoff Game. The Vols host ETSU in their home opener at Neyland Stadium on September 6.
SEC play starts at home against Georgia on September 13 and UAB comes to Knoxville on September 20. The Vols go to Mississippi State on September 27 in the first SEC road game of the season.
After an open date on October 4, Tennessee hosts Arkansas (October 11) then goes to Alabama (October 18) and Kentucky (October 25).
In November the Vols host Oklahoma (November 1) and New Mexico State (November 15), go to Florida (November 22) and close the regular-season schedule at home against Vanderbilt (November 29).
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Tennessee looking to add quarterback in spring portal window
Tennessee has been in the college football spotlight since late last week when Nico Iamaleava’s contract negotiations for a new NIL deal were reported by On3’s Pete Nakos. The negotiations turned into Iamaleava not showing at practice Friday morning, then not being in contact with Tennessee coaches throughout the day.
Heupel told his team Saturday morning that the Vols were moving on from Iamaleava as their quarterback, leaving Tennessee now looking to add a quarterback from the NCAA Transfer Portal to go with redshirt freshman Jake Merklinger and freshman George MacIntyre.
“This program is ready to go win next fall,” Heupel said Saturday afternoon after Tennessee’s Orange & White Game. “And as a program since we’ve been here, we’ve won with a lot of different QB’s done it historically in my career with a lot of different QBs.
“Some of those guys have been older, some of them have been younger, but we’ll have a quarterback that’s ready to go win and help us compete for a championship.”
