According to a press release from the University of Tennessee Athletics, For the third consecutive athletic year, the University of Tennessee paced all Division I schools in combined attendance across football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball.
UT led the way nationally in both overall attendance and average attendance, as it did in 2024-25 and 2023-24.
Tennessee had 1,181,715 fans come through its gates across 37 home events in those three sports, over 138,000 greater than second-place Texas A&M.
Across its seven home football games, Tennessee had 713,405 fans come through the gates to rank fourth in the country. The Neyland Stadium average attendance of 101,915 placed sixth in FBS and was one of just eight venues with a six-digit number.
In men’s basketball, the Volunteers drew 327,265 fans over 17 home games to place fourth in the nation. Tennessee finished third in average attendance with a 19,251 mark, giving the program a top-four finish in both categories for the second year in a row. Five of the top 12 single-game regular season attendances in 2025-26 were at Food City Center, while no other SEC school had even a top-20 figure.
The Lady Volunteers amassed 141,045 fans for their 13 home games, placing eighth in the country. Their average attendance of 10,850 finished fourth overall and made them one of just five programs to average in five figures.