{"id":848283,"date":"2026-08-06T14:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T14:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/848283\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T14:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T14:42:14","slug":"espn-sec-release-2026-soccer-tv-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/848283\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN\/SEC Release 2026 Soccer TV Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BIRMINGHAM, Ala. \u2013 ESPN and the Southeastern Conference announced the 2026 SEC soccer TV schedule and network designations on Thursday morning.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTennessee is set to play two matches on ESPNU in addition to one match on SEC Network during the 2026 season.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Lady Vols&#8217; SEC home opener against Mississippi State, slated for 7:00 p.m. ET on Sept. 24, will be broadcast on ESPNU. Tennessee&#8217;s following match, an in-state rivalry against Vanderbilt on Sept. 27 at noon ET, will also feature on ESPNU. Both matches will take place at Regal Soccer Stadium.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nA three-game stretch of nationally televised matches for Tennessee will conclude on Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. ET, as the Lady Vols&#8217; road contest at Auburn is scheduled to air on SEC Network.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe remainder of Tennessee&#8217;s home and away SEC games, as well as its home nonconference matchups, will be streamed on SEC Network+ and the ESPN app.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTennessee enters the 2026 season ranked No. 24 in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll and tied for No. 4 in the SEC Preseason Coaches Poll. The Lady Vols will open the 2026 season at 7:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, Aug. 13, against Rutgers at Regal Soccer Stadium.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTennessee Soccer 2026 Televised Matches<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThursday, September 24 \u2013 Mississippi State \u2013 7:00 p.m. ET \u2013 ESPNU<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSunday, September 27 \u2013 Vanderbilt \u2013 Noon ET \u2013 ESPNU<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThursday, October 1 \u2013 at Auburn \u2013 8:00 p.m. ET \u2013 SEC Network<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BIRMINGHAM, Ala. \u2013 ESPN and the Southeastern Conference announced the 2026 SEC soccer TV schedule and network designations&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":848284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-848283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}