Watch Josh Heupel’s Monday Press Conference at 12:15 p.m. ET

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Game week has arrived for Tennessee football as a coach Josh Heupel will hold its weekly press conference at 12:15 PM ET on Monday to preview the Volunteers’ season opener with Ball State.

The press conference will be streamed live on SEC Network+, @Vol_Football Twitter and Facebook, and the Tennessee Athletics YouTube page.

Heupel will make his personal Vol Calls season debut later that evening. Defensive coordinator Tim Banks will be invited in the second part of the show. The official statewide radio show of the Tennessee Volunteers airs from 8-9pm ET on location from Calhoun’s On the River in downtown Knoxville.

“Vol Calls” can be heard on over 50 radio stations across the state of Tennessee on the Vol Radio Network and worldwide through UTsports.com, the Tennessee Athletics app and SiriusXM.

Tennessee opens its 126th^th football season and the second year of the Heupel era at 7:00 p.m., Thursday at Neyland Stadium. The contest will be televised by the SEC Network.

It’s the second straight year and fourth time in its history that UT will open a season on Thursday night. The Vols are 3-0 in those previous contests with wins in 2021 (Bowling Green), 2016 (Appalachian State) and Louisville (1991). UT and Ball State meet for the first time.

Tickets remain on sale at AllVols.com or by calling (865) 946-7000. For complete game day information, visit UTsports.com/gameday.