National Championships
Since their beginning of intercollegiate competition, the University of Tennessee's varsity athletic teams have won twenty-three national team championships (including seventeen NCAA championships).
Men's National Championships
- Football (6): 1938 • 1940 • 1950 • 1951 • 1967 • 1998
- Cross Country (1): 1972
- Indoor Track and Field (1): 2002
- Outdoor Track and Field (3): 1974 • 1991 • 2001
- Swimming and Diving (1): 1978
Women's National Championships
- Basketball (8):1987 • 1989 • 1991 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 2007 • 2008
- Indoor Track and Field (2): 2005 • 2009
- Outdoor Track & Field (1): 1981
The national intercollegiate sports championships listed above were sponsored by the NCAA unless otherwise noted in the footnotes.
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