| Mode: | Women's Basketball |
| Year: | 2016–17 |
| Team: | Tennessee Lady Volunteers |
| Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SEC |
| Record: | 20–12 |
| Conf Record: | 10–6 |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Asst Coach2: | Dean Lockwood |
| Asst Coach3: | Sharrona Reaves |
| Bowl Result: | second round |
The 2016–17 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2016–17 college basketball season. The Lady Vols, led by 5th year head coach Holly Warlick, played their games at Thompson–Boling Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 10–6 in SEC play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the second round of the SEC women's tournament to Alabama. They received an at-large to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Dayton in the first round before losing to Louisville in the second round.
See main article: 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.
| + Regular season ranking movement Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Received votes. | т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol --> | Poll | Pre- Season | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Final |
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| AP | 13 | 13 | 17 | 22 | RV | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | RV | RV | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | N/A | |||
| Coaches | 14 | 13 | 16 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
|-!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00; color:white;"| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00; color:white;"| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00;"| SEC Women's Tournament|-!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00;"| NCAA Women's TournamentSource:[1]