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Tennessee baseball rose in the rankings after winning a series at Ole Miss.
The Vols are ranked No. 3 in the USA TODAY coaches poll and received a first-place vote. UT was ranked No. 1 in the nation for six weeks this season.
UT (31-5, 11-4 SEC) won the series at Ole Miss on a two-run homer from Reese Chapman in the ninth inning Sunday. Tennessee trailed 8-7 before Chapman's homer flipped the Vols ahead for the third time. The Vols won 3-2 in the series opener behind a 14-strikeout start from Liam Doyle against his former team. They lost 8-5 Saturday before bouncing back to take the series, their fourth series win in five SEC weekends this season.
Tennessee lost a series to Texas A&M to open April, its first SEC series loss after winning 12 straight dating back to its first conference series in 2024 against Alabama.
Tennessee won its first 20 games of the season to string together a 22-game winning streak dating back to last season's College World Series. The Vols won the final two games in Omaha to clinch the program's first national title.
It lost back-to-back one-run games to ETSU and Alabama in mid-March before winning eight straight.
Tennessee is ranked in the top-5 of all major polls after its 31-5 start.
DOYLE: How Liam Doyle's fastball makes Tennessee's ace college baseball's top strikeout pitcher
UT hosts Bellarmine on Tuesday before it plays Kentucky in a three-game series starting Friday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
Record: 31-5
Mike Wilson covers University of Tennessee athletics. Email him at [email protected] and follow him on X @ByMikeWilson or Bluesky @bymikewilson.bsky.social. If you enjoy Mike’s coverage, consider a digital subscription that will allow you access to all of it.
This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Tennessee baseball: Where Vols are ranked after Ole Miss series win
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The Vols are ranked No. 3 in the USA TODAY coaches poll and received a first-place vote. UT was ranked No. 1 in the nation for six weeks this season.
UT (31-5, 11-4 SEC) won the series at Ole Miss on a two-run homer from Reese Chapman in the ninth inning Sunday. Tennessee trailed 8-7 before Chapman's homer flipped the Vols ahead for the third time. The Vols won 3-2 in the series opener behind a 14-strikeout start from Liam Doyle against his former team. They lost 8-5 Saturday before bouncing back to take the series, their fourth series win in five SEC weekends this season.
Tennessee lost a series to Texas A&M to open April, its first SEC series loss after winning 12 straight dating back to its first conference series in 2024 against Alabama.
Tennessee won its first 20 games of the season to string together a 22-game winning streak dating back to last season's College World Series. The Vols won the final two games in Omaha to clinch the program's first national title.
It lost back-to-back one-run games to ETSU and Alabama in mid-March before winning eight straight.
Where Tennessee baseball is ranked
Tennessee is ranked in the top-5 of all major polls after its 31-5 start.
- USA TODAY coaches poll: No. 3
- D1 Baseball: No. 4
- Baseball America: No. 2
- Perfect Game: No. 5
DOYLE: How Liam Doyle's fastball makes Tennessee's ace college baseball's top strikeout pitcher
Who does Tennessee baseball play next?
UT hosts Bellarmine on Tuesday before it plays Kentucky in a three-game series starting Friday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
Tennessee baseball schedule
Record: 31-5
- April 15: Bellarmine
- April 18-20: Kentucky
- April 22: Lipscomb
- April 25-27: at LSU
- April 29: Northern Kentucky
- May 2-4: Auburn
- May 6: Indiana State
- May 9-11: Vanderbilt
- May 13: Belmont
- May 15-17: at Arkansas
- May 20-25: SEC Tournament in Hoover, Alabama
Mike Wilson covers University of Tennessee athletics. Email him at [email protected] and follow him on X @ByMikeWilson or Bluesky @bymikewilson.bsky.social. If you enjoy Mike’s coverage, consider a digital subscription that will allow you access to all of it.
This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Tennessee baseball: Where Vols are ranked after Ole Miss series win
Continue reading...
