Tennessee baseball is no longer the No. 1 team in the nation.
The Vols tumbled from the spot after losing a series to Texas A&M at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. They are ranked No. 4 in the USA TODAY coaches poll, ending a six-week run as the No. 1 team in the nation. Tennessee, which received two first-place votes, was replaced by Arkansas at No. 1.
UT (28-4, 9-3 SEC) lost both games of a Saturday doubleheader against the Aggies. They lost 9-3 in the first game then lost 17-6 in the second game, allowing the most runs in a game since Tony Vitello’s first season in 2018. It was UT’s first home series loss in two years and ended an 12-series winning streak in SEC play 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 28-4 start.
- USA TODAY coaches poll: No. 4
- D1 Baseball: No. 5
- Baseball America: No. 4
- Perfect Game: No. 5
Who does Tennessee baseball play next?
UT hosts Alabama State on Tuesday before it plays Ole Miss in a three-game series starting Friday at Swayze Field.
Tennessee baseball schedule
Record: 28-4
- April 8: Alabama State
- April 11-13: at Ole Miss
- 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
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