COLLEGE BASEBALL ’25: Defending champion Vols have new-look roster but face same high expectations

It was as if the 2024 Tennessee Volunteers were built to win a national championship with their dominant pitching and an offense that produced the second-most home runs in a season in NCAA history. They ended up with an SEC-record 60 wins and beat Texas A&M in a three-game College World Series finals.

Eight players from that team were drafted, including six in the first four rounds. That’s left coach Tony Vitello to approach 2025 as a building year, though much is still expected of the Vols as defending champions. They’re picked second behind Texas A&M in the Southeastern Conference preseason coaches’ poll and are a consensus top-five team in the national polls.

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