Tennessee baseball ranked top 10 for fifth consecutive season
Tennessee (46-19) was eliminated in the NCAA Tournament Fayetteville Super Regional at Arkansas.
The final USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll was released on Monday. The Vols finished the 2025 campaign ranked No. 10 with 410 points. LSU (1), Arkansas (3), Tennessee (10), Texas (12), Auburn (13), Vanderbilt (14), Georgia (15) and Ole Miss (18) finished the 2025 season ranked in the top 25.
2025 marks the fifth consecutive season the Vols have finished with a top 10 ranking in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.
Below are final rankings each season for Tennessee in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll under eighth-year head coach Tony Vitello.
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Tennessee baseball's final ranking in USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll each season under Tony Vitello
2025: No. 10 (46-19)
2024: No. 1 (60-13)
2023: No. 4 (44-22)
2022: No. 9 (57-9)
2021: No. 5 (50-18)
2020: No. 20 (15-2)*
2019: Not ranked, received 68 votes (40-21)
2018: Not ranked (29-27)
*2020 season canceled after 17 games due to coronavirus pandemic
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