College baseball season is just 10 days away and the final preseason rankings came out on Tuesday. USA Today Preseason Coaches Poll was the final preseason rankings and Tennessee came in at No. 8 nationally.
The Vols are the sixth highest rated SEC team in the rankings coming in behind No. 2 LSU, No. 3 Florida, No. 4 Arkansas and No. 6 Vanderbilt. Tony Vitello’s seventh Tennessee came in ahead of No. 10 Texas A&M, No. 17 Alabama and No. 21 South Carolina.
Tennessee has home matchups against LSU and South Carolina this season and has road series against Florida, Vanderbilt and Alabama.
The Vols are coming off a strong 2023 season that saw them advance to the College World Series for the second time in three seasons and earn their first College World Series victory since 2001. Tony Vitello’s sixth Tennessee team struggled the first half of the season before turning it around and making an adversity filled run to Omaha.
