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Tennessee baseball remains ranked after opening SEC play at Georgia.
Tennessee (14-6, 1-2 SEC) will return to action on Tuesday for a nonconference baseball game. The Vols will host Eastern Kentucky at Lindsey Nelson Stadium . First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.
m. EDT (SEC Network+). Tennessee will also host Missouri at Lindsey Nelson Stadium for a three-game series in Week 6.
The Vols opened SEC baseball play in Week 5, losing a three-game series , 2-1, at Georgia . Tennessee also defeated Tennessee Tech, 20-2, in seven innings last week. On Monday following Week 5, the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll was released.
Tennessee is down two spots and ranked No. 23. More: 2026 SEC baseball power rankings after Week 5 USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll top 25 rankings Rank Team Record PTS 1st Prev Chg Hi/Lo 1 UCLA Bruins 17-2 746 26 1 - 1/2 2 Texas Longhorns 18-1 720 4 2 - 2/3 3 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 17-3 687 0 4 1 3/5 4 Auburn Tigers 17-2 644 0 5 1 4/9 5 Georgia Bulldogs 17-4 564 0 8 3 5/13 6 Mississippi State Bulldogs 16-4 556 0 3 3 3/6 7 Arkansas Razorbacks 14-6 540 0 6 1 5/9 8 Oklahoma Sooners 17-3 501 0 11 3 8/NR 9 Florida State Seminoles 16-3 455 0 15 6 9/17 10 North Carolina Tar Heels 17-3 409 0 14 4 6/14 11 USC Trojans 19-1 400 0 19 8 11/NR 12 Virginia Cavaliers 16-4 399 0 16 4 12/NR 13 North Carolina State Wolfpack 16-4 394 0 10 3 10/19 14 Florida Gators 18-3 351 0 18 4 8/18 15 Southern Miss Golden Eagles 16-4 340 0 7 8 7/20 16 Oregon State Beavers 14-4 327 0 17 1 12/18 17 Clemson Tigers 16-4 305 0 9 8 9/17 18 Kentucky Wildcats 18-2 295 0 22 4 18/NR 19 Oregon Ducks 17-3 187 0 NR 7 19/NR 20 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 13-6 133 0 25 5 7/25 21 Texas A&M Aggies 16-3 125 0 20 1 20/NR 22 West Virginia Mountaineers 13-4 115 0 NR 6 22/NR 23 Tennessee Volunteers 14-6 112 0 21 2 15/23 24 Ole Miss Rebels 16-5 89 0 24 - 21/NR 25 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 15-5 87 0 12 13 12/25 Schools dropped out No.