Vols receiving votes in final USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll

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The 2026 college baseball season concluded Monday with a national championship game. Oklahoma defeated North Carolina, 13-2, at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.

The Sooners won their third national title in program history (1951, 1994, 2026).

Tennessee's 2026 season ended May 30 in the NCAA Tournament Chapel Hill Regional with a 38-22 (15-15 SEC) record. The Vols lost two contests to East Carolina and VCU and were eliminated from the NCAA Tournament under first-year head coach Josh Elander.

On Tuesday following the national championship game, the final USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll top 25 rankings were released.

Tennessee is not ranked and received eight votes. The entire poll is listed below.

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Final 2026 USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll​

Rank	Team	Record	PTS	1st	Prev	Chg	Hi/Lo
1	Oklahoma Sooners	43-23	750	30	NR	28	1/NR
2	North Carolina Tar Heels	54-14	720	0	4	2	2/14
3	Georgia Bulldogs	53-14	682	0	3	-	3/13
4	West Virginia Mountaineers	47-17	633	0	11	7	4/NR
5	Texas Longhorns	46-15	629	0	5	-	2/5
6	Alabama Crimson Tide	42-21	510	0	16	10	6/NR
7	Ole Miss Rebels	41-23	508	0	20	13	7/NR
8	Troy Trojans	39-32	487	0	NR	-	8/NR
9	Auburn Tigers	42-22	471	0	6	3	4/12
10	UCLA Bruins	52-8	455	0	1	9	1/10
11	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	50-11	452	0	2	9	2/11
12	Kansas Jayhawks	45-18	390	0	15	3	9/NR
13	Mississippi State Bulldogs	43-19	369	0	17	4	3/17
14	Oregon Ducks	43-18	362	0	12	2	10/NR
15	USC Trojans	48-18	350	0	19	4	8/NR
16	Texas A&M Aggies	41-16	256	0	10	6	7/NR
17	Southern Miss Golden Eagles	44-17	238	0	7	10	7/20
18	Florida State Seminoles	40-19	231	0	9	9	6/18
19	Florida Gators	41-21	222	0	14	5	8/25
20	Oregon State Beavers	45-14	215	0	8	12	6/20
21	Arkansas Razorbacks	41-22	176	0	13	8	5/24
22	Nebraska Cornhuskers	43-17	151	0	18	4	16/NR
23	Cal Poly Mustangs	39-24	95	0	NR	-	23/NR
24	St. John's Red Storm	36-26	87	0	NR	-	24/NR
25	Little Rock Trojans	39-28	70	0	NR	-	25/NR

Schools dropped out​

No. 21 Oklahoma State; No. 22 Arizona State; No. 23 Jacksonville State; No. 24 Cincinnati; No. 25 Tennessee

Others receiving votes​

Arizona State 66; Oklahoma State 53; Jacksonville State 37; UC Santa Barbara 20; Kentucky 10; Liberty 9; Cincinnati 9; Tennessee 8; Wake Forest 6; Miami (FL) 6; Mercer 5; East Carolina 4; Coastal Carolina 4; Louisiana 3; North Carolina State 1

List of voters​

The USA TODAY Sports board of coaches is made up of 30 coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the American Baseball Coaches Association. The board for the 2026 season: Mik Aoki, Richmond; Blake Beemer, Butler; Andrew Checketts, UC-Santa Barbara; Jim Chester, Gardner-Webb; Reggie Christiansen, Sacramento State; Ryan Coe, Kennesaw State; Terry Davis, Western Illinois; Jeff Forehand, Lipscomb; Craig Gibson, Mercer; Justin Haire, Ohio State; Brian Hamm, Yale; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; Josh Holliday, Oklahoma State; Randy Hood, UNC Wilmington; Todd Interdonato, Boston College; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Ed Kahovec, Holy Cross; Ryan Klosterman, Bryant; Geoff Loomis, Portland; Scott Malone, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; Matt Mazurek, Canisius; John McCormack, Florida Atlantic; Evan Porter, Nebraska-Omaha; Sherman Reed, Coppin State; Jake Sabol, Central Michigan; Kevin Schnall, Coastal Carolina; Dan Skirka, Murray State; Alex Sogard, Wright State; Stan Stolte, UNLV; Butch Thompson, Auburn.


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