TENNESSEE NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Tennessee (53-7) is ranked No. 1 for the ninth time this season in Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Division I baseball poll presented by Big League Chew bubble gum.
The Volunteers secured the program’s fourth SEC tournament championship and its first since 1995 by defeating Florida. Tennessee, which has won 8 straight games, also captured the SEC regular-season title with a 25-5 record.
The Volunteers lead eight NCAA Div. I statistical categories, including team ERA (2.35), hits allowed per 9 innings (6.15), home runs (141), home runs per game (2.35), slugging percentage (.604), WHIP (0.95), walks allowed per nine innings (2.39) and won-loss percentage (53-7 overall record).
Poll Notes: Stanford, winners of 16 straight, captured the Pac-12 Tournament with four consecutive victories. East Carolina has won 18 games in a row which includes the American Athletic Tournament championship and regular-season title. U.C. Santa Barbara has won 6 straight and 11 of its last 12. Texas has won 8 of its last 10 games and finished second at the Big 12 Tournament. North Carolina captured the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament with four straight wins. The Tar Heels have won 7 straight and 12 of their last 13.
Four teams fell out of the top 30 in Grand Canyon, Cal. Poly, Gonzaga and Iowa.
The Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1959 college baseball season.
Collegiate Baseball’s
NCAA Div. I Baseball Poll
(As of May 30, 2022)
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| Rank | Team (Record) | Points | PVS |
| 1. | Tennessee (53-7) | 495 | 1 |
| 2. | Stanford (41-14) | 493 | 3 |
| 3. | Virginia Tech. (41-12) | 490 | 2 |
| 4. | U.C. Santa Barbara (43-12) | 488 | 4 |
| 5. | Oregon St. (44-15) | 485 | 5 |
| 6. | Texas A&M (37-18) | 482 | 6 |
| 7. | Louisville (38-18-1) | 480 | 7 |
| 8. | East Carolina (42-18) | 477 | 11 |
| 9. | Arkansas (38-18) | 474 | 8 |
| 10. | Miami, Fla. (39-18) | 472 | 10 |
| 11. | Texas St. (45-12) | 469 | 9 |
| 12. | Texas Christian (36-20) | 467 | 12 |
| 13. | UCLA (38-22) | 463 | 13 |
| 14. | Oklahoma St. (39-20) | 459 | 15 |
| 15. | Texas Tech. (37-20) | 457 | 14 |
| 16. | Oklahoma (37-20) | 455 | — |
| 17. | Texas (42-19) | 452 | — |
| 18. | North Carolina (38-19) | 451 | — |
| 19. | Louisiana St. (38-20) | 448 | 16 |
| 20. | Oregon (35-23) | 445 | 17 |
| 21. | Maryland (45-12) | 443 | 19 |
| 22. | Southern Mississippi (43-16) | 440 | 20 |
| 23. | Notre Dame (35-14) | 438 | 21 |
| 24. | Virginia (38-17) | 435 | 22 |
| 25. | Florida (39-22) | 433 | 25 |
| 26. | Connecticut (46-13) | 432 | 26 |
| 27. | Auburn (37-19) | 430 | 23 |
| 28. | Georgia (35-21) | 427 | 24 |
| 29. | Mississippi (32-22) | 425 | 27 |
| 30. | Georgia Southern (40-18) | 421 | — |
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