Tennessee Baseball enters Super Regionals as the favorite to win the College World Series
Tennessee Baseball is the favorite to win the College World Series according to odds set by BetOnline. The Vols are at 11/4 or +275 per number released on Tuesday, ahead of Texas A&M at 7/2 or +350.
Circa Sports has the Aggies as the favorite at +275, ahead of the Vols at +350.
BetOnline has Florida State, Kentucky and North Carolina next, all with 8/1 odds. Georgia is 10/1 and Clemson and Oregon State are both at 12/1.
Circa has North Carolina third at +775, ahead of Florida State at +1000 and Kentucky, Georgia and Virginia at +1050, while Clemson is +1600.
Evansville, Tennessee’s opponent in this weekend’s Super Regional at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, has the longest odds of the 16 teams remaining in the field. BetOnline has the Aces at 150/1 and Circa has them at +17000.
Circa also has the Vols at -450 to not win the College World Series and Texas A&M at -350 not to win it.
Up Next: No. 1 Tennessee vs. Evansville, Friday, 3 p.m. ET, ESPN2
No. 1 Tennessee (53-11) swept through the Knoxville Regional over the weekend, beating Northern Kentucky (9-3), Indiana (12-6) and Southern Miss (12-3) to reach the Super Regional round for the fourth straight year.
Evansville (38-24) beat East Carolina, the No. 16 national seed, 6-5 on Monday to win the Greenville Regional. The Aces started the NCAA Tournament with a 4-1 win over ECU and beat VCU 17-11 on Saturday. They won Monday after a 19-6 loss to ECU on Sunday evening.
It’s just the ninth time in NCAA Tournament history that a No. 4 seed has advanced to the Super Regional round, while Evansville is making its first tournament appearance since 2006.
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Game 1 of the three-game Super Regional series is set for 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday on ESPN2. Game 2 on Saturday will start at 11 a.m. ET on Saturday. Game 3 would be Sunday, should the series go that far.
Tennessee’s NCAA Baseball postseason history under Tony Vitello
Tony Vitello in 2019 took Tennessee back to college baseball’s postseason for the first time since 2005 with a 40-win season in just his second year on the job. The Vols were eliminated by North Carolina in the Chapel Hill Regional final after wins over UNC Wilmington and Liberty.
In 2021, after the COVID pandemic cancelled the 2020 season, Tennessee won 50 games and went back to the College World Series for the first time since 2005, sweeping LSU in the Knoxville Super Regional before losing to No. 8 Virginia then No. 2 Texas in Omaha.
The Vols won 57 games in 2022 and were the No. 1 overall seed in the postseason, but were upset by Notre Dame in the Knoxville Super Regional.
Tennessee’s 44-win team last season advanced out of the Clemson Regional and won in three games in the Southern Miss Super Regional to go back to Omaha. There, the Vols lost to LSU 6-3, bounced back with a 6-4 win over Stanford but were sent home after a 5-0 loss to LSU.
