Look: Tennessee baseball's odds to win the College World Series entering Super Regionals
Tennessee baseball has 12/1 odds to win the College World Series, according to BetOnline. The odds are tied for fifth best as college baseball’s postseason moves to the Super Regional round of 16 this weekend.
Wake Forest, the No. 1 overall seed, is the favorite at 3/1. LSU, the No. 5 seed, has 5/1 odds and Florida, the No. 2 seed, is 6/1. Virginia is 8/1 and South Carolina is tied with Tennessee at 12/1.
The Vols (41-19) play at Southern Miss on Saturday (3 p.m. Eastern Time, ESPNU) in Game 1 of the three-game series between the two teams at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Miss. Start times and TV information for both Game 2 on Sunday and Game 3, if necessary on Monday, have not yet been announced.
Southern Miss (45-18), which one the Auburn Regional to advance to the Super Regional round, has 30/1 odds to get to Omaha and win a national championship. USM lost its first game in the Auburn Regional, 4-2 to Samford in 10 innings on Friday, then won four straight elimination games against Auburn, the No. 13 national seed, Samford and Penn, beating Penn Sunday night and Monday afternoon to advance.
Tennessee advanced out of the Clemson Regional, beating Charlotte twice and taking down Clemson, the No. 4 national seed, on its home field.
Up Next: Tennessee vs. Southern Miss, Friday, 3 p.m. ET, ESPNU
Tennessee, playing in the Super Regional round for the fifth time in program history and for the third time as many years, beat Charlotte 9-2 on Sunday to win the Clemson Regional. The Vols beat Clemson 6-5 Saturday night in 14 innings, after beating Charlotte 8-1 on Friday to advance in the winners bracket.
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Southern Miss beat Penn, the No. 4 seed in the Auburn Regional, 11-7 on Monday afternoon after trailing 5-1 early in the game. USM beat Penn 11-2 late Sunday night. The Golden Eagles beat Samford 9-4 on Sunday and beat Auburn 7-2 on Saturday.
The other seven Super Regional hosts are No. 1 Wake Forest (vs. No. 16 Alabama), No. 2 Florida (vs. No. 15 South Carolina), No. 5 LSU (vs. No. 12 Kentucky), No. 7 Virginia (vs. Duke), No. 8 Stanford (vs. Texas), TCU (vs. No. 14 Indiana State) and Oregon (vs. Oral Roberts).
Tennessee moves up to No. 12 in updated RPI
Southern Miss also had to win back-to-back elimination games to win the Sun Belt Tournament championship. After losing to Appalachian State, the No. 6 seed in the bracket, USM won in a rematch with the Mountaineers and then beat Louisiana in the title game.
Before beating Auburn in the Auburn Regional on Saturday, Southern Miss went 0-3 against SEC teams during the regular season, losing 13-0 at Alabama, 11-5 at Ole Miss and 10-9 at Mississippi State.
Tennessee is No. 12 in the updated RPI standings while Southern Miss is No. 17.
