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Tennessee assigned No. 14 overall seed as Knoxville Regional unveiled

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Tennessee outfielder Hunter Ensley celebrates after launching a three-run home run. Credit: UT Athletics
Credit: UT Athletics

The Tennessee baseball program was named the No. 14 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament when as the Division I Selection Committee unveiled the bracket Monday afternoon live on ESPN2.

Wake Forest, Cincinnati, Miami (OH) will join the Vols in the Knoxville Regional with play getting underway this weekend. The Knoxville Regional is slated opposite of the Fayetteville Regional with host Arkansas as the No. 3 overall seed. The winner of the Knoxville Regional will play the winner of the Fayetteville Regional in super regional play. The winner of the best-of-three-games series will punch a ticket to Omaha for the 2025 College World Series.

Tennessee will begin play in the Knoxville Regional against Miami (OH). Official game times and television designations will be announced at a later time. It’s the fourth time in the past five seasons Tennessee will be hosting postseason baseball from Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

The Vols were one of 16 programs who claimed a national seed Sunday night when the NCAA Baseball X account announced the NCAA regional hosting sites. No specific seedings were announced at the time, just the 16 programs who would host. Of course, that means those 16 programs were national seeds.

The 2025 squad becomes the fourth team under Tony Vitello to be named a national seed and has become the sixth team he’s led to the NCAA postseason. Tennessee, of course, claimed its first national championship in program history last summer at the 2024 College World Series. UT has reached Omaha in three of the past four seasons and super regionals four times under Vitello.  

As of Monday afternoon, the real-time RPI has Tennessee at No. 11 with a 14-11 record against Quad 1 opponents. Tennessee has 18 wins over SEC teams and picked up some good momentum in Hoover at the Southeastern Conference Tournament with wins over Alabama and top-seeded Texas. The Hoover successful overshadowed a sour end to the regular season that saw Tennessee drop its final five series and six of the past seven.    

Tennessee pounded out a season-high 20 hits in the win over Alabama in Hoover on Wednesday and erased an early 4-0 deficit against the top-seeded Longhorns on Thursday to outlast Texas in 12 innings.

Knoxville (No. 14 overall seed) Regional

Tennessee (No. 14 overall seed)
Wake Forest (2)
Cincinnati (3)
Miami (OH) (4)

Fayetteville (No. 3 overall seed) Regional

This is the regional the winner of the Knoxville Regional will match up with in super regional play.

Arkansas (No. 3 overall seed)
Kansas (2)
Creighton (3)
North Dakota State (4)

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