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Tennessee Baseball Makes History

There is a new number one team in the country.

Jack Foster

Following a sweep of Ole Miss this past weekend, the Tennessee BaseVols are officially the No. 1 team in the nation according to D1Baseball.com's rankings for the first time in the rankings history. 

The Vols climbed from No. 5 to No. 1 after sweeping former No. 1 team Ole Miss to dethrone the Rebels. It is the first time the Vols have been at the top of the rankings in the list's eight-year history. 

Tennessee is riding a 15-game winning streak into their midweek contest against Western Carolina on Wednesday, and the Vols' 6-0 SEC start is their best in over five-and-a-half decades. 

The Vols swept Ole Miss 12-1, 10-3 and 4-3 in Oxford over the weekend, with all starting pitchers not allowing a run through six innings. 

To round out the SEC in the rankings, Arkansas finds themselves at No. 2, Vanderbilt comes in at No. 9, Ole Miss falls from No. 1 to No. 10, LSU and Florida are back-to-back at No. 13 and No. 14, and Georgia is the seventh and final conference team in the Top 25 at No. 23. 

The entire Top-25 rankings can be found here. 

The Vols also earned the No. 1 spot in Baseball America's Top 25 for the first time in program history, and Tennessee keeps their No. 1 spot in the Perfect Game USA rankings, which they held last week. 

The Vols earned the No. 1 spot in the Collegiate Baseball Top 25, the NCBWA Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll, making Tennessee the unanimous number one team in college baseball through the first two weeks of SEC play. 

Tennessee is No. 1 in the NCAA in earned run average (1.93), home runs (59), on base percentage (.465), slugging percentage (.704) and other scoring categories. 

The Vols are set to take on No. 9 Vanderbilt for another weekend road series as UT travels to Nashville this weekend. Game one will begin at 7:00 p.m. ET on Friday, April 1. 

**Tennessee baseball is the first unanimous number one team in all polls since Arkansas was last year in early March**

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JACK FOSTER

Jack is a sophomore at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville majoring in Journalism/Electronic Media. Jack grew up in Paris, Tennessee, but now spends the majority of his time in Knoxville doubling as a student and sports journalist for Volunteer Country. Jack has been a sports junkie since he was a young kid and always watched NFL football with his dad on Sundays. Jack still follows the NFL religiously, as he is an avid fantasy football player. Jack started with Volunteer Country in May of 2021 and has since helped provide full coverage of football, baseball and men's and women's basketball. Jack also works as a recurring member of WUTK's Rock Solid Sports show on Wednesdays and Fridays, and he also serves as head sports producer of The Volunteer Channel's Vol News, a student-run show at the University. When Jack is not watching or covering sports, find him on the golf course or back home spending time with his parents, younger sister and friends. Follow Jack on Twitter and Instagram by clicking "Twitter" and "Instagram" to see all of his work with Volunteer Country as well as student media.

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