The 2026 college baseball season concluded Monday with a national championship game. Oklahoma defeated North Carolina, 13-2, at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.
The Sooners won their third national title in program history (1951, 1994, 2026).
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Tennessee’s 2026 season ended May 30 in the NCAA Tournament Chapel Hill Regional with a 38-22 (15-15 SEC) record. The Vols lost two contests to East Carolina and VCU and were eliminated from the NCAA Tournament under first-year head coach Josh Elander.
On Tuesday following the national championship game, the final USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll top 25 rankings were released.
Tennessee is not ranked and received eight votes. The entire poll is listed below.
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Final 2026 USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
PTS |
1st |
Prev |
Chg |
Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Oklahoma Sooners |
43-23 |
750 |
30 |
NR |
28 |
1/NR |
|
2 |
North Carolina Tar Heels |
54-14 |
720 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
2/14 |
|
3 |
Georgia Bulldogs |
53-14 |
682 |
0 |
3 |
– |
3/13 |
|
4 |
West Virginia Mountaineers |
47-17 |
633 |
0 |
11 |
7 |
4/NR |
|
5 |
Texas Longhorns |
46-15 |
629 |
0 |
5 |
– |
2/5 |
|
6 |
Alabama Crimson Tide |
42-21 |
510 |
0 |
16 |
10 |
6/NR |
|
7 |
Ole Miss Rebels |
41-23 |
508 |
0 |
20 |
13 |
7/NR |
|
8 |
Troy Trojans |
39-32 |
487 |
0 |
NR |
– |
8/NR |
|
9 |
Auburn Tigers |
42-22 |
471 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
4/12 |
|
10 |
UCLA Bruins |
52-8 |
455 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
1/10 |
|
11 |
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |
50-11 |
452 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
2/11 |
|
12 |
Kansas Jayhawks |
45-18 |
390 |
0 |
15 |
3 |
9/NR |
|
13 |
Mississippi State Bulldogs |
43-19 |
369 |
0 |
17 |
4 |
3/17 |
|
14 |
Oregon Ducks |
43-18 |
362 |
0 |
12 |
2 |
10/NR |
|
15 |
USC Trojans |
48-18 |
350 |
0 |
19 |
4 |
8/NR |
|
16 |
Texas A&M Aggies |
41-16 |
256 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
7/NR |
|
17 |
Southern Miss Golden Eagles |
44-17 |
238 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
7/20 |
|
18 |
Florida State Seminoles |
40-19 |
231 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
6/18 |
|
19 |
Florida Gators |
41-21 |
222 |
0 |
14 |
5 |
8/25 |
|
20 |
Oregon State Beavers |
45-14 |
215 |
0 |
8 |
12 |
6/20 |
|
21 |
Arkansas Razorbacks |
41-22 |
176 |
0 |
13 |
8 |
5/24 |
|
22 |
Nebraska Cornhuskers |
43-17 |
151 |
0 |
18 |
4 |
16/NR |
|
23 |
Cal Poly Mustangs |
39-24 |
95 |
0 |
NR |
– |
23/NR |
|
24 |
St. John’s Red Storm |
36-26 |
87 |
0 |
NR |
– |
24/NR |
|
25 |
Little Rock Trojans |
39-28 |
70 |
0 |
NR |
– |
25/NR |
Schools dropped out
No. 21 Oklahoma State; No. 22 Arizona State; No. 23 Jacksonville State; No. 24 Cincinnati; No. 25 Tennessee
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Others receiving votes
Arizona State 66; Oklahoma State 53; Jacksonville State 37; UC Santa Barbara 20; Kentucky 10; Liberty 9; Cincinnati 9; Tennessee 8; Wake Forest 6; Miami (FL) 6; Mercer 5; East Carolina 4; Coastal Carolina 4; Louisiana 3; North Carolina State 1
List of voters
The USA TODAY Sports board of coaches is made up of 30 coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the American Baseball Coaches Association. The board for the 2026 season: Mik Aoki, Richmond; Blake Beemer, Butler; Andrew Checketts, UC-Santa Barbara; Jim Chester, Gardner-Webb; Reggie Christiansen, Sacramento State; Ryan Coe, Kennesaw State; Terry Davis, Western Illinois; Jeff Forehand, Lipscomb; Craig Gibson, Mercer; Justin Haire, Ohio State; Brian Hamm, Yale; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; Josh Holliday, Oklahoma State; Randy Hood, UNC Wilmington; Todd Interdonato, Boston College; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Ed Kahovec, Holy Cross; Ryan Klosterman, Bryant; Geoff Loomis, Portland; Scott Malone, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; Matt Mazurek, Canisius; John McCormack, Florida Atlantic; Evan Porter, Nebraska-Omaha; Sherman Reed, Coppin State; Jake Sabol, Central Michigan; Kevin Schnall, Coastal Carolina; Dan Skirka, Murray State; Alex Sogard, Wright State; Stan Stolte, UNLV; Butch Thompson, Auburn.
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