Tennessee will open its 2022 season with a top-20 ranking in the USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll.
The Vols are ranked No. 16.
2022 Tennessee baseball schedule
Below is the USA TODAY Sports preseason baseball coaches poll.
| 1 | Texas | 0-0 | |||||
| 2 | Vanderbilt | 0-0 | |||||
| 3 | Mississippi State | 0-0 | |||||
| 4 | Arkansas | 0-0 | |||||
| 5 | Stanford | 0-0 | |||||
| 6 | Mississippi | 0-0 | |||||
| 7 | Louisiana State | 0-0 | |||||
| 8 | Oklahoma State | 0-0 | |||||
| 9 | North Carolina State | 0-0 | |||||
| 10 | Florida | 0-0 | |||||
| 11 | Notre Dame | 0-0 | |||||
| 12 | Texas Tech | 0-0 | |||||
| 13 | East Carolina | 0-0 | |||||
| 14 | Florida State | 0-0 | |||||
| 15 | Arizona | 0-0 | |||||
| 16 | Tennessee | 0-0 | |||||
| 17 | Georgia | 0-0 | |||||
| 18 | Texas Christian | 0-0 | |||||
| 19 | UC Irvine | 0-0 | |||||
| 20 | Oregon State | 0-0 | |||||
| 21 | Virginia | 0-0 | |||||
| 22 | Dallas Baptist | 0-0 | |||||
| 23 | Georgia Tech | 0-0 | |||||
| 24 | UCLA | 0-0 | |||||
| 25 | Duke | 0-0 |
The USA TODAY Sports board of coaches is made up of 31 coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the American Baseball Coaches Association. The board for the 2022 season: John Anderson, Minnesota; Jordan Bischel, Central Michigan; Andrew Checketts, UC-Santa Barbara; Reggie Christiansen, Sacramento State; Barry Davis, Rider; Bill Decker, Harvard; Jeff Forehand, Lipscomb; Nino Giarratano, San Francisco; Billy Godwin, UNC-Greensboro; Scott Googins, Cincinnati; Brian Green, Washington State; Justin Haire, Campbell; Danny Hall, Georgia Tech; Fritz Hamburg, Saint Joseph’s; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; Josh Holliday, Oklahoma State; Randy Hood, UNC-Wilmington; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Ed Kahovec, Holy Cross; Sean Lyons, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville; Scott Malone, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; Mark Martinez, San Diego State; John McCormack, Florida Atlantic; Andy Pascoe, Western Illinois; Jim Penders, Connecticut; Tommy Raffo, Arkansas State; Sherman Reed, Coppin State; Brian Schmack, Valparaiso; Matt Senk, Stony Brook; Alex Sogard, Wright State; Butch Thompson, Auburn.