University of Tennessee Athletics
Baseball Vols Back in Top 25
March 07, 2000 | General
Tennessee cracked the nation's Top 25 for the first time in almost two years appearing at No. 24 in this week's USA Today Baseball Weekly/ESPN Coaches Poll and No. 24 in the Collegiate Baseball poll.
The Southeastern Conference was well represented in the poll having six members, including Tennessee, ranked this week's USA Today Baseball Weekly/ESPN Coaches Poll.
The Vols will take on Eastern Kentucky Wednesday before beginning SEC play this weekend at home against Arkansas. The UT-EKU game is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
USA Today-Baseball Weekly
ESPN Coaches' Top 25
(As of March 6, 2000)
Rank	School	(Record)
1. Florida St. (18-2)
2. North Carolina (16-0)
3. Stanford (14-5)
4. Auburn (18-3)
5. Texas (16-4)
6. Baylor (15-3)
7. Southern Calif. (11-3)
8. Alabama (12-5)
9. South Carolina (15-0)
10. Clemson (11-2)
11. Miami, Fla. (14-6)
12. Arizona St. (18-4)
13. Houston (12-6)
14. Long Beach St. (11-4)
15. Wichita St. (4-1)
16. LSU (10-6)
17. Cal. St. Fullerton (7-5)
18. La.-Lafayette (15-1)
19. Kentucky (13-0)
20. Georgia Tech. (8-5)
21. Fla. International (18-2)
22. Fresno St. (14-4)
23. Wake Forest (10-3)
24. Tennessee (16-4)
25. Mississippi St. (9-2)
Collegiate Baseball
NCAA Division I Baseball Poll
(As of March 6, 2000)
Rank	School	(Record)
1. Florida St. (18-2)
2. North Carolina (16-0)
3. Stanford (14-5)
4. Texas (16-4)
5. Southern Calif. (11-3)
6. Auburn (18-3)
7. Cal. St. Fullerton (7-5)
8. Clemson (11-2)
9. Alabama (12-5)
10. Miami, Fla. (14-6)
11. South Carolina (15-0)
12. Baylor (15-3)
13. Wichita St. (4-1)
14. Long Beach St. (11-4)
15. Arizona St. (18-4)
16. LSU (10-6)
17. Houston (12-6)
18. Georgia Tech. (8-5)
19. La.-Lafayette (15-1)
20. Kentucky (13-0)
21. East Carolina (12-3)
22. Fresno St. (14-4)
23. Illinois (5-1)
24. Florida Atlantic (12-5)
25. Tennessee (16-4)
26. Mississippi St. (9-2)
27. Loyola Marymount (11-5)
28. Notre Dame (4-2)
29. Wake Forest (10-3)
30. Fla. International (18-2)
