How To Watch Tennessee Baseball At The 2026 College Baseball Series
How To Watch Tennessee Baseball At The 2026 College Baseball Series
Don't miss the Tennessee Volunteers at the 2026 Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 3. Catch the action live on FloCollege and the FloSports app.
Last year, the University of Tennessee baseball team was one of a record 13 teams from the Southeastern Conference to advance to the 2025 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
Though the Volunteers were not able to repeat as national champions, the title was claimed by the SEC for the sixth consecutive season, with LSU winning for the second time in three years.
Heading into the 2026 campaign, 11 of the 16 SEC teams made the 2026 D1Baseball Preseason Top 25 Rankings, and FloCollege subscribers will get a closer look at seven of them during the 2026 College Baseball Series, which will be broadcast live on FloCollege and the FloSports app from Feb. 13 through March 1.
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The College Baseball Series again will be held at Globe Life Field, home of the 2023 World Series-winning Texas Rangers, and the three weekends of action will include 18 teams.
The season-opening Shriners Children’s College Showdown (Feb. 13-15) will feature three SEC teams – Arkansas, Oklahoma and reigning SEC Tournament champion Vanderbilt.
Auburn will be the lone SEC squad in Texas for the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 2 (Feb. 20-22), while the final weekend of play, Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 3, will include Mississippi State, Tennessee and Texas A&M.
The SEC teams in the recent D1Baseball rankings are: LSU (No. 2), Texas (No. 3), Mississippi State (No. 4), Arkansas (No. 7), Auburn (No. 9), Florida (No. 13), Tennessee (No. 14), Georgia (No. 15), Kentucky (No. 18), Vanderbilt (No. 23) and Texas A&M (No. 25).
Tennessee returns to the College Baseball Series for the first time since a record-setting 2024 season that concluded with the Volunteers winning their first national title, defeating Texas A&M in the championship series of the 2024 Men’s College World Series.
The Aggies did get a shot at some redemption during the 2025 regular season and defeated Tennessee 2-1 in a three-game conference series in April.
Since 2005, Texas A&M holds a 14-13 advantage in their rivalry, but the earliest the Vols could have a chance to even the series is the 2026 SEC Tournament. The two won’t face off in Arlington this month, and they’re not scheduled to play each other during the regular season.
Instead, Tennessee’s three games at the College Baseball Series will be against UCLA (Feb. 27), Arizona State (Feb. 28) and Virginia Tech (March 1).
Along with their No. 14 national ranking, the Vols enter 2026 in the No. 6 spot of the 2026 SEC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll. LSU tops the list.
Watch Tennessee At The Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 3
All Times Eastern
Friday, Feb. 27
Saturday, Feb. 28
Sunday, March 1
Replays of the games, highlights and more news will be available on both platforms.
How To Stream The 2026 Shriners Children’s College Showdown
The Shriners Children’s College Showdown is taking place at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, from Feb. 13-15. It is streaming live on FloCollege and the FloSports app.
Replays, highlights and breaking news from the event will be on both platforms.
How To Watch The 2026 Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 2
The 2026 Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 2 is taking place at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, from Feb. 20-22. It is streaming live on FloCollege and the FloSports app.
Replays, highlights and breaking news from the event will be on both platforms.
How To Watch The 2026 Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 3
The 2026 Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 3 is taking place at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, from Feb. 27-March 1. It is streaming live on FloCollege and the FloSports app.
Replays, highlights and breaking news from the event will be on both platforms.
What Teams Are Playing In the 2026 College Baseball Series?
Here’s a list of every team headed to Globe Life Field:
Shriners Children’s College Baseball Showdown
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma State
- Texas Tech
- TCU
- Vanderbilt
Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 2
- Auburn
- Florida State
- Kansas State
- Louisville
- Michigan
- Nebraska
Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 3
- Arizona State
- Mississippi State
- Tennessee
- Texas A&M
- UCLA
- Virginia Tech
Midweek Games
- *Arkansas vs. Tarleton State (Feb. 16 at 3 p.m. EST)
- *TCU vs. UT Arlington (Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. EST)
*Will not be broadcast live by FloSports.
Complete 2026 College Baseball Showdown Schedule
Here's when everything will be happening at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas:
Shriners Children’s College Showdown
All Times Eastern
Feb. 13, 2026
Feb. 14, 2026
Feb. 15, 2026
- 11:30 a.m. – Vanderbilt vs. Oklahoma St.
- 3:30 p.m. – Texas Tech vs. Arkansas
- 7:30 p.m. – TCU vs. Oklahoma
Amegy Bank College Baseball Series Weekend 2
Feb. 20, 2026
Feb. 21, 2026
Feb. 22, 2026
- 11:30 a.m. – Auburn vs. Louisville
- 3:30 p.m. – Nebraska vs. Florida St.
- 7:30 p.m. ET: Michigan vs. Kansas St.
Amegy Bank College Baseball Series Weekend 3
Feb. 27, 2026
- Noon – Arizona St. vs. Mississippi St.
- 4 p.m. – UCLA vs. Tennessee
- 8 p.m.– Virginia Tech vs. Texas A&M
Feb. 28, 2026
- Noon – Tennessee vs. Arizona St.
- 4 p.m. – Mississippi St. vs. Virginia Tech
- 8 p.m. – Texas A&M vs. UCLA
March 1, 2026
- 11:30 a.m. – Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee
- 3:30 p.m. – UCLA vs. Mississippi St.
- 7:30 p.m. – Arizona St vs. Texas A&M
How Did Tennessee Baseball Do In 2025, And What Does 2026 Look Like?
Tennessee wasn’t able to repeat, but the season was a decent one.
The Vols finished conference play in 2025 with a 16-14 record, which tied them for seventh place in the 16-team SEC and earned them the No. 8 seed for the SEC Tournament. They reached the semifinals, before falling to eventual champion Vanderbilt.
When it was time to run it back in the NCAA Baseball Championship, Tennessee was one of a record 13 SEC programs to make the 64-team bracket.
The Vols reached the Super Regional round but fell to fellow SEC standout Arkansas with another trip to Omaha on the line, losing their best-of-three series 2-0.
The campaign ended with a 46-19 overall record, and not long after, the team had to say goodbye to head coach Tony Vitello, who moved on to become the head coach of MLB’s San Francisco Giants.
Vitello was 341-131 during his tenure at Tennessee from 2018-2025. He inherited a Giants team that was 81-81 in 2025.
As the team eyes its fourth trip to the Men’s College World Series since 2021, it will come under the leadership of longtime staff member Josh Elander, who has been a big part of UT’s recent success.
In claiming the 2024 national title, Tennessee compiled a 60-13 record, becoming the first SEC team in history to collect 60 wins in a single season.
The performance also saw the Vols become the fourth SEC squad to win the conference’s regular-season title, SEC Tournament title and the national championship in the same campaign.
Additionally, Tennessee became the second No. 1 overall seed to win it all since the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship switched to its current format in 1999. Miami achieved the feat that season.
The baseball title was Tennessee’s 24th team national championship and the school’s first win since 2009.
The best baseball finish for the Volunteers before 2024 was a runner-up effort against Oklahoma at the Division I Baseball Championship in 1951.
Elander and the Vols will begin his first season in charge with an eight-game homestand, beginning Feb. 13, before heading to Texas.
Tennessee Baseball Schedule 2026
Want to see when the Tennessee Volunteers are in action this year and read more about how they have performed in recent seasons?
Read more: Tennessee Baseball Schedule 2026: Dates, Times And More | 2026 Vols Roster
How To Watch Tennessee Baseball Games In 2026
Three games of the 2026 Tennessee baseball season will be broadcast live on FloCollege and the FloSports app as part of the final event of the 2026 College Baseball Series, the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 3.
Tennessee will have eight of its regular-season games televised live on the ESPN family of networks (ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network), while the remainder of the Vols' home contests and conference road games will be streamed digitally on SEC Network+, WatchESPN.com and the ESPN app.
When Does The 2026 College Baseball Season Start?
The 2026 college baseball season is slated to begin Feb. 13 with the Shriners Children’s College Showdown, which gets the NCAA action rolling for the Division I teams.
For Division II and Division III, competition was set to begin Jan. 30 for most programs.
2026 D1Baseball Preseason Top 25 Rankings
- UCLA (48-18)
- LSU (53-15)
- Texas (44-14)
- Mississippi State (36-23)
- Georgia Tech (41-19)
- Coastal Carolina (56-13)
- Arkansas (50-15)
- Louisville (42-24)
- Auburn (41-20)
- TCU (39-20)
- North Carolina (46-15)
- Oregon State (48-16-1)
- Florida (39-22)
- Tennessee (46-19)
- Georgia (43-17)
- Florida State (42-16)
- NC State (35-21)
- Kentucky (31-26)
- Clemson (45-18)
- Southern Miss (47-16)
- Wake Forest (39-22)
- Miami (35-27)
- Vanderbilt (43-18)
- Arizona (44-21)
- Texas A&M (30-26)
2026 SEC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll
- LSU (9 first-place votes) — 231 points
- Texas (1) — 214
- Mississippi State (4) — 205
- Arkansas (2) — 203
- Auburn — 175
- Tennessee — 162
- Florida — 156
- Vanderbilt — 151
- Georgia — 133
- Ole Miss — 110
- Kentucky — 99
- Alabama — 87
- Texas A&M — 86
- Oklahoma — 84
- South Carolina — 49
- Missouri — 31
To see all of the individual SEC recognition and preseason honors, check out this compilation from the SEC.
How Long Is The NCAA Division I Baseball Season?
The teams in the Big 12 Conference play 30 conference games, but that’s only a little more than half of the schedule.
Teams are able to begin their official practices during the final week of January, while mid-February traditionally marks the start of formal competition for Division I baseball teams.
From start to finish, the Division I baseball season means 132 days together for the players and coaches, and teams may play in more than 50 games (56 is the maximum number of contests before the postseason).
By the time they won the Division I national championship in 2025, the LSU Tigers (of the SEC) had played 68 games, compiling a 53-15 record.
When Does The 2026 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Start?
The first/regional round of the 2026 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship will be May 29-31, with times and locations TBD.
The NCAA Super Regional action will be held June 5-7, again, with times and locations TBD.
The last eight teams standing will head to the 2026 Men's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, from June 12-22 to battle through a combination of double-elimination and best-of-three competition until a champion emerges.
How To Watch More Of The 2026 College Baseball Season On FloCollege
College baseball in 2026 will be streamed on FloCollege and the FloSports app for select Division I preseason tournaments and for much of the Division II and Division III seasons.
When Is The 2026 MLB Draft?
The MLB Draft begins the Sunday of MLB All-Star Week, which is being held in Philadelphia from July 11-14.
Triple Play Turned By Tennessee Baseball Against Oklahoma First Since 1997
With runners on first and second, Tennessee pitcher Chris Stamos lays out to make a diving catch and throws the ball to Christian Moore at second base to get the lead out.
Moore tags the runner on first for the triple play against Oklahoma baseball.
This happened during the 2024 College Baseball Series in Arlington, Texas.
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