D1's Top 100 College Baseball Programs

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from D-1 Baseball site,

Top 100: Teams On The Cusp

Tennessee

Tennessee is the only SEC program that failed to crack our Top 100, and the explanation for the omission is simple: The Volunteers have not made a regional in a decade (their last postseason appearance came in 2005, when they made an Omaha run under Rod Delmonico). Expectations for the program increased when Dave Serrano left Cal State Fullerton to become UT’s head coach in the summer of 2011, but it has taken longer than expected for Serrano to turn the program around. Tennessee has finished with a losing overall record in three of Serrano’s first four seasons at the helm, including a 24-26 showing this year, when a fairly experienced group of Vols cracked our preseason Top 25 but dramatically underachieved. Still, there is plenty of reason to believe better days are ahead for Tennessee. Serrano is a very good coach who has taken two other programs to Omaha (Fullerton and UC Irvine), and he has built a talented roster foundation in Knoxville. The Vols have quality facilities, solid tradition and good name recognition. They also play in the nation’s best conference, which is a double-edged sword; it won’t be easy to win in a division that also includes the likes of Vandy, South Carolina and Florida (three of our top 10 programs), but SEC competition is also a nice selling point for recruits. We still believe Serrano is the right man to turn Tennessee back into a winner — but until UT at least makes a regional, it cannot be considered a Top 100 program. —AF
 
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Still not sure how Missouri made the list. Not sure thy've sniffed a regional since joinign SEC. Bad facilities, poor attendance, poor weather, history of success even more dated that Tennessee.

66 is way too high for them.
I feel the same for Kentucky and Auburn but Auburn has a great stadium.

I would have aTm and Arkansas reversed.
 
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OldTimer said:
from D-1 Baseball site,

Top 100: Teams On The Cusp

Tennessee

Tennessee is the only SEC program that failed to crack our Top 100, and the explanation for the omission is simple: The Volunteers have not made a regional in a decade (their last postseason appearance came in 2005, when they made an Omaha run under Rod Delmonico). Expectations for the program increased when Dave Serrano left Cal State Fullerton to become UT’s head coach in the summer of 2011, but it has taken longer than expected for Serrano to turn the program around. Tennessee has finished with a losing overall record in three of Serrano’s first four seasons at the helm, including a 24-26 showing this year, when a fairly experienced group of Vols cracked our preseason Top 25 but dramatically underachieved. Still, there is plenty of reason to believe better days are ahead for Tennessee. Serrano is a very good coach who has taken two other programs to Omaha (Fullerton and UC Irvine), and he has built a talented roster foundation in Knoxville. The Vols have quality facilities, solid tradition and good name recognition. They also play in the nation’s best conference, which is a double-edged sword; it won’t be easy to win in a division that also includes the likes of Vandy, South Carolina and Florida (three of our top 10 programs), but SEC competition is also a nice selling point for recruits. We still believe Serrano is the right man to turn Tennessee back into a winner — but until UT at least makes a regional, it cannot be considered a Top 100 program. —AF
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I'd say that is a fairly accurate assessment.
 
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