Tennessee baseball entered the postseason as the No. 14 overall seed and will have to head to No. 3 seed Arkansas for a road super regional.
Despite this, the Vols still own the third-best odds to win the national championship, according to FanDuel.
Tennessee comes in at +650 to win consecutive national titles. This is behind only LSU who tops the list at +310 and the Razorbacks in second place at +370.
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The odds of who will win the Fayetteville Super Regional reflect the updated national title listings.
FanDuel has Arkansas as a favorite at -136 and Tennessee as the underdog at -102. This makes it virtually a pick 'em series.
Only one of the other eight super regionals have narrower odds on FanDuel. The only one closer is Florida State at -125 compared to Oregon State at -104 in Corvallis.
In the preseason, Tennessee was the favorite to win the national title according to DraftKings. The sports book had the Vols at +700 to win the CWS again.
In second place was LSU at +800. However, Texas A&M and Virginia who came in in third and fourth place, both missed the tournament. Arkansas was in fifth at +1500.
If it is Tennessee who claims the national title, it'd be the first repeat national champion since South Carolina did so in 2010-11. Other teams to repeat include Oregon State in 2006-07, LSU in 1996-97, Stanford in 1987-88, USC from 1970-74 and Texas in 1949-50.
It'd be just the second-ever national title for the Vols' program after winning their first last season. UT is also chasing its eighth College World Series appearance and third in a row.
Under Tony Vitello, Tennessee has made it to Omaha three times and the super regional stage every season since 2021. This streak of winning five-straight regionals is the longest active streak in the country.
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