With college baseball’s postseason just around the corner, Vanderbilt’s resume is looking more and more like one of the nation’s elite.

That’s encouraging news for a Commodores team seeking a top-eight seed for the NCAA Tournament, which would ensure home-field advantage through NCAA Regional and Super Regional competition.

Days after winning two of three games against arch-rival Tennessee, Vanderbilt (36-16, 16-11) is ranked ninth in the D1 Baseball Top 25, ninth in the USA Today coaches poll and 10th in the Baseball America Top 25.

But here are some of the numbers that point more toward a potential top eight tournament seed at this point:

• Vandy has the nation’s third-best RPI, trailing only the RPIs of Georgia and Auburn.

• The Commodores have 15 Quad 1 victories, tied with Texas for the most in the nation. The ‘Dores are 15-14 in Quad 1 games, 5-1 in Quad 2 contests and 16-1 in all other games.

• Vanderbilt has faced the nation’s second-strongest schedule, trailing only that of Auburn. The ‘Dores’ opponents have a 63.2 percent winning percentage.

The On3 website is projecting Vandy as a No. 4 national seed, hosting the University of Texas at San Antonio, Kansas State and Bryant University in a regional.

But the Commodores have to be careful not to slip up against Kentucky (28-20, 13-14) in an upcoming three-game series at Hawkins Field. The teams will play Thursday at 6 p.m. CT, Friday at 6 p.m. CT and Saturday at 2 p.m. CT.

The Wildcats are fresh from sweeping Oklahoma last weekend, outscoring the Sooners by a combined margin of 19-10 in three games and knocking the visitors out of the national rankings.

Vandy is feeling good about itself after winning a series against the Vols for the first time since 2021. The Commodores lost the opener 3-2, but bounced back with successive 10-6 and 7-5 victories.

“I don’t think that way,” Vandy coach Tim Corbin told reporters when asked about ending the series drought against Tennessee.

“It’s about this year. The past is the past … That has nothing to do with what’s going on right now. We just won a big game. So bottom line is we just won a big game, and that’s all that matters.”

Colin Barczi swatted two home runs, knocked in three runs and went three-for-four for Vandy in the decisive third game. Jonathan Vastine and Mike Mancini also clubbed solo home runs against a Tennessee team that had a decided edge in homers entering the series.

Vanderbilt endured a two-hour weather delay in the contest, and survived a bases-loaded situation in the bottom of the ninth. Reliever Ethan McElvain, a Nolensville High alum, ended the contest with a three-pitch strikeout, giving him a 0.00 ERA with 12 strikeouts over eight innings in his last six appearances.

“I told [the players] you grew 10 years today in that game,” Corbin said. “Win or lose, that game is going to do something for you later on. I don’t know if we’ve responded in that manner in quite some time … This was a different personality today that I was interested in seeing, and I appreciate it.”