In Week 8, Tennessee defeated Austin Peay, 13-4, in a nonconference matchup at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Vols also hosted a three-game series against LSU<\/a>. LSU won the series, 2-1.<\/p>\n The Tigers won their first series in Knoxville since 2016.<\/p>\n Tennessee will next play on Tuesday against Northern Kentucky. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m. EDT at Lindsey Nelson Stadium (SEC Network+). The Vols will also play at Mississippi State for a three-game series in Week 9.<\/p>\n Following Week 8 of the 2026 college baseball season, Vols Wire provides SEC power rankings. Tennessee is ranked No. 14.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a>More: Cade Arrambide hits four home runs for LSU baseball at Tennessee<\/a>2026 SEC baseball power rankings after Week 8SchoolRecord1. Georgia27-6 (10-2)2. Texas26-5 (9-3)3. Alabama25-8 (8-4)4. Florida24-9 (7-5)5. Kentucky23-8 (6-6)6. Texas A&M25-6 (7-5)7. Mississippi State25-7 (7-5)8. Auburn22-8 (6-6)9. Oklahoma21-10 (5-7)10. Ole Miss22-11 (5-7)11. Vanderbilt19-14 (6-6)12. LSU22-11 (6-6)13. Arkansas20-13 (5-7)14. Tennessee20-12 (4-8)15. Missouri19-14 (3-9)16. South Carolina15-18 (2-10)More: 2026 Tennessee baseball schedule<\/a> Follow Vols Wire on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0(formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 5, 2026, 6:03 p.m. ET Week 8 of the 2026 college baseball season concluded Sunday for Southeastern…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2289],"tags":[67525,5,648,1694,2341,73764,67701,68416,71166,67705,67528,67706,73436,69701,68188,67529,70444,70191,67602,67527],"class_list":{"0":"post-665529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-college-baseball","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-college-baseball","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-baseball","13":"tag-sstssportscollegevolunteersbaseball","14":"tag-sstsnbaseball","15":"tag-tagcolleges-universities","16":"tag-tagfacebook","17":"tag-tagncaa-southeastern-conference","18":"tag-tagoverall-positive","19":"tag-tagsec-hub","20":"tag-tagsmg-listicle","21":"tag-tagsmg-timely","22":"tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","23":"tag-tagsports-news","24":"tag-tagtennessee","25":"tag-tagtennessee-volunteers-baseball","26":"tag-tagtwitter","27":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116354977932329632","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/88920099007-usatsi-28363286.jpg\")