Last year, the Florida Gators were ranked No.4 in Perfect Game’s preseason top 25. Coming off a devastating college World Series loss, they looked to get back to Omaha and finish the job. Only one of those things happened. Now, just a year later, the Gators landed at No.11 in this year's rankings, their lowest preseason ranking since 2022.

Vanderbilt has been ranked in the top 10 of the preseason Perfect Game poll in five of the last six seasons. The Commodores were ranked No. 11 in 2023. They were last ranked as low as 15th in the 2018 preseason Perfect Game poll, in which they were not ranked at all.

Tennessee baseball won the 2024 College World Series title against Texas A&M, its first national championship in program history.

The Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team has been dominant in the sport for years, but may need to prove they still belong at the top.