Texas A&M baseball and Tennessee in an arms race for top spot in 2025 season

Texas A&M baseball and Tennessee positioning themselves to be last two teams standing once more in 2025

Texas A&M baseball has rebounded in a huge way from Jim Schlossnagle's defection westward to Austin. The hire of Michael Earley was a stroke of genius, as it turns out—not to mention the fact that the way in which Schloss's departure occurred seems to have galvanized the baseball fanbase.

To that end, the Aggies have been pulling in portal player after portal player. With huge stadium renovations incoming and an NIL budget that is likely through the roof as interest has skyrocketed, the Aggies are positioned to be one of the top players in the sport for a long time going forward.

Thinking about the lineup that this Aggie team could potentially field next year should make any fan of the Maroon and White positively giddy with excitement. Not only will the Ags return Jace LaViolette, Gavin Grahovac, Hayden Schott, Caden Sorrell, and Kaeden Kent, they're bringing in some bigtime reinforcements—like Wyatt Henseler and Gavin Kash, and (more recently) Bear Harrison and Jamal George.

This lineup will certainly have its fair share of sluggers, and the pitching staff is coming along nicely as well. But across the SEC, the team that just defeated Texas A&M baseball in the College World Series is loading up as well.

The Tennessee Volunteers, fresh off of a championship, don't intend on going anywhere. They recently picked up a huge arm in Liam Doyle from Ole Miss—in other words, the rich are getting richer.

That's just life in the SEC, though. There's no such thing as a knock-down, drag-out favorite with how deep this conference is. No matter what, it's a minefield for any team. Though the Aggies are reloading in a huge way—and may end up being even better than they were last year—they will have plenty to reckon with going forward, chiefly from Knoxville, Tennessee.