
For the first time in over a decade, fans could play as Tennessee in a video game in 2024 when EA Sports brought back its college football video game. Fans won’t have to wait another decade to see a Tennessee uniform in another sports video game.
Tennessee baseball will be a small part of MLB The Show ’25. The top professional baseball video game announced new additions to its “Road to the Show” game mode on Tuesday. Road to the Show is a game mode where you make a MyPlayer and work your way up to the MLB. In the newest edition of the game, players can play in both high school and college before going pro.
The Vols were one of three college teams included in the trailer and a Tennessee spokesperson confirmed that they will be apart of the game this year. The other two teams displayed in the video were LSU and UCLA. It is currently unclear what other college teams will be an option to play with in MLB Show.
Tennessee baseball has become on of the top collegiate programs in the country under head coach Tony Vitello. Over the last four years, Tennessee has thrice made the College World Series, has won the SEC Regular-Season and Tournament Championship twice and won its first ever National Championship.
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Combine the on-field success with the brash and confident nature that Vitello’s teams carry themselves with and Tennessee has become one of the most divisive teams in all of college sports. While many hate Tennessee, particularly in the SEC, they have also attracted a multitude of fans with their style of play.
That made Tennessee an obvious choice to include in the game. And while players won’t actually get to use the Vols’ 2025 roster, they can put their own MyPlayer’s in Tennessee uniforms.
Expectations are high for Tennessee baseball in 2025 with the Vols landing between No. 2 and No. 5 in a multitude of preseason rankings.
MLB The Show 2025 releases on March 18 with the MLB regular season beginning in Tokyo on March 19.