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🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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VOLS FOOTBALL RANKED TOP 10 IN ESPN'S FPI. Can Tennessee make a playoff push? Eric Cain breaks down the Volunteers' impressive No. 10 ranking in ESPN's Football Power Index, projecting a 9-3 season and 38.5% College Football Playoff odds. The discussion covers Tennessee baseball's fifth-straight super regional appearance, highlighting Liam Doyle's clutch pitching against Wake Forest. Guest Josh Ward shares his plans for a 40-mile charity run on his 40th birthday, benefiting Second Harvest Food Bank's Food for Kids program. Key topics include Tony Vitello's squad facing Arkansas in Fayetteville and the Vols' path to Omaha for the College World Series. Tune in for expert analysis on Tennessee's football prospects and baseball's road to the College World Series!

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0:00.0	Tennessee football is a top 10 team in the country, according to the football power index over at ESPN.
0:07.5	What's it going to take for Tennessee to actually be a top 10 team next fall?
0:11.5	That's so much more. It is your Wednesday, Locked on Balls.
0:19.7	You are Locked on Balls, your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers, part of the
0:25.7	Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:29.4	Hey, your Wednesday morning, everybody.
0:30.7	Welcome into Lockdown Falls.
0:32.4	I'm your host, Eric Kane.
0:33.9	I am a member of the BallQuest.com team covering Tennessee athletics, Tennessee football, Tennessee baseball, Tennessee recruiting, all that and more.
0:41.4	Tennessee basketball over at ballquest.com. And of course, your host of Lockdown Falls where it's free and available weekday mornings when you wake up.
0:48.6	We cover everything here at Tennessee Athletics. We're part of the Lockdown Podcast, where it is your team every single day.
0:54.5	Got a fun show coming up here today, a lot to talk about baseball time, casual baseball
0:59.7	fans jumping on board this time of the year.
1:01.6	This is when the baseball conversation really ramps up because for the fifth straight year,
1:06.5	Tennessee baseball is on to Super Regional Play.
1:09.2	That's coming up in segment number two, Josh Ward. His
1:11.5	40th birthday is today. He'll join us for Word Wednesday telling us what he's doing in a nonprofit
1:16.3	with Second Harvest Food Bank in East Tennessee. And plus we'll talk to him a little bit about
1:20.4	baseball and football in segment number three of it. First, I do want to get into the conversation
1:24.3	about Tennessee Football and the Football Power Index and how the volunteers are currently a top 10 team. Today's episode is brought you apart by our friends over
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1:37.4	bed wins. That's over at FanDual Sportsbook. All right. So Tennessee is coming in here, the first
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