2020 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

2020 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
CBNo. 5
Record13–5 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Baxter
  • Scott Brown
Home stadiumHawkins Field
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  ‍‍‍ 0 0   16 1   .941
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 0 0   15 2   .882
No. 3 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 0 0   14 4   .778
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 0 0   12 4   .750
No. 6 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 0 0   13 5   .722
Missouri •  ‍‍‍ 0 0   11 5   .688
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 0 0   11 6   .647
Western
No. 8 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 0 0   16 1   .941
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 0 0   16 1   .941
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 0 0   15 3   .833
No. 17 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 0 0   12 4   .750
No. 18 Auburn  ‍‍‍ 0 0   13 5   .722
No. 19 LSU  ‍‍‍ 0 0   12 5   .706
No. 14 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 0 0   11 5   .688
‡ – Tournament champion
  • – ineligible for postseason due to NCAA sanctions
    As of March 12, 2020[1]
    Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2020 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. Vanderbilt competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Commodores played their home games at Hawkins Field. Coach Tim Corbin led the Commodores in his 18th season with the program.

Vanderbilt began the 2020 season with high hopes, having secured the second highest-rated recruit class for the season.[2] In addition, the Commodores were highly ranked in preseason and subsequent polls, beginning at #1 according to the preseason ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll and closing at #7 on March 16, the final ranking.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the future of the 2020 college baseball season, and the seasons of all spring sports, became unclear. On March 12, Vanderbilt University declared that all spring sports were suspended for the remainder of the season.[3] On March 30, the NCAA canceled the upcoming College World Series,[4] but announced that senior spring athletes would have the opportunity to return to school for the 2021 spring season if they wished.[5]

  1. ^ "2020 Standings". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 College Baseball Recruiting Rankings". baseballamerica.com.
  3. ^ "Mar. 12, 2020 – Athletics competition suspended". vanderbilt.edu.
  4. ^ "2020 NCAA tournament canceled due to growing threat of coronavirus pandemic". cbssports.com.
  5. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". ncaa.com.