University of Tennessee Athletics
UT's Twitter Accounts Among Most Followed
August 07, 2013 | General
Aug. 7, 2013
Tennessee's athletic programs continue to be among the most followed on Twitter. Of the 14 official team twitter accounts, 13 are among the top 25 in the nation. @LadyVol_Hoops is No. 1 in women's basketball, @LadyVol_Sftball is No. 3 in softball and @Vol_Football is No. 4 in football. Get the full report here:
Here's a look at the updated list of Top 25 most followed college sport team accounts.
Top 25 College Sport Twitter Accounts
Updated August 6, 2013
| No. | BASEBALL | Handle | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU | LSUbaseball | 49461 |
| 2 | South Carolina | GamecockBasebll | 44207 |
| 3 | North Carolina | DiamondHeels | 27184 |
| 4 | Arkansas | RazorbackBSB | 19905 |
| 5 | Mississippi St. | HailStateBB | 19660 |
| 6 | Florida St. | FSU_Baseball | 19228 |
| 7 | Texas A&M | Aggie_Baseball | 18813 |
| 8 | North Carolina St. | NCStateBaseball | 17207 |
| 9 | Texas | Texas_Baseball | 15504 |
| 10 | Vanderbilt | VandyBaseball | 15251 |
| 11 | Nebraska | Husker_Baseball | 14761 |
| 12 | Florida | GatorZoneBB | 14739 |
| 13 | Clemson | CUTigerBaseball | 13325 |
| 14 | Tennessee | Vol_Baseball | 12619 |
| 15 | Oregon St. | Beaver_Baseball | 12616 |
| 16 | Auburn | AUTigerBaseball | 12551 |
| 17 | Kentucky | UKBaseball | 11868 |
| 18 | Oklahoma | OU_Baseball | 11866 |
| 19 | Louisville | UofLBaseball | 10754 |
| 20 | Oregon | OregonBaseball | 10739 |
| 21 | Virginia | UVABaseball | 10176 |
| 22 | Arizona St. | ASU_Baseball | 9820 |
| 23 | Michigan | umichbaseball | 9587 |
| 24 | Miami (FL) | CanesBaseball | 9298 |
| 25 | TCU | TCU_Baseball | 9226 |
| No. | MEN'S BASKETBALL | Handle | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina | UNC_Basketball | 129032 |
| 2 | Duke | DukeBluePlanet | 81903 |
| 3 | Michigan | umichbball | 71172 |
| 4 | Kansas | KUHoops | 51785 |
| 5 | Michigan St. | MSU_Basketball | 46648 |
| 6 | Kentucky | KentuckyMBB | 38212 |
| 7 | Indiana | IndianaMBB | 32893 |
| 8 | Memphis | UofMTigersHoops | 29853 |
| 9 | Tennessee | Vol_Hoops | 25309 |
| 10 | Ohio St. | OhioStateHoops | 25201 |
| 11 | Illinois | IlliniHoops | 24579 |
| 12 | Missouri | MizzouHoops | 23862 |
| 13 | North Carolina St. | PackMensBball | 22255 |
| 14 | Iowa | IowaHoops | 20309 |
| 15 | Butler | ButlerMBB | 16658 |
| 16 | Iowa St. | CycloneMBB | 16029 |
| 17 | Alabama | AlabamaHoops | 15842 |
| 18 | Florida | GatorZoneMBK | 15481 |
| 19 | Baylor | BaylorMBB | 15288 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | BadgerMBB | 14366 |
| 21 | Miami (FL) | CanesHoops | 13935 |
| 22 | Florida St. | FSU_Mbasketball | 12719 |
| 23 | St. John's | StJohnsBBall | 11201 |
| 24 | Minnesota | GopherBBall | 10804 |
| 25 | Oregon | OregonMBB | 10730 |
| No. | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | Handle | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tennessee | LadyVol_Hoops | 15704 |
| 2 | Kentucky | UKHoopCats | 12843 |
| 3 | Baylor | BaylorWBB | 9091 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | ndwbb | 8371 |
| 5 | Michigan | umichwbball | 6284 |
| 6 | Connecticut | UConnWBB | 6250 |
| 7 | Alabama | AlabamaWBB | 6079 |
| 8 | Texas | TexasWBB | 4688 |
| 9 | North Carolina | uncwbb | 4269 |
| 10 | Iowa St. | CycloneWBB | 4249 |
| 11 | Duke | Duke_WBB | 4200 |
| 12 | Louisville | UofLWBB | 4064 |
| 13 | Stanford | StanfordWBB | 3984 |
| 14 | Michigan St. | MSU_WBasketball | 3971 |
| 15 | Texas A&M | AggieWBB | 3807 |
| 16 | Purdue | PurdueWBB | 3789 |
| 17 | Florida St. | FSU_Wbasketball | 3593 |
| 18 | Nebraska | HuskersWBB | 3527 |
| 19 | Oklahoma | OU_WBBall | 3284 |
| 20 | North Carolina St. | PackWomensBball | 3108 |
| 21 | Penn St. | PennStateWBB | 2988 |
| 22 | LSU | LSUwbkb | 2959 |
| 23 | Indiana | IndianaWBB | 2790 |
| 24 | South Carolina | GamecockWBB | 2787 |
| 25 | Oklahoma St. | OSUWBB | 2282 |
| No. | FOOTBALL | Handle | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | umichfootball | 152101 |
| 2 | LSU | LSUfball | 108789 |
| 3 | Alabama | AlabamaFTBL | 88746 |
| 4 | Tennessee | Vol_Football | 71529 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | AggieFootball | 66127 |
| 6 | Auburn | FootballAU | 64081 |
| 7 | Florida | GatorZoneFB | 55179 |
| 8 | Florida St. | FSU_Football | 54361 |
| 9 | Notre Dame | NDFootball | 54167 |
| 10 | Michigan St. | MSU_Football | 50037 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | BadgerFootball | 46418 |
| 12 | Ohio St. | OhioStFootball | 42199 |
| 13 | South Carolina | GamecockFB | 42037 |
| 14 | Georgia | WeRunThisState | 39307 |
| 15 | Texas | MBTexasFootball | 37876 |
| 16 | Penn St. | PennStateFball | 36829 |
| 17 | Virginia Tech | VT_Football | 36320 |
| 18 | Missouri | mizzoufootball | 33220 |
| 19 | North Carolina | TarHeelFootball | 32908 |
| 20 | Iowa | HawkeyeFootball | 32704 |
| 21 | Oklahoma | OU_Football | 31696 |
| 22 | Oklahoma St. | CowboyFB | 30736 |
| 23 | North Carolina St. | PackFootball | 28174 |
| 24 | Baylor | BUFootball | 24354 |
| 25 | Purdue | BoilerFootball | 24090 |
| No. | MEN'S GOLF | Handle | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas A&M | AggieMensGolf | 4532 |
| 2 | Texas | UTexasGolf | 3939 |
| 3 | Michigan (M&W) | umichgolf | 3913 |
| 4 | Auburn | AUMensGolf | 3356 |
| 5 | Georgia Tech | GT_GOLF | 3125 |
| 6 | Alabama | AlabamaMGolf | 2939 |
| 7 | Florida (M&W) | GatorZoneGolf | 2906 |
| 8 | Illinois | IlliniGolf | 2817 |
| 9 | North Carolina St. | PackMensGolf | 2514 |
| 10 | LSU | LSUMensGolf | 2356 |
| 11 | Stanford | StanfordMGolf | 2211 |
| 12 | UCLA | uclamensgolf | 2150 |
| 13 | UCF | ucf_golf | 1661 |
| 14 | Purdue (M&W) | PurdueGolf | 1558 |
| 15 | Iowa | IowaHawkeyeGolf | 1460 |
| 16 | Oregon | OregonMGolf | 1413 |
| 17 | Ohio St. | OhioState_MGolf | 1323 |
| 18 | Washington | UW_Mgolf | 1294 |
| 19 | Indiana | IUMensGolf | 1249 |
| 20 | Michigan St. | msumensgolf | 1216 |
| 21 | Clemson | ClemsonMensGolf | 1145 |
| 22 | Oklahoma | OU_MGolf | 1138 |
| 23 | Minnesota | gophermensgolf | 1098 |
| 24 | California | CalMensGolf | 1058 |
| 25 | Kent St. | KentStGolf | 1045 |
| No. | WOMEN'S GOLF | Handle | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan (M&W) | umichgolf | 3913 |
| 2 | Florida (M&W) | GatorZoneGolf | 2906 |
| 3 | LSU | lsuwomensgolf | 2088 |
| 4 | Texas | UTexasWGolf | 2053 |
| 5 | Michigan St. | msuwomensgolf | 1823 |
| 6 | UCLA | uclawomensgolf | 1718 |
| 7 | Alabama | AlabamaWGolf | 1648 |
| 8 | Texas A&M | aggiewomensgolf | 1621 |
| 9 | Purdue (M&W) | PurdueGolf | 1558 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | OU_Wgolf | 1520 |
| 11 | Kentucky | UKWomensGolf | 1231 |
| 12 | Mississippi St. | HailStateWG | 1052 |
| 13 | Florida St.(M&W) | FSUGolf | 942 |
| 14 | Auburn | AUWomensGolf | 938 |
| 15 | Indiana | IUWomensGolf | 888 |
| 16 | Clemson | ClemsonWGolf | 886 |
| 17 | Georgia | UGAWomensGolf | 816 |
| 18 | Ole Miss | OleMissWGolf | 794 |
| 19 | Tennessee | LadyVol_Golf | 788 |
| 20 | Stanford | StanfordWGolf | 765 |
| 21 | Duke | Duke_WGOLF | 723 |
| 22 | Oregon | OregonWGolf | 687 |
| 23 | Missouri | MUWomensGolf | 686 |
| 24 | Ohio St. | OhioState_WGOLF | 667 |
| 25 | North Carolina | uncwomensgolf | 653 |
| No. | WOMEN'S ROWING | Handle | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | UWHuskyCrew | 3821 |
| 2 | Michigan | umichrowing | 3090 |
| 3 | Cornell | CornellRowing | 2269 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | BadgerRowing | 2083 |
| 5 | Virginia | UVARowing | 1690 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | OU_Rowing | 1522 |
| 7 | Yale | YaleCrew | 1192 |
| 8 | UCF | ucf_rowing | 1133 |
| 9 | Stanford | StanfordRowing | 1120 |
| 10 | Georgetown | HoyaRowing | 1058 |
| 11 | Tulsa | TulsaRowing | 867 |
| 12 | Indiana | IndianaRowing | 851 |
| 13 | Tennessee | LadyVol_Rowing | 787 |
| 14 | Notre Dame | NotreDameRowing | 772 |
| 15 | Boston College | BCWomensRowing | 765 |
| 16 | Princeton | TigerWCrew | 706 |
| 17 | Syracuse | RowOrange | 690 |
| 18 | SMU | SMURowing | 684 |
| 19 | Texas | TexasRowing | 645 |
| 20 | Alabama | AlabamaRow | 571 |
| 21 | North Carolina St. | NCStateCrew | 483 |
| 22 | Murray State | RacerRowing | 422 |
| 23 | Clemson | ClemsonRowing | 404 |
| 24 | Michigan St. | MSURowing | 402 |
| 25 | Harvard | RadcliffeCrew | 400 |
| No. | WOMEN'S SOCCER | Handle | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina | UNCwomensSoccer | 12226 |
| 2 | Stanford | StanfordWSoccer | 5124 |
| 3 | Texas A&M | AggieSoccer | 5097 |
| 4 | Penn St. | PennStateWSOC | 4483 |
| 5 | Florida St. | FSU_Soccer | 4141 |
| 6 | Texas | TexasSoccer | 3584 |
| 7 | Duke | Duke_WSOC | 3347 |
| 8 | Michigan | umichwsoccer | 3114 |
| 9 | California | CalWomensSoccer | 3005 |
| 10 | Missouri | MizzouSoccer | 2960 |
| 11 | Florida | GatorZoneSoccer | 2917 |
| 12 | Auburn | AU_Soccer | 2762 |
| 13 | LSU | LSUSoccer | 2687 |
| 14 | Oklahoma St. | CowgirlFC | 2518 |
| 15 | Oregon | OregonSoccer | 2392 |
| 16 | Indiana | IUWSoccer | 2334 |
| 17 | Alabama | AlabamaSoccer | 2308 |
| 18 | UCF | ucf_wsoccer | 2294 |
| 19 | Virginia | VirginiaWSoccer | 2231 |
| 20 | Notre Dame | NDSoccer | 2154 |
| 21 | Oklahoma | OU_Wsoccer | 1937 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | BadgerWSoccer | 1891 |
| 23 | Illinois | IlliniSoccer | 1851 |
| 24 | Colorado | CUBuffsSoccer | 1596 |
| 25 | Tennessee | LadyVol_Soccer | 1553 |
| No. | SOFTBALL | Handle | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | AlabamaSB | 26368 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | OU_Softball | 23084 |
| 3 | Tennessee | LadyVol_Sftball | 20725 |
| 4 | Florida | GatorZoneSBall | 16060 |
| 5 | Michigan | umichsoftball | 13232 |
| 6 | LSU | LSUsoftball | 12778 |
| 7 | Texas | TexasSoftball | 12447 |
| 8 | Arizona St. | ASUSoftball | 11034 |
| 9 | UCLA | UCLASoftball | 9568 |
| 10 | Texas A&M | AggieSoftball | 9089 |
| 11 | Georgia | UGAsoftball | 9086 |
| 12 | Washington | UWSoftball | 8400 |
| 13 | Nebraska | HuskerSoftball | 7254 |
| 14 | Oregon | OregonSB | 7177 |
| 15 | North Carolina | UNCSoftball | 6991 |
| 16 | California | CalSoftball | 6900 |
| 17 | Missouri | MizzouSoftball | 6691 |
| 18 | Notre Dame | NDsoftball | 5798 |
| 19 | Louisville | UofLSoftball | 5362 |
| 20 | Florida St. | FSU_Softball | 5340 |
| 21 | Auburn | AuburnTigersSB | 4749 |
| 22 | Stanford | StanfordSball | 4314 |
| 23 | Baylor | BaylorSoftball | 4175 |
| 24 | Kentucky | Uksoftball | 4167 |
| 25 | Arizona | UA_Softball | 3968 |
| No. | SWIMMING & DIVING | Handle | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | umichswimdive | 5468 |
| 2 | Auburn | AuburnSwimming | 5069 |
| 3 | Florida | GatorZoneSwimDv | 3728 |
| 4 | Texas (M) | TexasMSD | 3720 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | AggieSwimDive | 2743 |
| 6 | Texas (W) | TexasWSD | 2681 |
| 7 | Florida St. | FSU_Swimming | 2548 |
| 8 | Tennessee | Vol_Swim | 2257 |
| 9 | LSU | LSUSwimDive | 2126 |
| 10 | Virginia | uvaswimdive | 1892 |
| 11 | Georgia | UGASwimDive | 1555 |
| 12 | Stanford (M) | Stanfordmswim | 1555 |
| 13 | Duke | Duke_SWIM_DIVE | 1510 |
| 14 | North Carolina | uncswimdive | 1501 |
| 15 | Stanford (W) | Stanfordwswim | 1492 |
| 16 | North Carolina St. | packswimdive | 1429 |
| 17 | Notre Dame | NDSwimming | 1247 |
| 18 | Harvard | HarvardSwim | 1191 |
| 19 | Alabama | AlabamaSwimDive | 1185 |
| 20 | SMU (M) | SMUSwimmingM | 1178 |
| 21 | Ohio St.(W) | OhioState_Wswim | 1126 |
| 22 | Minnesota | gopherswimming | 1116 |
| 23 | Arizona | ArizonaSwimming | 1013 |
| 24 | TCU | TCUswimdive | 949 |
| 25 | Hawaii | UofHawaiiSwim | 944 |
| No. | MEN'S TENNIS | Handle | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan (M&W) | umichtennis | 3676 |
| 2 | Stanford | StanfordTennis | 2469 |
| 3 | Georgia | UGAtennis | 2433 |
| 4 | LSU | LSUTennis | 2285 |
| 5 | Florida (M&W) | GatorZoneTennis | 2280 |
| 6 | Tennessee | Vol_Tennis | 1949 |
| 7 | Illinois (M&W) | IlliniTennis | 1700 |
| 8 | Virginia | UVAMensTennis | 1585 |
| 9 | UCLA | uclatennis | 1508 |
| 10 | Kentucky | UKMensTennis | 1503 |
| 11 | Ole Miss | OleMissMTennis | 1464 |
| 12 | Florida St. | FSU_MTennis | 1314 |
| 13 | North Carolina | carolinatennis | 1312 |
| 14 | Mississippi St. | HailStateMT | 1301 |
| 15 | Southern California | USCMensTennis | 1254 |
| 16 | Notre Dame | NDMensTennis | 893 |
| 17 | North Carolina St. | PackMensTennis | 872 |
| 18 | Ohio St. | OhioState_MTEN | 865 |
| 19 | Tulane | GreenWaveMTenn | 759 |
| 20 | Oklahoma | OU_Mtennis | 691 |
| 21 | UNLV | UNLV_Tennis | 665 |
| 22 | Georgia Tech | GT_MTEN | 614 |
| 23 | Louisville | UofLMTennis | 601 |
| 24 | Texas | TexasMTN | 583 |
| 25 | South Carolina | GamecockMTennis | 562 |
| No. | WOMEN'S TENNIS | Handle | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan (M&W) | umichtennis | 3676 |
| 2 | Florida (M&W) | GatorZoneTennis | 2280 |
| 3 | Illinois (M&W) | IlliniTennis | 1700 |
| 4 | Texas A&M | AggieWTEN | 1431 |
| 5 | UCF | UCFWomensTennis | 1400 |
| 6 | Florida St. | FSU_WTennis | 1265 |
| 7 | Oklahoma St. | CowgirlTennis | 1242 |
| 8 | Texas | LonghornsTennis | 1237 |
| 9 | LSU | LSUwten | 1236 |
| 10 | North Carolina | UNC_wtennis | 1140 |
| 11 | UCLA | uclawtennis | 883 |
| 12 | Southern California | USCWomensTennis | 806 |
| 13 | SMU | SMUTennis | 784 |
| 14 | Miami (FL) | HurricaneTennis | 752 |
| 15 | Tulane | GreenWaveWTenn | 718 |
| 16 | Tennessee | LadyVol_Tennis | 673 |
| 17 | UNLV | UNLV_Tennis | 665 |
| 18 | Ole Miss | OleMissWTennis | 587 |
| 19 | Duke | Duke_WTEN | 558 |
| 20 | Virginia | UVaWomensTennis | 521 |
| 21 | Baylor | BaylorWTennis | 509 |
| 22 | Ohio St. | OhioState_WTEN | 506 |
| 23 | Stanford | StanfordWTennis | 506 |
| 24 | Auburn | AUWomensTennis | 490 |
| 25 | Georgia | UGAWomensTennis | 477 |
| No. | TRACK & FIELD | Handle | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | OregonTF | 6225 |
| 2 | Florida | GZTrackField | 5909 |
| 3 | Kentucky | KentuckyTrack | 4789 |
| 4 | Florida St. | FSU_track | 3638 |
| 5 | Michigan | umichtrack | 3381 |
| 6 | Texas A&M | aggietrk | 3358 |
| 7 | Texas (M) | TexasMTF | 2812 |
| 8 | Alabama | AlabamaTrack | 2799 |
| 9 | LSU | LSUTrackField | 2674 |
| 10 | Kansas | KUTrack | 2288 |
| 11 | Texas (W) | TexasWTandF | 2222 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | Badger_Track | 2210 |
| 13 | Oklahoma St. | run4okstate | 2178 |
| 14 | Oklahoma | OU_Track | 1960 |
| 15 | Indiana | IUTrackXC | 1952 |
| 16 | Virginia | UVA_Track | 1943 |
| 17 | Illinois | IlliniTrackXC | 1826 |
| 18 | Utah | Utah_trackfield | 1820 |
| 19 | Miami (FL) | MiamiTrack | 1789 |
| 20 | Washington | UWTrack | 1765 |
| 21 | Penn St. | PennStateTFXC | 1694 |
| 22 | Duke | Duke_TF_XC | 1628 |
| 23 | North Carolina | UNCTrack_Field | 1612 |
| 24 | Tennessee | Vol_Track | 1571 |
| 25 | Louisville | UofLTrackXC | 1526 |
| No. | WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL | Handle | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nebraska | Huskervball | 12201 |
| 2 | Penn St. | PennStateVBALL | 8216 |
| 3 | Texas | TexasVolleyball | 7399 |
| 4 | Kentucky | KentuckyVB | 7129 |
| 5 | Michigan | umichvball | 6606 |
| 6 | Florida | GatorZoneVB | 6058 |
| 7 | Stanford | StanfordWVB | 5655 |
| 8 | Purdue | PurdueVB | 5207 |
| 9 | Oregon | OregonVB | 4995 |
| 10 | Texas A&M | AggieVolleyball | 4745 |
| 11 | Southern California | uscwomensvolley | 3898 |
| 12 | California | CalVolleyball | 3830 |
| 13 | North Carolina | uncvolleyball | 3637 |
| 14 | Indiana | IUVolleyball | 3608 |
| 15 | Iowa St. | CycloneVB | 3536 |
| 16 | Florida St. | FSU_Volleyball | 3534 |
| 17 | Illinois | IlliniVBall | 3457 |
| 18 | Minnesota | GopherVBall | 3452 |
| 19 | Alabama | AlabamaVBall | 3391 |
| 20 | Baylor | BaylorVBall | 3359 |
| 21 | Missouri | MizzouVB | 3269 |
| 22 | North Carolina St. | PackVBall | 3195 |
| 23 | Oklahoma | OU_Volleyball | 3166 |
| 24 | Tennessee | LadyVol_Vball | 3070 |
| 25 | LSU | lsuvolleyball | 3065 |
Please direct additions and corrections to Jason Yellin at jyellin@utk.edu
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