UNC climbs back into top 10 in the latest USA TODAY Sports poll
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The North Carolina baseball program has improved its USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll ranking once again, but this time the Diamond Heels land in the top 10.
The Tar Heels are now the No. 6 team in the country, improving their spot from No. 12 the week prior. The Tar Heels are coming off a series sweep over No. 23 Notre Dame and have won 10 of their last 12 games.
USA TODAY Sports Poll
| Rank | Team | Record | PTS | 1st | Prev | Chg | Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCLA Bruins | 25-2 | 750 | 30 | 1 | – | 1/2 |
| 2 | Texas Longhorns | 23-4 | 717 | 0 | 2 | – | 2/3 |
| 3 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 22-5 | 672 | 0 | 3 | – | 3/5 |
| 4 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | 24-4 | 668 | 0 | 4 | – | 3/6 |
| 5 | Georgia Bulldogs | 23-6 | 619 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5/13 |
| 6 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 24-4 | 551 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6/14 |
| 7 | Florida State Seminoles | 21-6 | 530 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7/17 |
| 8 | USC Trojans | 26-3 | 492 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8/NR |
| 9 | Oregon State Beavers | 21-5 | 490 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9/18 |
| 10 | Oregon Ducks | 23-5 | 374 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 10/NR |
| 11 | Auburn Tigers | 20-7 | 367 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4/11 |
| 12 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 19-5 | 354 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 12/NR |
| 13 | Southern Miss Golden Eagles | 21-7 | 332 | 0 | 13 | – | 7/20 |
| 14 | Virginia Cavaliers | 22-7 | 328 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11/NR |
| 15 | Oklahoma Sooners | 19-8 | 319 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8/NR |
| 16 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 19-10 | 301 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 5/16 |
| 16 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 22-7 | 301 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 16/NR |
| 18 | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | 20-7 | 283 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 7/25 |
| 19 | Florida Gators | 23-6 | 272 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 8/25 |
| 20 | Texas A&M Aggies | 22-5 | 192 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 20/NR |
| 21 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 22-6 | 144 | 0 | NR | 7 | 21/NR |
| 22 | Kentucky Wildcats | 21-6 | 138 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 18/NR |
| 23 | North Carolina State Wolfpack | 18-10 | 103 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 10/23 |
| 24 | Arizona State Sun Devils | 20-8 | 87 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 22/NR |
| 25 | Boston College Eagles | 20-9 | 70 | 0 | NR | – | 25/NR |
Schools Dropped Out
No. 18 Ole Miss; No. 21 Tennessee;
Others Receiving Votes
LSU 56; UCF 55; Vanderbilt 39; Tennessee 38; Wake Forest 33; Jacksonville State 31; Ole Miss 16; California Baptist 16; Louisville 6; Notre Dame 4; UTSA 1; South Florida 1;
D1 Baseball Poll
The Tar Heels also made a significant jump in the D1Baseball poll, climbing seven spots to No. 6 — one more than their rise in the USA TODAY Sports poll.
- UCLA
- Texas
- Georgia Tech
- Mississippi State
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Florida State
- Southern Mississippi
- Oregon State
- Virginia
- Oklahoma
- Southern California
- West Virginia
- Coastal Carolina
- Oregon
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Auburn
- Nebraska
- Texas A&M
- Florida
- Boston College
- Central Florida
- Kentucky
- Arizona State
Dropped out: North Carolina State, Mississippi, Tennessee, Notre Dame.
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