North Carolina moves up in latest baseball Coaches Poll
The North Carolina Tar Heels baseball program had its week of games cut short last week, playing three instead of five as the weekend series in Pittsburgh was limited to just one game. But in that week of play, the Tar Heels went 3-0 and now find themselves moving up the rankings.
The Diamond Heels are up four spots from No. 20 to No. 16 in the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll released on Monday afternoon. The week got off to a big start with a win over Charlotte and then a day later beating High Point.
UNC took down Pitt in game one of the weekend series before the other two games were postponed. North Carolina’s bats got hot this past week and it will be interesting to see if they can keep it going into this week.
A look at the full Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports:
Rank | Team | Record | Points | Change |
1 | 18-2 | 773 (29) | – | |
2 | Wake Forest | 18-3 | 672 (1) | +3 |
3 | 18-4 | 671 | +1 | |
3 | 18-2 | 671 | +3 | |
5 | Vanderbilt | 16-5 | 651 | +3 |
6 | Louisville | 17-2 | 602 | +1 |
7 | Virginia | 17-2 | 542 | +3 |
8 | UCLA | 15-3 | 523 | +4 |
9 | Stanford | 13-5 | 506 | – |
10 | East Carolina | 16-4 | 491 | +1 |
11 | South Carolina | 20-1 | 468 (1) | +3 |
12 | 15-6 | 426 | -10 | |
13 | Ole Miss | 14-6 | 396 | -10 |
14 | Texas Tech | 18-4 | 373 | +5 |
15 | Oklahoma State | 16-5 | 294 | -2 |
16 | 15-5 | 273 | +4 | |
17 | Boston College | 14-3 | 222 | +7 |
18 | 14-6 | 203 | -3 | |
19 | Campbell | 15-3 | 194 | +4 |
20 | Miami | 14-6 | 186 | +6 |
21 | Missouri | 16-3 | 153 | – |
22 | Kentucky | 18-2 | 138 | +15 |
23 | Florida Gulf Coast | 16-4 | 108 | +5 |
24 | North Carolina State | 15-5 | 87 | -7 |
25 | 17-4 | 76 | -3 |
Schools Dropped Out
No. 16 Virginia Tech; No. 18 Texas Christian; No. 21 Florida State; No. 25 Southern Miss
Others Receiving Votes
Texas Christian 59; UC Santa Barbara 52; Iowa 43; West Virginia 38; Virginia Tech 34; Old Dominion 25; Grand Canyon 25; Southern Miss 23; Florida State 16; Auburn 16; Oregon State 9; Arizona 8; Texas San Antonio 6; Duke 6; Connecticut 5; Northeastern 4; Georgia Tech 4; Georgia St. 2; Wofford 1
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