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.
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USA TODAY Sports Poll
RankTeamRecordPTS1stPrevChgHi/Lo1UCLA Bruins25-2750301-1/22Texas Longhorns23-471702-2/33Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets22-567203-3/54Mississippi State Bulldogs24-466804-3/65Georgia Bulldogs23-66190725/136North Carolina Tar Heels24-455101266/147Florida State Seminoles21-65300817/178USC Trojans26-349201028/NR9Oregon State Beavers21-549001459/1810Oregon Ducks23-5374017710/NR11Auburn Tigers20-73670564/1112West Virginia Mountaineers19-5354016412/NR13Southern Miss Golden Eagles21-7332013-7/2014Virginia Cavaliers22-7328011311/NR15Oklahoma Sooners19-83190968/NR16Arkansas Razorbacks19-1030106105/1616Alabama Crimson Tide22-7301023716/NR18Coastal Carolina Chanticleers20-728302027/2519Florida Gators23-627202568/2520Texas A&M Aggies22-5192024420/NR21Nebraska Cornhuskers22-61440NR721/NR22Kentucky Wildcats21-6138018418/NR23North Carolina State Wolfpack18-10103015810/2324Arizona State Sun Devils20-887022222/NR25Boston College Eagles20-9700NR-25/NRSchools 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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