The Duke baseball team is closing in on the top five in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.
In the newest rankings released on Monday, the Blue Devils rose two spots to sixth in the rankings, just 43 points behind Kentucky for the fifth spot.
The jump follows a dramatic weekend on the road against Virginia Tech when Duke beat the Hokies in extra innings on Friday before overcoming a three-run deficit in the final three innings on Sunday. The Blue Devils hadn’t beaten the Hokies in Blacksburg since 2018.
Texas A&M, who is 35-5 for the season, remained atop the voting with 29 of 31 first-place votes. Arkansas and Tennessee came in second and third, respectively, with Clemson in fourth.
The No. 6 ranking is the same spot the Blue Devils finished at in the D1Baseball rankings published the same day.
After a Tuesday night game against Campbell, Duke welcomes No. 9 Florida State into Durham for a highly anticipated ACC battle.