Duke baseball slipped out of the consensus top 10 after a weekend series loss to NC State, the Blue Devils’ second straight series dropped in conference play. The USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll dropped Duke farther than most, however.
The ranking, released on Monday, had Duke fall four spots to 13th after losing four out of its last seven games. The Wolfpack took the first two games from them on the road after Clemson stunned them with Saturday and Sunday victories on their home diamond the weekend before.
The Blue Devils even dropped below North Carolina, who rose to 11th at 21-4 on the season, and Wake Forest in 12th. The Blue Devils beat the Demon Deacons in a series just two weeks ago, and Wake Forest has a 16-7 record to Duke’s 17-7, but the Blue Devils are a spot behind them.
Just like the D1Baseball poll, also released on Monday, Arkansas remained in first with Oregon State and Clemson in the next two spots. Texas A&M, Tennessee, Florida, and LSU made a run of SEC teams in the next four spots before Virginia dropped in at eighth.
Vanderbilt and Dallas Baptist rounded out the top 10.