The North Carolina Tar Heels baseball program didn’t get last week off to a great start, dropping its second straight game, a loss to South Carolina on Tuesday in Charlotte. But it bounced back in a big way in Atlantic Coast Conference play.
UNC took the series in Atlanta over Georgia Tech by winning the first two games before the Yellow Jackets won the finale. And that helped UNC in the latest polls.
The USA TODAY Sports Coaches poll was released on Monday after a four-game week for the Tar Heels. They did enough to move up two spots from No. 15 to No. 13. This comes after UNC fell to No. 15 a week ago despite winning the series at Notre Dame.
For North Carolina, it begins a stretch of nine straight games in Chapel Hill beginning with Tuesday’s game against Queens. It hosts Miami for a big ACC battle starting on Thursday night.
This upcoming stretch will be huge for the Diamond Heels; we have slightly more than a month left of the regular season.
A look at the full Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
| 1 . | Louisiana State | (26-5) |
| 2 . | Wake Forest | (28-4) |
| 3 . | Florida | (27-6) |
| 4 . | Vanderbilt | (26-6) |
| 5 . | South Carolina | (28-4) |
| 6 . | Arkansas | (25-6) |
| 7 . | Virginia | (28-4) |
| 8 . | Stanford | (21-7) |
| 9 . | Louisville | (24-7) |
| 10 . | East Carolina | (24-8) |
| 11 . | Kentucky | (27-5) |
| 12 . | Tennessee | (22-10) |
| 13 . | North Carolina | (22-10) |
| 14 . | Boston College | (21-9) |
| 15 . | Campbell | (24-6) |
| 16 . | Oklahoma State | (23-10) |
| 17 . | Florida Gulf Coast | (26-6) |
| 18 . | Texas | (23-10) |
| 19 . | UCLA | (19-8) |
| 20 . | Connecticut | (22-8) |
| 21 . | Coastal Carolina | (20-9) |
| 22 . | Texas Tech | (22-10) |
| 23 . | Arizona State | (23-9) |
| 24 . | USC | (20-10) |
| 25 . | Miami | (20-12) |
Schools Dropped Out
No. 24 West Virginia; No. 25 North Carolina State.
Also Receiving Votes
Texas Christian 39; Indiana 28; Northeastern 24; Texas A&M 19; North Carolina State 19; Oregon 18; Alabama 15; Dallas Baptist 14; UC Santa Barbara 12; West Virginia 11; Texas San Antonio 10; Elon 7; Southern Miss 5; Oregon State 5; Louisiana-Lafayette 3; Indiana State 2; Sam Houston State 1; Oral Roberts 1; Old Dominion 1; Nebraska 1; Missouri 1.