Diamond Heels jump in latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll
The North Carolina Tar Heels baseball program continued its winning streak last week, picking up a big streak win over rival Duke to round out the weekend.
With the 3-1 week, the Diamond Heels are now 18-6 a year and seem to be hitting a groove as we flip the calendar to April later this week. The Tar Heels have been making it with their bats lately and are also getting a bigger contribution from the bullpen.
UNC started the week with a 6-4 win over North Carolina A&T and won their first game against Duke on Thursday. After the Blue Devils won game two on Friday, UNC struck back and won the series finals on Saturday.
And with that, UNC also advanced in the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.
The Tar Heels moved up two spots in the most recent poll, climbing from No. 16 to No. 14. They are also the fourth best ACC program in the poll behind No. 2 Wake Forest, No. 5 Virginia and No. 11 Louisville.
A look at USA TODAY Sports’ full Coach Survey:
|
rank |
team |
Record |
Points |
Change |
|
1 |
LSU Tiger |
21-3 |
770 (28) |
– |
|
2 |
Wake Forest Demon Deacons |
22-3 |
717 (2) |
– |
|
3 |
Florida Gators |
22-4 |
707 |
– |
|
4 |
Vanderbilt Commodores |
19-5 |
676 |
+1 |
|
5 |
Virginia Cavaliers |
22-2 |
642 |
+2 |
|
6 |
Arkansas Razorbacks |
20-4 |
611 |
-3 |
|
7 |
Stanford cardinal |
15-5 |
546 |
+2 |
|
8th |
South Carolina gamecocks |
23-2 |
529 (1) |
+3 |
|
9 |
Tennessee volunteers |
19-6 |
517 |
+3 |
|
10 |
Pirates of East Carolina |
19-5 |
491 |
– |
|
11 |
Cardinals of Louisville |
19-4 |
458 |
-5 |
|
12 |
UCLA Bruins |
16-5 |
403 |
-4 |
|
13 |
Oklahoma State Cowboys |
20-5 |
372 |
+2 |
|
14 |
Tar heels from North Carolina |
18-6 |
327 |
+2 |
|
15 |
Campbell fighting camels |
19-3 |
323 |
+4 |
|
16 |
Boston College Eagle |
17-5 |
309 |
+1 |
|
17 |
Kentucky Wildcats |
21-3 |
305 |
+5 |
|
18 |
Florida Gulf Coast Eagles |
21-4 |
230 |
+5 |
|
19 |
Texas longhorns |
18-7 |
130 |
NO |
|
20 |
Connecticut huskies |
16-5 |
128 |
NO |
|
21 |
Texas Tech Red Raiders |
18-7 |
110 |
-7 |
|
22 |
Iowa Hawkeyes |
19-3 |
91 |
+6 |
|
23 |
Miami hurricanes |
15-9 |
88 |
-3 |
|
24 |
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos |
16-4 |
86 |
+3 |
|
25 |
Ole Miss Rebels |
15-9 |
85 |
-12 |
Schools dropped out
#18 Texas A&M; No. 21 Missouri; No. 24 State of North Carolina; No. 25 Alabama
Others get votes
Coastal Carolina 59; Missouri 53; State of North Carolina 52; Texas A&M 47; West Virginia 46; Alabama 30; Texas San Antonio 22; Old Reign 21; Texas Christian 15; Virginia Tech 14; maroon 13; Indiana 12; Washington 10; Northeast 7; State of Kansas 5; Dallas Baptist 4; State of Arizona 4; UC San Diego 3; Oregon 3; Wolford 1; USC 1; Southern Miss 1; Oregon State 1
Story originally appeared on Tarheels Wire