Clean Sweep Of Polls

In the aftermath and controversy of this past weekend’s series against FSU, one thing is certain: The Hurricanes are number one! All four Division I college baseball polls came out with their rankings today, and the Canes took the top spot in each. For three of the polls – Baseball America, ESPN/USA Today and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers’ Association – it was simply a matter of hanging on to the top spot. But the wins in Tallahassee allowed the Canes jump up from No. 2 in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll as well.

Overall, the Atlantic Coast Conference has established itself as Division I’s premier league in this week’s polls. UM, UNC and FSU make up the top 3 in each poll, with Virginia and NC State showing up in the bottom half of the Top 25 in most of the rankings. The Big 12, SEC and Pac-10 do each match the ACC’s total of five ranked teams in some polls, but none have multiple top-5 teams.

With four weeks to play, the ACC standings look like this:

ATLANTIC DIVISION
School	Conference	Pct.	Overall	Pct.
Florida State	18-3-0	.857	34-5-0	.872
NC State	12-8-0	.600	27-12-0	.692
Clemson	7-13-1	.357	19-20-1	.487
Wake Forest	7-13-0	.350	15-24-0	.385
Maryland	7-14-0	.333	24-18-0	.571
Boston College	5-16-0	.238	19-20-0	.487
COASTAL DIVISION
School	Conference	Pct.	Overall	Pct.
Miami	17-2-0	.895	33-4-0	.892
North Carolina	16-4-0	.800	34-7-0	.829
Virginia	13-8-0	.619	31-11-0	.738
Georgia Tech	10-11-0	.476	28-12-0	.700
Duke	6-13-1	.325	27-13-1	.671
Virginia Tech	4-17-0	.190	17-23-0	.425

As it stands now, Miami, FSU and UNC are all looking set to host NCAA Regional rounds. These three teams will presumably be in the top eight overall seeds of the tournament, and would therefore not meet until the College World Series in Omaha.