By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina is a season-high No. 10 in the latest D1 Baseball poll after going 4–0 last week and sweeping a three-game weekend series at Wake Forest, extending the Tar Heels’ win streak to nine games.

The Tar Heels (25–4), who moved up four spots in the poll, are tied for the ACC Coastal Division lead with No. 11 Virginia Tech (21–5) at 10–2.

The Demon Deacons (17–10, 4–8), the preseason No. 1-ranked team, fell nine spots to No. 21 after losing to UNC 6–5, 10–6 and 14–10.

In Sunday’s victory, freshman catcher Luke Stevenson belted a 431-foot three-run home run to right-center field in the ninth inning to break a tie game. It was his second three-run homer of the game as he drove in six.

Carolina also beat N.C. A&T 10–5 on Tuesday.

UNC, Wake Forest and Virginia Tech are among eight ACC teams in the poll. Also in the poll are No. 2 Clemson (24–3, 7–2), No. 9 Duke (20–8, 6–6), No. 14 Florida State (22–4, 5–4), No. 15 Virginia (22–6, 7–5) and No. 19 N.C. State (18–7, 8–4).

The Tar Heels don’t have any mid-week games, and visit Virginia for a three-game weekend series. UNC faces the Cavaliers at 7 p.m. Thursday (ACC Network), 6 p.m. Friday (ESPN3) and 1 p.m. Saturday (ESPN3).

The Cavaliers lost two of three games at Duke over the weekend, winning 7–3 on Friday but losing 9–4 on Thursday and 7–4 on Saturday.

D1 Baseball Top 25

Rank	Team	Record	Last week	Previous
1	Arkansas	23-3	4-0	1
2	Clemson	24-3	2-1	3
3	Texas A&M	25-3	4-0	4
4	Tennessee	24-5	3-1	5
5	Oregon State	21-4	0-2	2
6	Florida	16-11	2-2	6
7	Vanderbilt	23-6	4-0	7
8	Dallas Baptist	23-4	4-0	10
9	Duke	20-8	3-1	11
10	North Carolina	25-4	4-0	14
11	Virginia Tech	21-5	3-1	13
12	East Carolina	20-6	4-0	15
13	Alabama	21-7	3-1	16
14	Florida State	22-4	3-1	17
15	Virginia	22-6	2-2	9
16	UC Irvine	22-3	4-0	20
17	Kentucky	24-4	4-0	24
18	LSU	20-9	1-3	8
19	N.C. State	18-7	3-0	22
20	Coastal Carolina	20-7	2-1	19
21	Wake Forest	17-10	1-3	12
22	South Carolina	21-7	2-2	18
23	Mississippi State	19-10	2-2	21
24	Nebraska	20-5	3-0	NR
25	UCF	18-7	3-1	NR

Date	Day/ month	Time/ score	Opponent/event (current ranks)	TV/ record
	February
16	Friday	W, 10–3	vs. Wagner	1–0
17	Saturday	W, 16–5	vs. Wagner	2–0
18	Sunday	W, 20–6	vs. Wagner	3–0
20	Tuesday	W, 8–7	vs. Elon	4–0
23	Friday	W, 2–1	vs. No. 5 East Carolina	5–0
24	Saturday	L, 7–4	vs. No. 5 East Carolina in Fayetteville	5–1
25	Sunday	L, 10–9	at No. 5 East Carolina	5–2
27	Tuesday	W, 8–2	vs. VCU	6–2
28	Wednesday	W, 12–3	vs. Longwood	7–2
	March
1	Friday	W, 12–2	vs. Princeton	8–2
2	Saturday	W, 11–2	vs. Princeton	9–2
3	Sunday	W, 13–6	vs. Princeton	10–2
5	Tuesday	W, 7–3	at Campbell	11–2
8	Friday	W, 2–1	vs. Pittsburgh	12–2, 1–0 ACC
9	Saturday	W, 7–3	vs. Pittsburgh	13–2, 2–0 ACC
10	Sunday	W, 6–5, 10 innings	vs. Pittsburgh	14–2, 3–0 ACC
12	Tuesday	W, 13–7	vs. Rutgers	15–2
13	Wednesday	W, 9–8	vs. Rutgers	16–2
15	Friday	L, 14–1	at Miami	16–3, 3–1 ACC
16	Saturday	L, 2–1	at Miami	16–4, 3–2 ACC
17	Sunday	W, 18–6	at Miami	17–4, 4–2 ACC
19	Tuesday	W, 11–0, 7 innings	vs. UNCW	18–4
22	Friday	W, 5–4	vs. Georgia Tech	19–4, 5–2 ACC
23	Saturday	W, 11–5	vs. Georgia Tech	20–4, 6–2 ACC
24	Sunday	W, 9–2	vs. Georgia Tech	21–4, 7–2 ACC
26	Tuesday	W, 10–8	vs. N.C. A&T	22–4
29	Friday	W, 6–5	at No. 13 Wake Forest	23–4, 8–2 ACC
30	Saturday	W, 10–6	at No. 13 Wake Forest	24–4, 9–2 ACC
31	Sunday	W, 14–10	at No. 13 Wake Forest	25–4, 10–2 ACC
	April
4	Thursday	L, 14–11	at No. 11 Virginia	25–5, 10–3 ACC
5	Friday	L, 7–2	at No. 11 Virginia	25–6, 10–4 ACC
6	Saturday	W, 12–7	at No. 11 Virginia	26–6, 11–4 ACC
9	Tuesday	L, 2–1	vs. No. 15 South Carolina in Charlotte	26–7
12	Friday	W, 13–0, 6½ innings	vs. Notre Dame	27–7, 12–4 ACC
13	Saturday	W, 7–2	vs. Notre Dame	28–7, 13–4 ACC
14	Sunday	W, 10–3	vs. Notre Dame	29–7, 14–4 ACC
16	Tuesday	L, 5–4	vs. Coastal Carolina	29–8
18	Thursday	L, 9–8	at No. 20 N.C. State	29–9, 14–5 ACC
19	Friday	L, 5–4	at No. 20 N.C. State	29–10, 14–6 ACC
20	Saturday	W, 14–3	at No. 20 N.C. State	30–10, 15–6 ACC
23	Tuesday	W, 5–2	vs. Gardner-Webb	31–10
26	Friday	W, 8–1	vs. Virginia Tech	32–10, 16–6 ACC
27	Saturday	W, 6–3	vs. Virginia Tech	33–10, 17–6 ACC
28	Sunday	L, 4–3	vs. Virginia Tech	33–11, 17–7 ACC
30	Tuesday	7 p.m.	vs. Charlotte	ACCN
	May
1	Wednesday	6 p.m.	vs. William & Mary	ESPN3
7	Tuesday	6 p.m.	vs. Campbell	ESPN3
10	Friday	6 p.m.	vs. Louisville	ESPN3
11	Saturday	2 p.m.	vs. Louisville	ESPN3
12	Sunday	1 p.m.	vs. Louisville	ACCN
14	Tuesday	6 p.m.	at UNCW	FloSports
16	Thursday	6 p.m.	at No. 10 Duke	ACCN
17	Friday	6 p.m.	at No. 10 Duke	ESPN3
18	Saturday	1 p.m.	at No. 10 Duke	ESPN3
21–26	Tuesday- Sunday	TBA	ACC tournament in Charlotte	ACCN
31	Friday	TBA	NCAA Regional	TBA
	June
1–3	Saturday- Monday	TBA	NCAA Regional	TBA
7–10	Friday- Monday	TBA	NCAA Super Regional	TBA
14–24	Friday- Monday	TBA	College World Series in Omaha, Neb.	TBA