By R.L. Bynum

After North Carolina’s weekend sweep of Notre Dame for its school-record 27th consecutive home victory, the Tar Heels moved up two spots to No. 11 in the latest D1 Baseball Top 25 poll.

The Tar Heels (29–7, 14–4 ACC) lead the ACC Coastal Division by three games over No. 7 Duke (26–10; rank unchanged) No. 10 Virginia (28–8; rank unchanged) and No. 23 Virginia Tech (23–10; down seven spot), who are tied for second place at 11–7.

“We’ve played well in the league,” UNC coach Scott Forbes said after Sunday’s 10–3 win over the Irish. “I’m happy where we are, but we obviously have to keep getting better in all areas. I felt like this weekend we played well. If they made a mistake, we capitalized on it. I feel like we played good defense for the most part, overall.”

UNC is No. 5 in the RPI, second only in the ACC to Clemson at No. 1.

After taking care of Notre Dame (15–18, 2–16), UNC faces much-tougher games this week. The Tar Heels host Coastal Carolina (24–11), which moved up one spot to No. 19, at 6 p.m. Tuesday (ESPN3).

UNC then heads to Raleigh for a three-game series on Thursday at 7 p.m. (ACC Network), Friday at 6 p.m. (ESPN3), and Saturday at 1 p.m. (ESPN3) against N.C. State (20–13, 10–8), which took two of three at Clemson last weekend. The Tigers (29–6, 11–4) fell four spots to No. 6 in the D1 Baseball Top 25.

Other ACC teams in the poll are No. 8 Florida State (30–5, 10–5; up two spots) and No. 12 Wake Forest (24–11, 8–8; up two spots).

Carolina has played two non-conference teams in the poll, losing two of three to No. 9 East Carolina (27–8; rank unchanged) and losing 2–1 last Tuesday in Charlotte to No. 20 South Carolina (25–11; rank unchanged).

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D1 Baseball Top 25

Rank	Team	Record	Previous
1	Texas A&M	32–4	3
2	Arkansas	30–5	1
3	Kentucky	30–5	8
4	Tennessee	30–6	4
5	Oregon State	29-–5	5
6	Clemson	29-–6	2
7	Duke	26–10	7
8	Florida State	30-–5	10
9	East Carolina	27–8	9
10	Virginia	28-–8	11
11	North Carolina	29-–7	13
12	Wake Forest	24–11	14
13	Vanderbilt	26–10	6
14	Louisiana	28–9	19
15	Oklahoma State	25–11	21
16	Oregon	25–10	18
17	UC Irvine	25–7	12
18	Alabama	24–12	25
19	Coastal Carolina	24–11	20
20	South Carolina	25–11	NR
21	Arizona	21–13	NR
22	West Virginia	22-–13	NR
23	Virginia Tech	23–10	16
24	Georgia	27–9	NR
25	Dallas Baptist	26–8	15

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ACC standings

	League	GB	Overall
No. 16 Georgia Tech	19–11	—	39–16
No. 6 Florida State	17–10	½	37–13
No. 3 North Carolina	18–11	½	39–12
No. 22 N.C. State	17–11	1	33–18
No. 14 Clemson	18–12	1	41–15
Virginia	16–11	1½	32–17
Duke	17–13	2	36–18
Wake Forest	16–14	3	36–19
Miami	15–14	3½	31–23
No. 21 Louisville	15–15	4	35–20
Notre Dame	14–16	5	32–20
Virginia Tech	12–18	7	30–24
Boston College	11–19	8	26–28
Stanford	11–19	8	27–24
Pittsburgh	10–20	9	27–26
California	9–21	10½	22–30

Thursday-Saturday series
No. 16 Georgia Tech at Duke: Thursday: GT 7–6; Friday: Duke 14–4 (7 innings); Saturday: GT 8–2
No. 14 Clemson at Pittsburgh: Clemson swept 6–1, 11–2 and 13–6
Virginia at Virginia Tech: Thursday: Va. 12–2; Friday: VT 5–4; Saturday: Va. 3–1
Stanford at No. 22 N.C. State: Thursday: State 7–2: Friday: Stanford 4–3, 10 innings; Saturday: Stanford 6–3
Wake Forest at Louisville: Thursday: WF 14–4; Friday: WF 5–4; Saturday: UL 14–9
No. 3 North Carolina at No. 6 Florida State: Thursday: UNC 8–3: Friday: UNC 11–1, 7 innings; Saturday: FSU 5–4
Notre Dame at Miami: Thursday: ND 3–2; Friday: Miami 15–1, 7 innings: Saturday: ND 12–2
Boston College at California: Thursday: Cal 8–6; Friday: BC 10–9; Saturday: Cal 4–3, 10 innings

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UNC scores

Date(s)	Day/ month	Scores	Opponent (current rank)	Record
	February
14–15	Fri.-Sat.	W, 5–1; W, 8–3; W, 4–2	vs. Texas Tech	3–0
18	Tuesday	W, 12–9	vs. Kansas State	4–0
22–24	Sat.-Mon.	W, 2–0; W, 11–6; W, 6–4	vs. East Carolina (DBAP, CH, G’ville)	7–0
25	Tuesday	W, 7–4	vs. VCU	8–0
26	Wednesday	W, 13–4	vs. N.C. A&T	9–0
28	Friday	W, 16–2	vs. Stony Brook	10–0
	March
1–2	Sat.-Sun.	W, 6–1; W, 9–5	vs. Stony Brook	12–0
4	Tuesday	W, 6–4 (11)	vs. No. 11 Coastal Carolina	13–0
7–9	Fri.-Sun.	L, 13–9; W, 11–1 (7); L, 7–0	vs. Stanford	14–2, 1–2 ACC
11	Tuesday	W, 7–3 (10)	at UNCW	15–2
14, 16	Fri., Sun.	L, 8–7; W, 6–4; L, 5–0	at Louisville	16–4, 2–4
19	Wednesday	L, 5–1	vs. UConn	16–5
21–23	Fri.-Sun.	W, 5–1; L, 3–2; W, 10–0 (7)	at Boston College	18–6, 4–5
25	Tuesday	W, 13–8	vs. South Carolina in Charlotte	19–7
28–30	Fri.-Sun.	W, 2–0; W, 4–2; L, 4–2	vs. Miami	21–7, 6–6
	April
1	Tuesday	W, 11–1 (7)	vs. Gardner-Webb	22–7
3–5	Thur.-Sat.	W, 4–3; L, 9–5; W, 8–7 (14)	vs. Duke	24–8, 8–7
8	Tuesday	W, 12–10	at Elon	25–8
11–13	Fri.-Sun.	W, 11–1 (7); W, 17–1 (7); W, 3–2	vs. Wake Forest	28–8, 11–7
15	Tuesday	W, 14–4 (8)	vs. Charlotte	29–8
18–20	Fri-Sun.	W, 9–6; L, 10–6: W, 7–5	at Virginia Tech	31–9, 13–8
25–27	Fri.-Sun.	W, 15–5; L, 4–2; W, 6–0	at Pittsburgh	33–10, 15–9
29	Tuesday	W, 13–4	vs. George Mason	34–10
30	Wednesday	W, 14–3	vs. Queens	35–10
	May
6	Tuesday	W, 10–1	vs. Campbell	36–10
8–9	Thurs.-Fri.	W, 8–1; L, 8–5	vs. N.C. State	37–11, 16–10
15–17	Thurs.-Sat.	W, 8–3; W, 11–1 (7); L, 5–4	at No. 7 Florida State	39–12, 18–11
		ACC tournament	Durham
23	Friday	Quarterfinal: W, 7–3	Boston College	40–12
24	Saturday	Semifinal: W, 7–5	No. 7 Florida State	41–12
25	Sunday	Final: W, 14–4	No. 14 Clemson	42–12
		Chapel Hill Regional
30	Friday	W, 4–0	Holy Cross	43–12
31	Saturday	W, 11–5	Oklahoma	44–12
	June
1	Sunday	L, 9–5	Oklahoma	44–13
2	Monday	W, 14–4	Oklahoma	45–13
		Chapel Hill Super Regional	Best-of-3 series
6	Friday	W, 18–2	No. 21 Arizona	46–13
7	Saturday	L, 10–8	No. 21 Arizona	46–14
8	Sunday	L, 4–3	No. 21 Arizona	46–15

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