By R.L. Bynum

Two teams in Pool A of the ACC tournament have very different momentum heading into this week’s ACC tournament at Charlotte’s Truist Field.

Top-seeded North Carolina (41–12) stayed at No. 7 after winning two of three over the weekend at Duke while No. 8-seed Wake Forest (36–19) plummeted 14 spots to No. 22 after getting swept at N.C. State.

The No. 3-seed Wolfpack (32–19) jumped five spots to No. 12 while the No. 6-seed Blue Devils (35–18) fell six spots to No. 17.

No. 2-seed Clemson (40–13), which scored 33 runs during its three-game home sweep of Boston College last weekend, moved up one spot to No. 3.

This is the first time UNC has been in the top 10 on consecutive weeks since they were in the top six for the first three polls in 2019.

UNC, which plays Pittsburgh (26–27) at 3 p.m. Thursday and Wake Forest at 7 p.m. Friday in pool play, is the top ACC team in the Baseball America poll at No. 3 (up one spot) and the RPI at No. 4,

Other ACC teams in the D1 Baseball poll are No. 5-seed Florida State (39–14), which remained at No. 10 after a 2–2 week, and No. 4-seed Virginia (40–14), which moved up two spots to No. 16 after a home weekend sweep of Virginia Tech.

The only UNC nonconference opponent still in the poll is No. 9 East Carolina (40–13), after South Carolina (33–21), which No. 1 Tennessee (46–10) swept over the weekend, fell out of the poll.

D1 Baseball Top 25

Rank	Team	Record	Last week	Previous
1	Tennessee	46–10	4–0	1
2	Kentucky	39–12	2–1	2
3	Clemson	40–13	3–0	4
4	Texas A&M	44–11	2–1	5
5	Arkansas	43–12	1–2	3
6	Oregon State	41–13	2–1	6
7	North Carolina	41–12	2–1	7
8	Oklahoma	34–18	2–1	12
9	East Carolina	40–13	3–0	13
10	Florida State	39–14	2–2	10
11	Georgia	39–14	1–2	9
12	N.C. State	32–19	3–0	17
13	UC Santa Barbara	39–12	4–0	22
14	UC Irvine	41–11	3–1	15
15	Mississippi State	36–19	3–1	16
16	Virginia	40–14	3–0	18
17	Duke	35–18	1–2	11
18	Arizona	33–20	1–2	14
19	Oklahoma State	36–16	2–0	19
20	Indiana State	39–11	3–0	20
21	Louisiana	40–16	2–1	21
22	Wake Forest	36–19	0–3	8
23	Oregon	37–16	3–0	23
24	Texas	35–20	3–0	25
25	Southern Miss	37–18	3–1	NR

Dropped out: South Carolina

ACC tournament

Schedule

At Truist Park in Charlotte
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Pool play
Tuesday’s results
No. 11 Miami 8, No. 7 Louisville 5; Louisville eliminated
No. 5 Florida State 12, No. 9 Georgia Tech 9; Georgia Tech eliminated
No. 6 Duke 11, No. 10 Virginia Tech 8; Virginia Tech eliminated
Wednesday’s results
No. 4 Virginia 13, No. 9 Georgia Tech 0, 7 innings, 10-run rule
No. 8 Wake Forest 8, No. 12 Pittsburgh 1; Pittsburgh eliminated
No. 3 N.C. State 19, No. 10 Virginia Tech 9, 8 innings, 10-run rule
Thursday’s results
No. 11 Miami 8, No. 2 Clemson 7; Miami wins Pool B; Clemson eliminated
No. 1 North Carolina 12, No. 12 Pittsburgh 2
No. 6 Duke 8, No. 3 N.C. State 1; Duke wins Pool C; N.C. State eliminated
Friday’s results
No. 5 Florida State 12, No. 4 Virginia 7; Florida State wins Pool D; Virginia eliminated
No. 2 Clemson 8, No. 7 Louisville 7
No. 8 Wake Forest 9, No. 1 North Carolina 5, 12 innings; Wake Forest wins Pool A; North Carolina eliminated
Saturday’s semifinals
No. 5 Florida State 9, No. 8 Wake Forest 6
No. 6 Duke 8, No. 11 Miami 2
Sunday’s championship
No. 6 Duke 16, No. 5 Florida State 4

Pools

Pool A
No. 1 North Carolina (No. 7 ranked)	1–1
No. 8 Wake Forest (No. 22 ranked)	2–0
No. 12 Pittsburgh	0–2
Pool B
No. 2 Clemson (No. 3 ranked)	1–1
No. 11 Miami	2–0
No. 7 Louisville	0–2
Pool C
No. 3 N.C. State (No. 12 ranked)	1–1
No. 6 Duke (No. 17 ranked)	2–0
No. 10 Virginia Tech	0–2
Pool D
No. 4 Virginia (No. 16 ranked)	1–1
No. 5 Florida State (No. 10 ranked)	2–0
No. 9 Georgia Tech	0–2

UNC results

Date	Day/ month	Score	Opponent/event (current ranks)	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. 14 East Carolina	5–0
24	Saturday	L, 7–4	vs. No. 14 East Carolina in Fayetteville	5–1
25	Sunday	L, 10–9	at No. 14 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, 7 innings (10-run rule)	at Miami	17–4, 4–2 ACC
19	Tuesday	W, 11–0, 7 innings (10-run rule)	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. 19 Wake Forest	23–4, 8–2 ACC
30	Saturday	W, 10–6	at No. 19 Wake Forest	24–4, 9–2 ACC
31	Sunday	W, 14–10	at No. 19 Wake Forest	25–4, 10–2 ACC
	April
4	Thursday	L, 14–11	at No. 18 Virginia	25–5, 10–3 ACC
5	Friday	L, 7–2	at No. 18 Virginia	25–6, 10–4 ACC
6	Saturday	W, 12–7	at No. 18 Virginia	26–6, 11–4 ACC
9	Tuesday	L, 2–1	vs. South Carolina in Charlotte	26–7
12	Friday	W, 13–0, 6½ innings (10-run rule)	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. 11 N.C. State	29–9, 14–5 ACC
19	Friday	L, 5–4	at No. 11 N.C. State	29–10, 14–6 ACC
20	Saturday	W, 14–3	at No. 11 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	W, 13–1, 6½ innings (10-run rule)	vs. Charlotte	34–11
	May
1	Wednesday	W, 19–2, 6½ innings (10-run rule)	vs. William & Mary	35–11
7	Tuesday	W, 16–10	vs. Campbell	36–11
10	Friday	W, 13–4 8 innings (10-run rule)	vs. Louisville	37–11, 18–7 ACC
11	Saturday	W, 6–4	vs. Louisville	38–11, 19–7 ACC
12	Sunday	W, 16–7	vs. Louisville	39–11, 20–7 ACC
16	Thursday	L, 5–3	at No. 12 Duke	39–12, 20–8 ACC
17	Friday	W, 6–4	at No. 12 Duke	40–12, 21–8 ACC
18	Saturday	W, 14–6	at No. 12 Duke	41–12, 22–8 ACC
		ACC tournament	in Charlotte
23	Thursday	W, 12–2	Pittsburgh	42–12
24	Friday	L, 9–5, 12 innings	No. 19 Wake Forest	42–13
			NCAA tournament
			Chapel Hill Regional
31	Friday	W, 11–8	Long Island	43–13
	June
1	Saturday	W, 6–2	No. 24 LSU	44–13
2	Sunday	L, 8–4	No. 24 LSU	44–14
3	Monday	W, 4–3, 10 innings	vs. No. 24 LSU	45–14
			Chapel Hill Super Regional
7	Friday	W, 8–6	vs. West Virginia	46–14
8	Saturday	W, 2–1	vs. West Virginia	47–14
			College World Series Omaha, Neb.
14	Friday	W, 3–2	vs. No. 18 Virginia	48–14
16	Sunday	L, 6–1	No. 1 Tennessee	48–15
18	Tuesday	L, 9–5	No. 9 Florida State	48–16