By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina tied for its highest ranking of the season at No. 4 in the D1 Baseball Top 25 released Monday morning.

UNC (33–10, 15–9 ACC) was also No. 4 on March 3 after never being ranked higher than No. 5 last season when the Tar Heels made the College World Series.

Carolina remained No. 3 in the Baseball America Top 25.

Carolina won at Pittsburgh 6–0 Sunday behind seven shutout innings from sophomore Jason DeCaro to take two of three games in the weekend series and earn a league series victory for the sixth consecutive weekend.

The Tar Heels go on their exam break and don’t have an ACC series this weekend. They will host George Mason (29–15), one of three teams tied for the Atlantic 10 lead at 14–7, at 4 p.m. Tuesday and Queens College (16–24) at 6 p.m. Wednesday (both streaming on ACC Network Extra).

Carolina, which is No. 7 in the RPI, is tied for third in the ACC, 1½ games behind first-place N.C. State (30–12, 15–6), which swept a home series against Clemson last weekend and leaped 12 spots to No. 13.

The Tigers (36–10, 13–8), who only fell one spot to No. 3, were one of five teams ahead of UNC in last week’s poll to lose a weekend series. That includes second-place Florida State (31–9, 12–6), which fell one spot to No. 5 after dropping two of three at Louisville, which moved up two spots to No. 17.

Georgia Tech (30–14, 15–9) was No. 24 last week but fell out of the poll after losing two of three games in a home series against Virginia  (24–16, 11–10).

Carolina has only played two teams currently ranked: beating No. 19 Coastal Carolina 6–4 in 11 innings on March 4 and losing two of three at Louisville in mid-March. The Tar Heels finish ACC play against two ranked teams, though: hosting N.C. State in a four-day, three-game series May 8–11 and visiting Florida State May 15–17.

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D1 Baseball Top 25

Rank	Team	Record	Previous
1	Texas	37–5	1
2	LSU	36–9	7
3	Clemson	36–10	2
4	North Carolina	33–10	8
5	Florida State	31–9	4
6	Oregon	30–12	13
7	Oregon State	32–10	3
8	UC Irvine	32–9	12
9	Georgia	35–11	10
10	Auburn	30–14	11
11	Arkansas	37–9	5
12	Tennessee	35–9	6
13	N.C. State	30–12	25
14	UCLA	32–11	15
15	Vanderbilt	31–13	9
16	West Virginia	37–5	17
17	Louisville	30–13	19
18	Alabama	35–10	18
19	Coastal Carolina	33–11	21
20	Troy	31–13	20
21	Oklahoma	30–13	14
22	Southern Miss	31–13	22
23	Ole Miss	31–13	23
24	Arizona	30–13	16
25	Kansas	35–10	NR

Dropped out: Georgia Tech

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ACC standings

	League	GB	Overall
No. 3 Georgia Tech	24–5	—	44–9
No. 2 North Carolina	22–7	2	43–9–1
No. 11 Florida State	19–10	5	38–15
No. 23 Boston College	17–12	7	36–19
Wake Forest	16–13	8	38–17
Miami	15–14	9	35–17
Virginia Tech	15–14	9	29–22
Virginia	14–15	10	35–19
N.C. State	13–16	11	31–21
Stanford	13–16	11	27–24
Notre Dame	12–17	12	29–21
Louisville	12–17	12	29–26
Pittsburgh	11–18	13	30–22
California	11–18	13	28–25
Clemson	9–20	15	30–25
Duke	9–20	15	23–29

Thursday-Saturday series
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh — Pitt, 6–3; ND, 6–4; 1 p.m.
Virginia at Louisville — Va., 8–3; UL, 12–2; 1 p.m.
Miami at No. 11 Florida State — FSU, 7–6 (11); FSU, 11–1; 2 p.m.
Wake Forest at Duke — WF, 7–2; WF, 7–2; 2 p.m.
Clemson at Virginia Tech — VT, 5–1; VT, 2–1; 1 p.m.
No. 3 Georgia Tech at No. 23 Boston College — GT, 9–0; GT, 14–1; 1 p.m.
No. 2 North Carolina at N.C. State — UNC, 9–4; UNC, 17–7 (8); 2 p.m.
Stanford at California — Stanford, 7–6; Cal, 4–3; 6 p.m.
End of regular season
ACC Tournament
May 16–24
Truist Field in Charlotte

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Date(s)	Day/ month	Times/ scores	Opponent (current rank)	Record/ TV *
	February
13–14	Fri., Sat.	W, 9–4; W, 12–2 (7); W, 4–3 (11)	vs. Indiana	3–0
17	Tuesday	W, 10–0 (7)	vs. Richmond	4–0
18	Wednesday	W, 5–3	vs. Longwood	5–0
20–22	Fri.-Sun	W, 10–0 (8); L, 10–3; T, 3–3	vs. East Carolina	6–1–1
24	Tuesday	W, 9–1	vs. N.C. A&T	7–1–1
25	Wednesday	W, 13–3 (7)	vs. VCU	8–1–1
27–28	Fri., Sat.	W, 16–3 (7); W, 12–2 (7)	vs. Le Moyne	10–1–1
	March
1	Sunday	W, 21–1 (7)	vs. Le Moyne	11–1–1
3	Tuesday	W, 5–1	vs. Elon	12–1–1
6–7	Fri., Sat	L, 13–3 (7); L, 9–2; W, 8–7 (12)	vs. Virginia	13–3–1, 1–2 ACC
10	Tuesday	W, 13–3 (7)	vs. Bucknell	14–3–1
13–15	Fri.-Sun.	W, 8–1; W, 6–2; W, 10–2	at California	17–3–1, 4–2
18	Wednesday	W, 8–2	vs. UNCG	18–3–1
20–22	Fri.–Sun.	W, 11–1 (8); L, 2–0; W, 7–6	vs. Louisville	20–4–1, 6–3
24	Tuesday	W, 9–1	vs. South Carolina in Charlotte	21–4–1
28, 29	Sat., Sun	W, 6–5; W, 13–7; W, 15–10	at Notre Dame	24–4–1, 9–3
31	Tuesday	W, 5–4 (14)	vs. Campbell	25–4–1
	April
2–4	Thur.-Sat.	L, 6–1; W, 5–2; W, 8–7	vs. No. 23 Boston College	27–5–1, 11–4
7	Tuesday	W, 8–4	vs. Charlotte	28–5–1
10–12	Fri.–Sun.	L, 9–5; W, 6–4 (14); W, 12–5	at Clemson	30–6–1, 13–5
14	Tuesday	W, 14–5	vs. UNCW	31–6–1
17–19	Fri.-Sun.	W, 5–2; W, 14–4 (8); L, 5–2	vs. No. 3 Georgia Tech	33–7–1, 15–6
21	Tuesday	W, 9–2	vs. High Point	34–7–1
23–25	Thur.–Sat.	W, 3–1; L, 3–1; W, 22–5 (7)	at Duke	36–8–1, 17–7
28	Tuesday	L, 12–2	vs. No. 20 Coastal Carolina	36–9–1
	May
3	Sunday	W, 13–0 (7) (non-conference game)	vs. Duke	37–9–1
8–10	Fri.-Sun.	W, 4–1; W, 12–2 (8); W, 7–3	vs. Pittsburgh	40–9–1, 20–7
12	Tuesday	W, 13–7	at UNCW	41–9–1
14–16	Thurs.-Sat.	W, 9–4; W, 17–7 (8); 1 p.m.	at N.C. State	43–9–1, 22–7
		ACC tournament	Charlotte
22	Friday	3 p.m.	Quarterfinal	ACCN
23	Saturday	1 p.m. or 5 p.m.	Semifinal	ACCN
24	Sunday	Noon	Championship	ESPN2
		NCAA tournament
29–31	Fri.-Sun.	Regionals	Campus sites
	June
5–7	Fri.-Sun.	Super Regionals	Campus sites
12–22	Fri.-Mon	College World Series	Omaha, Neb.

• Games not on TV stream on ACC Network Extra unless otherwise note.

Photo courtesy of UNC Athletics