By R.L. Bynum

Heading into a big final two weeks of the regular season after finishing the exam break, North Carolina held at No. 4 in the D1 Baseball Top 25 poll.

Coach Scott Forbes’ Tar Heels (35–10, 15–9 ACC), who rolled to mid-week wins over Atlantic 10 co-leader George Mason (13–4) and Queens (14–3, 8 innings) before getting the weekend off, are tied for third place in the ACC with Georgia Tech (33–14, 15–9), a half-game behind co-ACC leaders Florida State (33–10, 14–7) and N.C. State (30–15, 15–8).

Only 1½ games separate the top seven ACC teams as they vie for the four double-byes in the ACC tournament, which will be held May 20–25 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. UNC, ninth in the RPI, has two challenging ACC series to finish the regular season: hosting the Wolfpack in a four-day, three-game series beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday before visiting the Seminoles on May 15–17.

Florida State leapfrogged UNC, going up three spots to No. 2 after taking two of three in a home series with Clemson (37–12, 14–10), which fell three spots to No. 9, while the Wolfpack fell three spots. N.C. State lost 6–3 to UNCW, dropped two games at Miami (6–4 and 10–3) this weekend, and was losing 2–0 early when Sunday’s game got called because of rain in the third inning.

Louisville (32–15, 13–11), which lost two of three at Notre Dame, fell three spots to No. 20.

Carolina hosts Campbell (20–26) at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. The Camels, who beat Duke 9–6 on Feb. 25 but lost to N.C. State 11–1 (7 innings) on March 5, took two of three last weekend at N.C. A&T.

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D1 Baseball Top 25

Rank	Team	Record	Previous
1	Texas	38–8	1
2	Florida State	33–10	5
3	LSU	38–11	2
4	North Carolina	35–10	4
5	Oregon	33–13	6
6	Georgia	39–11	9
7	Arkansas	40–9	11
8	Auburn	33–15	10
9	Clemson	37–12	3
10	Oregon State	34–12	7
11	Vanderbilt	34–14	15
12	West Virginia	39–7	16
13	UC Irvine	34–11	8
14	Coastal Carolina	37–11	19
15	Tennessee	37–11	12
16	N.C. State	30–15	13
17	Oklahoma	32–14	21
18	UCLA	34–13	14
19	Troy	34–14	20
20	Louisville	32–15	17
21	Southern Miss	35–13	22
22	Arizona	33–14	24
23	Alabama	36–12	18
24	Ole Miss	33–15	23
25	USC	32–15	NR
Dropped Out
	Kansas	36–13	25

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ACC standings

	League	GB	Overall
No. 3 Georgia Tech	25–5	—	45–9
No. 2 North Carolina	22–8	3	43–10–1
No. 11 Florida State	19–11	6	38–15
No. 23 Boston College	17–13	8	36–20
Wake Forest	16–14	9	38–18
Miami	16–14	9	36–17
Virginia Tech	15–15	10	29–23
Virginia	14–16	11	35–20
N.C. State	14–16	11	32–21
Stanford	13–17	12	27–25
Notre Dame	13–17	12	30–21
Louisville	13–17	12	30–26
California	12–18	13	29–25
Pittsburgh	11–19	14	30–23
Clemson	10–20	15	31–25
Duke	10–20	15	24–29

Thursday-Saturday series
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh — Pitt, 6–3; ND, 6–4; ND, 21–10 (7)
Virginia at Louisville — Va., 8–3; UL, 12–2; UL, 10–5
Miami at No. 11 Florida State — FSU, 7–6 (11); FSU, 11–1; Miami, 7–4
Wake Forest at Duke — WF, 7–2; WF, 7–2; Duke, 7–3
Clemson at Virginia Tech — VT, 5–1; VT, 2–1; Clemson, 10–7
No. 3 Georgia Tech at No. 23 Boston College — GT swept 9–0, 14–1, 15–2 (7)
No. 2 North Carolina at N.C. State — UNC, 9–4; UNC, 17–7 (8); State, 7–2
Stanford at California — Stanford, 7–6; Cal, 4–3; Cal, 2–1
End of regular season
ACC tournament
Tuesday through May 24
Truist Field in Charlotte

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Date(s)	Day/ month	Scores	Opponent (current rank)	Record
	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. 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. 2 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. 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	Thur.-Sat.	W, 9–4; W, 17–7 (8); L, 7–2	at N.C. State	43–10–1, 22–8
		ACC tournament	Charlotte
22	Friday	W, 10–4	Quarterfinal vs. Virginia Tech	44–10–1
23	Saturday	W, 13–5	Semifinal vs. Pittsburgh	45–10–1
24	Sunday	L, 13–6	Championship vs. No. 2 Ga. Tech	45–11–1
		NCAA tournament
		Chapel Hill Regional
29	Friday	W, 8–0	VCU	46–11–1
30–31	Sat.–Sun.	W, 7–5; W, 9–3	East Carolina	48–11–1
	June
		Chapel Hill Super Regionals
5–7	Fri.–Sun.	L, 9–5; W, 4–0; W, 4–3	Southern Cal	50–12–1
		College World Series	Omaha, Neb.
12	Friday	W, 6–2	No. 18 Ole Miss	51–12–1
14, 17	Sun., Wed.	W, 5–2; W, 12–7	No. 9 West Virginia	53–12–1
20–22	Sat.-Mon.	L, 9–3; W, 6–2; L, 13–2	CWS Finals vs. Oklahoma	54–14–1

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