By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina is No. 1 in the latest D1 Baseball Top 25 after winning the ACC championship last weekend, the Tar Heels’ highest ranking in the history of that poll.

The Tar Heels (42–16) jumped two spots while Vanderbilt (42–16), the No. 1 overall NCAA tournament seed, shot up seven spots to No. 2 after winning the SEC title.

UNC, the No. 5 overall seed, is also No. 1 in the USA Today coaches poll. The Tar Heels open Chapel Hill Regional play at noon Friday (ACC Network) against Holy Cross.

LSU (43–14) fell from No. 1 to No. 3 in the D1 Baseball poll and is the No. 6 overall seed. No. 4-ranked Texas (42–12; down two spots) is the No. 2 overall seed, and No. 5-ranked Oregon (42–14; down one spot) is the No. 12 overall seed.

Florida State (38–14), which the Tar Heels defeated 7–5 in the ACC tournament semifinals on Saturday, dropped one spot to No. 7. Clemson (44–16), which lost to UNC 14–4 in the ACC tournament championship game, remained at No. 14.

The only other ACC team in the poll is Georgia Tech (40–17), which fell two spots to No. 18. N.C. State was No. 22 last week but fell out of the poll.

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D1 Baseball Top 25

Rank	Team	Record	Previous
1	North Carolina	42–12	3
2	Vanderbilt	42–16	9
3	LSU	43–14	1
4	Texas	42–12	2
5	Oregon	42–14	4
6	Arkansas	43–13	5
7	Florida State	38–14	6
8	Oregon State	41–12–1	7
9	Auburn	38–18	8
10	Georgia	42–15	10
11	Coastal Carolina	48–11	11
12	Southern Miss	44–14	12
13	UCLA	42–16	13
14	Clemson	44–16	14
15	Ole Miss	40–19	17
16	Tennessee	43–16	21
17	Florida	38–20	15
18	Georgia Tech	40–17	16
19	Northeastern	48–9	19
20	Dallas Baptist	40–16	18
21	Arizona	39–18	NR
22	TCU	39–18	24
23	UC Irvine	41–15	20
24	Alabama	41–16	23
25	Kansas	43–15	25

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Chapel Hill Regional

At Boshamer Stadium
Friday’s results
No. 1 North Carolina 4, Holy Cross 0
No. 2 Oklahoma 7, No. 3 Nebraska 4
Saturday’s results
Nebraska 4, Holy Cross 1; Holy Cross eliminated
North Carolina 11, Oklahoma 5
Sunday’s results
Oklahoma 17, Nebraska 1; Nebraska eliminated
Oklahoma 9, North Carolina 5
Monday’s result
North Carolina 14, Oklahoma 4
UNC (45–13) advances to Super Regional against No. 21-ranked Arizona (42–18), which won the Eugene Regional on Sunday night with a 14–0 win over Cal Poly. Game 1 of the best-of-3 series is Friday at Boshamer Stadium.

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UNC scores

Date(s)	Day/ month	Times	Opponent (current rank)
	February
13–15	Fri.-Sat.	4, noon, 1	vs. Indiana
17	Tuesday	4 p.m.	vs. Richmond
18	Wednesday	4 p.m.	vs. Longwood
20–22	Fri.-Sun.	4 (Greenville), 2 (DBAP), 2 (CH)	vs. East Carolina
24	Tuesday	4 p.m.	vs. N.C. A&T
25	Wednesday	4 p.m.	vs. VCU
27–28	Fri., Sat.	4 p.m., 2 p.m.	vs. Le Moyne
	March
1	Sunday	1 p.m.	vs. Le Moyne
3	Tuesday	4 p.m.	vs. Elon
6–8	Fri.-Sun.	4, 2, 1	vs. Virginia
10	Tuesday	4 p.m.	vs. Bucknell
13–15	Fri.-Sun.	9, 5, 4	at California
18	Wednesday	4 p.m.	vs. UNCG
20–22	Fri.-Sun.	8, 2, 1	vs. No. 8 Louisville
24	Tuesday	6:30	vs. South Carolina in Charlotte
27–29	Fri.-Sun.	6:30, 3, 1	at Notre Dame
31	Tuesday	8 p.m.	vs. Campbell
	April
2–4	Thur.-Sat.	6, 6, 2	vs. Boston College
7	Tuesday	7 p.m.	vs. Charlotte
10–12	Fri.-Sun.	6, 2, 12:30	at No. 19 Clemson
14	Tuesday	6 p.m.	vs. UNCW
17–19	Fri-Sun.	6, noon, 1	vs. No. 5 Georgia Tech
21	Tuesday	6 p.m.	vs. High Point
23–25	Fri.-Sun.	7, 6, 3	at Duke
28	Tuesday	7 p.m.	vs. No. 6 Coastal Carolina
29	Wednesday	6 p.m.	vs. Queens
	May
3	Sunday	2 p.m. (non-conference game)	vs. Duke
6	Wednesday	6 p.m.	vs. Winthrop
8–10	Fri.-Sun.	6, noon, 1	vs. Pittsburgh
12	Tuesday	6 p.m.	at UNCW
14–16	Thurs.-Sat.	7, 6, 1	at No. 17 N.C. State
19–24	Tues.-Sun.	ACC tournament	Charlotte
29–31	Fri.-Sun.	NCAA Regionals	Campus sites
	June
5–7	Fri.-Sun.	NCAA Super Regionals	Campus sites
12–22	Fri.-Mon	College World Series	Omaha, Neb.

Photo courtesy of UNC Athletics