UNC climbs back into top 10 in the latest USA TODAY Sports poll

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The North Carolina baseball program has improved its USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll ranking once again, but this time the Diamond Heels land in the top 10.

The Tar Heels are now the No. 6 team in the country, improving their spot from No. 12 the week prior. The Tar Heels are coming off a series sweep over No. 23 Notre Dame and have won 10 of their last 12 games.

USA TODAY Sports Poll​

Rank	Team	Record	PTS	1st	Prev	Chg	Hi/Lo
1	UCLA Bruins	25-2	750	30	1	-	1/2
2	Texas Longhorns	23-4	717	0	2	-	2/3
3	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	22-5	672	0	3	-	3/5
4	Mississippi State Bulldogs	24-4	668	0	4	-	3/6
5	Georgia Bulldogs	23-6	619	0	7	2	5/13
6	North Carolina Tar Heels	24-4	551	0	12	6	6/14
7	Florida State Seminoles	21-6	530	0	8	1	7/17
8	USC Trojans	26-3	492	0	10	2	8/NR
9	Oregon State Beavers	21-5	490	0	14	5	9/18
10	Oregon Ducks	23-5	374	0	17	7	10/NR
11	Auburn Tigers	20-7	367	0	5	6	4/11
12	West Virginia Mountaineers	19-5	354	0	16	4	12/NR
13	Southern Miss Golden Eagles	21-7	332	0	13	-	7/20
14	Virginia Cavaliers	22-7	328	0	11	3	11/NR
15	Oklahoma Sooners	19-8	319	0	9	6	8/NR
16	Arkansas Razorbacks	19-10	301	0	6	10	5/16
16	Alabama Crimson Tide	22-7	301	0	23	7	16/NR
18	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	20-7	283	0	20	2	7/25
19	Florida Gators	23-6	272	0	25	6	8/25
20	Texas A&M Aggies	22-5	192	0	24	4	20/NR
21	Nebraska Cornhuskers	22-6	144	0	NR	7	21/NR
22	Kentucky Wildcats	21-6	138	0	18	4	18/NR
23	North Carolina State Wolfpack	18-10	103	0	15	8	10/23
24	Arizona State Sun Devils	20-8	87	0	22	2	22/NR
25	Boston College Eagles	20-9	70	0	NR	-	25/NR

Schools Dropped Out​

No. 18 Ole Miss; No. 21 Tennessee;

Others Receiving Votes​

LSU 56; UCF 55; Vanderbilt 39; Tennessee 38; Wake Forest 33; Jacksonville State 31; Ole Miss 16; California Baptist 16; Louisville 6; Notre Dame 4; UTSA 1; South Florida 1;

D1 Baseball Poll​

The Tar Heels also made a significant jump in the D1Baseball poll, climbing seven spots to No. 6 — one more than their rise in the USA TODAY Sports poll.

1. UCLA
2. Texas
3. Georgia Tech
4. Mississippi State
5. Georgia
6. North Carolina
7. Florida State
8. Southern Mississippi
9. Oregon State
10. Virginia
11. Oklahoma
12. Southern California
13. West Virginia
14. Coastal Carolina
15. Oregon
16. Alabama
17. Arkansas
18. Auburn
19. Nebraska
20. Texas A&M
21. Florida
22. Boston College
23. Central Florida
24. Kentucky
25. Arizona State

Dropped out: North Carolina State, Mississippi, Tennessee, Notre Dame.

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This article originally appeared on Tar Heels Wire: UNC baseball: Tar Heels return to top 10 in national rankings

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