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CLEMSON — Clemson baseball rose from No. 7 to No. 5 in the USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll released on Monday.
The Tigers (30-5, 9-3 ACC) received 644 points and no first-place votes. They are the highest ranked ACC team, surpassing No. 8 Florida State after it lost its weekend series.
Clemson, which was picked to finish fourth in the ACC baseball preseason poll, reentered the top 5 after sweeping Cal this past weekend. It is the only ACC team to win each conference series this season and is on track to host an NCAA regional for the third straight season.
Clemson looks to maintain its stature this week when it faces Gardner-Webb on Wednesday (6 p.m. ET, ACC Network Extra) at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. Then it will host Stanford in a three-game weekend series.
Arkansas is the No. 1 team in the coaches poll, earning 745 points and 26 first-place votes. No. 2 Texas and No. 4 Tennessee, last year’s national champion, also received at least one first-place vote.
Five other ACC schools made the Top 25: FSU (8), North Carolina (No. 13), Louisville (16), Georgia Tech (18) and Wake Forest (20).
The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of made up of 30 head coaches at Division I institutions.
Where Clemson baseball is ranked
Clemon is ranked in the top-5 of all major polls after its 30-5 start.
- USA TODAY coaches poll: No. 5
- D1 Baseball: No. 5
- Baseball America: No. 4
- Perfect Game: No. 3
2025 USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll
- Arkansas
- Texas
- LSU
- Tennessee
- Clemson
- Georgia
- Ole Miss
- Florida State
- Oregon State
- Alabama
- UCLA
- Auburn
- North Carolina
- Vanderbilt
- UC Irvine
- Louisville
- Oregon
- Georgia Tech
- Oklahoma
- Wake Forest
- Troy
- Kansas
- West Virginia
- Southern Miss
- Coastal Carolina
Clemson baseball schedule
Record: 30-5
- April 9: Gardner-Webb
- April 11-13: Stanford
- April 17-19: Louisville
- April 22: Georgia
- April 24-26: at NC State
- May 2-4: at Florida State
- May 6: at Coastal Carolina
- May 9-11: Duke
- May 15-17: at Pitt
- May 20-25: ACC Tournament in Durham, North Carolina
Derrian Carter covers Clemson athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email him at dcarter@gannett.com and follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DerrianCarter00
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