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Noting ACC Baseball – March 28
• Wake Forest and Virginia sit atop their respective divisions and high in the national polls following impressive series sweeps last weekend. The Demon Deacons took three straight from Miami for the first time in program history, running their season record at home to 18-1 and surpassing the 20-win plateau less than halfway into the regular season. Wake Forest continues to be ranked No. 2 nationally by the USA Today Coaches Poll and D1Baseball and is no lower than No. 4 in any of this week’s major national rankings.
• Virginia is ranked as high as No. 3 nationally following its sweep of Florida State in Charlottesville. The Cavaliers, who are 16-0 at home this season, have matched their best start in program history with 22 wins in 24 games. The Cavaliers were also 22-2 in 2013 and 2022. Virginia has been 23-2 through 25 games, three times – 2011, 2013 and 2022.
• Virginia (22-2) is slated to play host to Old Dominion (20-4) on Tuesday at 3 p.m. Virginia, Wake Forest and ODU are three of the 11 20-win teams in college baseball. The UVA-ODU game will mark the third time two 20-win teams have played one another this season, following last Saturday’s doubleheader between No. 1 LSU and No. 6 Arkansas.
• Other matchups on Tuesday’s busy non-conference slate for ACC teams include No. 14 Boston College at No. 20 UConn. Florida State’s matchup versus No. 3 Florida in the Sunshine Classic in Jacksonville, Florida was postponed and rescheduled for May 2. ACC teams own a 167-45 record (.788) versus outside opposition, including a 125-20 mark at home.
• Clemson welcomes No. 2 Wake Forest on Thursday at 7 p.m. for what will be the third of eight conference games that ACC Network will feature on Thursday nights throughout the spring, with all eight contests being conference matchups. Upcoming games following this week include Clemson at Florida State (April 6, 8 p.m.), Miami at North Carolina (April 13, 7 p.m.), Miami at Louisville (April 27, 7 p.m.), NC State at Notre Dame (May 4, 7 p.m.) and Florida State at Louisville (May 18, 7 p.m.). In addition to the Thursday games, ACCN coverage in 2023 will be highlighted by all four days of pool play and the semifinals of the ACC Baseball Championship May 23-28 from Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C. ESPN2 will televise the title game on Sunday, May 28.
• Saturday’s Florida State at Miami game will now be played at 2 p.m. and carried on ACC Network Extra. ACC Network requested the time change to not conflict with Miami men’s basketball’s first Final Four appearance in program history.
• Duke’s Chris Pollard became the sixth active ACC head coach to reach 700 victories for his career during last weekend’s action. Georgia Tech’s Danny Hall leads active Division I head coaches with 1,364 career wins, and NC State’s Elliott Avent ranks fifth with 1,203.
Upcoming ACC Schedule
Tuesday, March 28
Old Dominion at Virginia, 3 p.m.
Boston College at UConn, 3:05 p.m.
Duke at Liberty, 4 p.m.
Coastal Carolina at North Carolina, 4 p.m.
UNC Greensboro at NC State, 4 p.m.
Butler at Notre Dame, 5 p.m.
Wake Forest at High Point, 5 p.m.
Georgia Tech at Georgia State, 6 p.m.
Louisville at Cincinnati, 6 p.m.
Pitt at Penn State, 6 p.m.
Virginia Tech at VMI, 6 p.m.
Clemson vs. College of Charleston, 6 p.m. (at Columbia, S.C)
Florida State vs. Florida (at Jacksonville, Fla.; ACCN), ppd.
Wednesday, March 29
FIU at Miami, 6 p.m.
Thursday, March 30
Wake Forest at Clemson, 7 p.m. (ACCN)
Friday, March 31
Georgia Tech at Boston College, 4 p.m.
North Carolina at Notre Dame, 6 p.m.
Wake Forest at Clemson, 6 p.m.
Louisville at NC State, 6 p.m.
Pitt at Duke, 6 p.m.
Florida State at Miami, 7 p.m.
Virginia at Virginia Tech, 8 p.m. (ACCN)
Saturday, April 1
Wake Forest at Clemson, 2 p.m.
Florida State at Miami, 2 p.m.
Pitt at Duke, 3 p.m.
North Carolina at Notre Dame, 3 p.m.
Georgia Tech at Boston College, 4 p.m.
Louisville at NC State, 4 p.m.
Virginia at Virginia Tech, 7 p.m.
Sunday, April 2
Georgia Tech at Boston College, 1 p.m.
Louisville at NC State, 1 p.m. (ESPN2)
North Carolina at Notre Dame, 1 p.m.
Pitt at Duke, 1 p.m.
Virginia at Virginia Tech, 1 p.m.
Florida State at Miami, 2 p.m. (ESPNU)
Tuesday, April 4
Boston College at UMass, 3 p.m.
Northwestern at Notre Dame, 4 p.m.
Pitt at Youngstown State, 5 p.m.
NC State at East Carolina, 5:30 p.m.
Coastal Carolina at Clemson, 6 p.m.
Lipscomb at Louisville, 6 p.m.
UCF at Miami, 6 p.m.
Georgia Southern at Georgia Tech, 6 p.m.
Virginia at Liberty, 6 p.m.
Jacksonville at Florida State, 6 p.m.
Wake Forest at Elon, 6 p.m.
Campbell at Duke, 6 p.m.
North Carolina vs. South Carolina, 7 p.m. (at Charlotte, N.C.)
Thursday, April 6
Notre Dame at Pitt, 3 p.m.
Miami at Virginia, 6 p.m.
North Carolina at Georgia Tech, 6 p.m.
Boston College at Louisville, 6 p.m.
Clemson at Florida State, 8 p.m. (ACCN)
Friday, April 7
Notre Dame at Pitt, 3 p.m.
North Carolina at Georgia Tech, 6 p.m.
NC State at Wake Forest, 6 p.m.
Clemson at Florida State, 6 p.m.
Miami at Virginia, 6 p.m.
Boston College at Louisville, 6 p.m.
Virginia Tech at Duke, 8 p.m. (ACCN)
Saturday, April 8
Boston College at Louisville, Noon
Miami at Virginia, 1 p.m.
Notre Dame at Pitt, 1 p.m.
Clemson at Florida State, 2 p.m.
NC State at Wake Forest, 4 p.m. (ACCN)
Virginia Tech at Duke, 7 p.m. (ACCN)
North Carolina at Georgia Tech, 7 p.m.
Sunday, April 9
Virginia Tech at Duke, 1 p.m.
NC State at Wake Forest, 1 p.m.
Monday, April 10
Youngstown State at Pitt, 5 p.m.
ACC Baseball in the NCAAs
• At least one ACC team has reached the College World Series each of the last 16 years in which the event has been held, and multiple ACC teams reached the CWS 10 times during that span.
• Led by College World Series participant Notre Dame, nine ACC teams were selected to compete in the 2022 NCAA Tournament, tying for the most of any conference.
• The ACC has placed at least six teams in the NCAA tournament for 18 straight years. The 2022 season marked the sixth year since 2010 when at least eight ACC teams landed spots in the field.
• The ACC has placed a total of 29 teams in the past 16 College World Series, an average of nearly two per season.
• Ninety-nine ACC teams have earned NCAA bids in the last 13 tournament years. The 14 current ACC teams have a combined 99 College World Series appearances.
• Three ACC teams rank among the top five nationally for most all-time tournament appearances: No. 2 Florida State (59), No. 3 Miami (48), and No. 5 Clemson (44).