Cavaliers Dominance Clears All Records in Thrilling Showdown!

We're now a full month into college baseball season , with strong programs starting to separate themselves from the rest. The UNC baseball team, with plenty of fresh faces on its roster, is thriving early. North Carolina (17-3-1, 4-2 ACC) swept Cal over the weekend , winning its first conference series and remaining perfect on the road.

In USA TODAY Sports' latest Coaches' Poll , the Diamond Heels climbed four spots to 10th. UNC, one of seven ACC teams in the March 16 poll, is a slot behind Florida State and one slot in front of the USC Trojans. 1 UCLA Bruins 17-2 746 26 1 - 1/2 2 Texas Longhorns 18-1 720 4 2 - 2/3 3 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 17-3 687 0 4 1 3/5 4 Auburn Tigers 17-2 644 0 5 1 4/9 5 Georgia Bulldogs 17-4 564 0 8 3 5/13 6 Mississippi State Bulldogs 16-4 556 0 3 3 3/6 7 Arkansas Razorbacks 14-6 540 0 6 1 5/9 8 Oklahoma Sooners 17-3 501 0 11 3 8/NR 9 Florida State Seminoles 16-3 455 0 15 6 9/17 10 North Carolina Tar Heels 17-3 409 0 14 4 6/14 11 USC Trojans 19-1 400 0 19 8 11/NR 12 Virginia Cavaliers 16-4 399 0 16 4 12/NR 13 North Carolina State Wolfpack 16-4 394 0 10 3 10/19 14 Florida Gators 18-3 351 0 18 4 8/18 15 Southern Miss Golden Eagles 16-4 340 0 7 8 7/20 16 Oregon State Beavers 14-4 327 0 17 1 12/18 17 Clemson Tigers 16-4 305 0 9 8 9/17 18 Kentucky Wildcats 18-2 295 0 22 4 18/NR 19 Oregon Ducks 17-3 187 0 NR 7 19/NR 20 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 13-6 133 0 25 5 7/25 21 Texas A&M Aggies 16-3 125 0 20 1 20/NR 22 West Virginia Mountaineers 13-4 115 0 NR 6 22/NR 23 Tennessee Volunteers 14-6 112 0 21 2 15/23 24 Ole Miss Rebels 16-5 89 0 24 - 21/NR 25 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 15-5 87 0 12 13 12/25 North Carolina started its 2026 season a perfect 6-0, before winning, tying and losing once each against East Carolina.

The Diamond Heels generated another 6-game winning streak, including a record-breaking series against Le Moyne College , before suffering their greatest setback in a series loss to Virginia. Besides head coach Scott Forbes, who are the main drivers behind UNC's early success? At the plate, North Carolina has five guys hitting a minimum .

300. Stony Brook transfer Erik Paulsen leads the Diamond Heels in batting average (. 357), runs scored (30) runs batted in (23), home runs (six).