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

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After sweeping No. 23 Notre Dame and winning 10 of their last 12 games, the Tar Heels climbed to No. 6 in latest polls

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. UCLA Texas Georgia Tech Mississippi State Georgia North Carolina Florida State Southern Mississippi Oregon State Virginia Oklahoma Southern California West Virginia Coastal Carolina Oregon Alabama Arkansas Auburn Nebraska Texas A&M Florida Boston College Central Florida Kentucky Arizona State Dropped out: North Carolina State, Mississippi, Tennessee, Notre Dame. Follow us @TarHeelsWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels news, notes and opinions.