OTB's ACC Baseball Power Poll–04/26/10

Posted by Brandon Rink on April 26, 2010 under ACC Baseball, Other ACC Coverage | Comments are off for this article

The ‘Hoos reclaim the top spot, Hokies surging, and Clemson continues to slide…

1) (LW: 2) Virginia Cavaliers–34-9(15-6 ACC)
Week Record: 3-0 ACC; 2-0 OOC. Next Weekend Opponent: @Duke

The ‘Hoos roared back to first in the poll after a sweep of the Terps, midweek, and Georgia Tech’s series loss to the Hokies.

2) (LW: 1) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets–34-7(16-5 ACC)
Week Record: 1-2 ACC; 2-0 OOC. Next Weekend Opponent: @NC State

Jackets lost a home series to Coastal foe Virginia Tech.

3) (LW: 3) Miami Hurricanes–29-11(15-6 ACC)
Week Record: 1-2 ACC; 1-0 OOC. Next Weekend Opponent: Maryland

Canes lost a couple of heartbreakers in a battle of series at FSU–two walk-off 9th inning losses to the Noles.

4) (LW: 4) Florida State Seminoles–31-10(14-7 ACC)
Week Record: 2-1 ACC; 1-0 OOC. Next Weekend Opponent: LeMoyne

The ‘Noles started pulling away in the Atlantic this weekend with a series win over rival Miami and Clemson/NC State’s struggles.

5) (LW: 6) Virginia Tech Hokies–28-14(11-10 ACC)
Week Record: 2-1 ACC; 1-0 OOC. Next Weekend Opponent: BC

Virginia Tech continued their impressive run through the ACC in the tough Coastal with a series win at Georgia Tech.

6) (LW: 5) Clemson Tigers–25-17(11-10 ACC)
Week Record: 1-2 ACC; 1-0 OOC. Next Weekend Opponent: Florida Gulf Coast

Same song, different verse for Clemson, lost the home series to UNC and now 7 of their last 9 ACC games. You can check out my more extensive recaps for the Clemson games with UNC at ACC-Fans.com here for game one and here for games two/three.

7) (LW: 9) Boston College Eagles–23-17(12-9 ACC)
Week Record: 3-0 ACC; 1-0 OOC. Next Weekend Opponent: @Virginia Tech

Eagles rocked the Pack for a sweep and are climbing the rankings with a big series at Virginia Tech coming up.

8) (LW: 8) NC State Wolfpack–26-16(9-12 ACC)
Week Record: 0-3 ACC; 1-0 OOC. Next Weekend Opponent: Georgia Tech

Pack suffered a set-back against the Eagles with a sweep.

8) (LW: 8) North Carolina Tar Heels–25-17(8-13 ACC)
Week Record: 2-1 ACC; 1-0 OOC. Next Weekend Opponent: Elon

Tar Heels took Clemson by storm with a couple of great pitching performances in a series win from Matt Harvey and Patrick Johnson.

10) (LW: 10) Duke Blue Devils–23-18(7-14ACC)
Week Record: 1-2 ACC; 0-1 OOC. Next Weekend Opponent: Virginia

Blue Devils continued to struggle with another losing week after struggling against Wake Forest–NCAA hopes fading now.

11) (LW: 11) Maryland Terrapins–15-28(4-17 ACC)
Week Record: 0-3 ACC; 1-1 OOC. Next Weekend Opponent: @Miami

Oh, the Terps, another sweep, yeah.

12) (LW: 12) Wake Forest Demon Deacons–12-31(4-17 ACC)
Week Record: 2-1 ACC; 0-2 OOC. Next Weekend Opponent: N/A

Deacs won a series!

The countdown is on to the ACC and NCAA Tournaments–some teams are stumbling while others are taking advantage.