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Updating Clemson baseball in college polls after Stanford series win
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CLEMSON — Clemson baseball rose from No. 5 to No. 4 in the USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll released April 14.
The Tigers (33-6, 11-4 ACC) received 656 points and no first-place votes. They are the highest-ranked ACC team, finishing ahead of No. 8 Florida State , No. 10 North Carolina, No. 13 Georgia Tech and No. 19 Louisville.
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Clemson, which was picked to finish fourth in the ACC baseball preseason poll, defeated Gardner-Webb on April 9 and won its April 11-13 series against Stanford . 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 consecutive season.
Clemson looks to add another conference series win to its résumé when it hosts Louisville in a three-game weekend series starting April 17 (7 p.m. ET, ACC Network Extra) at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
Texas is the No. 1 team in the coaches poll, earning 736 points and 23 first-place votes. No. 2 Arkansas, No. 3 Tennessee, last year's national champion, and No. 5 Georgia also received at least one first-place vote.
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.
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Where Clemson baseball is ranked
Clemon is ranked in the top-10 of all major polls after its 33-6 start.
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USA TODAY coaches poll: No. 4
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D1 Baseball: No. 3
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Baseball America: No. 6
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Perfect Game: No. 2
2025 USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll
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Texas
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Arkansas
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Tennessee
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Clemson
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Georgia
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Oregon State
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LSU
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Florida State
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Auburn
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North Carolina
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Ole Miss
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UCLA
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Georgia Tech
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UC Irvine
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Alabama
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Oklahoma
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Vanderbilt
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Oregon
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Louisville
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West Virginia
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Coastal Carolina
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Arizona
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Troy
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TCU
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Western Kentucky
Clemson baseball schedule
Record: 33-6
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April 17-19: Louisville
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April 22: Georgia
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April 24-26: at NC State
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May 2-4: at Florida State
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May 6: at Coastal Carolina
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May 9-11: Duke
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May 15-17: at Pitt
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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
This article originally appeared on Greenville News: Clemson baseball rankings update: Tigers rise in polls
