Never say never when talking about sports so why not indulge in a little way-too-early baseball chatter. Realistically, it’s never too early to talk about any sport even though it may be out of season. With baseball we all know players are either spread out across the country playing in leagues or at their respective schools fine tuning their game.
Baseball America has their way-too-early Top 25 out and here’s a look at the top 10 teams.
- #1 UCLA – Returning most of last season’s roster
- #2 LSU – 2025 MCWS Champions
- #3 Texas
- #4 Mississippi State – New coach Brian O’Connor (Virginia) reinvigorates the program
- #5 Auburn
- #6 Georgia
- #7 Tennessee
- #8 Georgia Tech – Danny Hall stepped down and James Ramsey inherits a strong core
- #9 Virginia – New coach Chris Pollard comes over from Duke along with his best players
- #10 TCU
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How about the rest of the ACC? Where do teams stand in the Top 25?
- #12 Florida State -Link Jarrett lost a lot of players to the MLB. Re-build mode for Noles
- #13 North Carolina – Features one of the conferences best pitching rotations
- #16 Miami
- #18 Clemson
- #20 Louisville
The ACC promises to be highly competitive once again this season so in-conference matchups are going to be a blast.
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Checking in with Perfect Game and their recruiting rankings for both 2025 and 2026 for ACC teams:
2025 Recruiting – ACC Baseball
- #7 Virginia
- #9 Miami
- #11 Wake Forest
- #15 Georgia Tech
- #23 Clemson
- #25 Virginia Tech
2026 Recruiting – ACC Baseball
- #6 Stanford
- #8 Virginia
- #9 Wake Forest
- #13 Clemson
- #15 Miami
- #20 Georgia Tech
- #21 Florida State
- #25 Virginia Tech
Notice anything different between the two? Something that really stands out? Keep an eye on Stanford.
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The guys at D1Baseball sat down and took a whack at the teams they felt were most likely to be in the eight for Omaha. Only one ACC team made that list – North Carolina. But, if you look closely you’ll see a significant number of conference teams in the running. On that list: Clemson, Georgia Tech, Virginia, Florida State, Miami and NC State. Based upon their performances over the past few years this isn’t surprising.
Fall ball gets underway in a blink but for you diehards February may seem like forever.
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