NC State baseball picked to finish second in ACC Atlantic
The preseason picks for NC State baseball continue to roll in, this time from the ACC.
The vote of the league’s 14 head coaches had NC State finishing second in the ACC’s Atlantic Division behind preseason overall conference favorite Florida State.
NC State And Atlantic Division Picks
| Rank | Team (First place votes) | Total points |
| 1. | Florida State (8) | 88 |
| 2. | NC State (1) | 76 |
| 3. | Notre Dame (3) | 70 |
| 4. | Louisville (2) | 64 |
| 5. | Clemson | 43 |
| 6. | Wake Forest | 35 |
| 7. | Boston College |
Coastal Division Picks
| Rank | Team (First place votes) | Total points |
| 1. | Georgia Tech (8) | 91 |
| 2. | Virginia (5) | 77 |
| 3. | Miami (1) | 71 |
| 4. | Duke | 60 |
| 5. | North Carolina | 44 |
| 6. | Virginia Tech | 25 |
| 7. | Pittsburgh | 24 |
The Wolfpack will be challenged quickly in ACC play. It will host Notre Dame, play at FSU and then welcome the Yellow Jackets in its first three series of ACC play this season. Georgia Tech is the preseason favorite in the Coastal, and Notre Dame received the second most first-place votes in the Atlantic behind FSU.
Despite losing the vast majority of its lineup and a pair of important hurlers in what was essentially a five-player pitching staff from last season’s College World Series team, NC State baseball is receiving the strong benefit of the doubt from preseason prognosticators.
D1Baseball.com placed NC State at No. 10.
“No. 10 NC State, a national semifinalist last year, leads a tightly bunched pack of six ACC clubs in the rankings,” D1Baseball.com wrote. “The others are No. 11 Florida State, No. 13 Notre Dame, No. 21 Georgia Tech, No. 23 Duke and No. 25 Miami.”
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NC State will play at Duke in May.
D1Baseball.com is the second among the numerous college baseball polls to have NC State in the preseason top 10. Perfect Game had the Wolfpack checking in at No. 7. Vanderbilt was No. 1 in its edition followed by Texas and Stanford, whom NC State defeated during the College World Series.
Notre Dame was the top-rated ACC team for Perfect Game, checking in at No. 5.
The Baseball American top 25 had NC State at No. 16.
The high ratings come just as NC State athletics announced a three-phase, $15-million renovation of Doak Field that is set to begin once the 2022 season is completed.
NC State baseball begins its season with a three-game set against Evansville in Raleigh Feb. 18-20. Season tickets have been sold out.
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