No respect ... yet
The good news for Atlantic Coast Conference baseball fans - your teams are getting respect in the national polls.
Six teams are ranked in this week's College Baseball Insiders rankings - which are a composite of the four major national polls.
Three of the teams - Clemson at #3, North Carolina at #5 and Virginia at #7 - are ranked in the top 10.
This is all well and good, of course - but the make-it-or-break-it time for the ACC will come next month as teams earn spots in the College World Series.
It's been awhile since the conference has fielded a legitimate national-championship contender - in spite of the league's depth that is reflected in its hold of spots in the top 20.
Landing a team or two or three in Omaha would go a long way toward dispelling the notion that the ACC is a January-May league.
- Chris Graham