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Seven ACC Teams Ranked in D1Baseball Preseason Poll

GREENSBORO, NC. (theACC.com) -- No.6 Wake Forest leads seven Atlantic Coast Conference teams ranked among the top 25 in the D1Baseball preseason poll released Tuesday morning,

The Demon Deacons are joined by No. 12 North Carolina, No. 14 Virginia Tech, No. 16 Louisville, No. 19 Virginia, No. 21 NC State and No. 22 Miami.

The season opens for all NCAA Division I teams on Friday, Feb. 17. ACC teams wrap up regular-season play on Saturday, May 20, with the ACC Baseball Championship set for May 23-28 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina.

D1Baseball 2023 Preseason Rankings
6. Wake Forest
12. North Carolina
14. Virginia Tech
16. Louisville
19. Virginia
21. NC State
22. Miami

Perfect Game 2023 Preseason All-America Team
First Team
RHP - Rhett Lowder, Wake Forest 
RP - Andrew Walters, Miami                
3B - Jake Gelof, Virginia   
OF - Vance Honeycutt, North Carolina                 
Second team
1B -Nick Kurtz, Wake Forest
DH - Brock Wilken, Wake Forest                  
OF - Jack Hurley, Virginia Tech.  
SP - Wyatt Crowell, Florida State                
Third team
C - Cooper Ingle, Clemson
3B - Yohandy Morales, Miami   
IF - Carson DiMartini, Virgiina Tech
OF - Travis Honeyman, Boston College
DH - LuJames Groover III, NC State
SP - Drue Hackenberg , Virginia Tech
SP - Teddy McGraw, Wake Forest
RP - Camden Minacci, Wake Forest 

Perfect Game 2023 Preseason Rankings
5. Wake Forest
7. Louisville
9. Miami
13. North Carolina
15. Virginia Tech
19. Virginia 
21. NC State

Perfect Game 2023 Preseason All-ACC Team
C - Cooper Ingle, Clemson
1B - Nick Kurtz, Wake Forest
2B - Blake Wright, Clemson
3B - Jake Gelof, Virginia
SS - Christian Knapczyk, Louisville
OF - Jack Hurley, Virginia Tech
OF - Vance Honeycutt, North Carolina
OF - Travis Honeyman, Boston College
DH - Brock Wilken, Wake Forest
UT - Yohandy Morales, Miami
SP - Rhett Lowder, Wake Forest
SP - Drue Hackenberg, Virginia Tech
SP - Wyatt Crowell, Florida State
SP - Teddy McGraw, Wake Forest
RP - Andrew Walters, Miami
Player of the Year: Vance Honeycutt, OF, North Carolina
Pitcher of the Year: Rhett Lowder RHP, Wake Forest
Freshman of the Year: Gavin Kilen, 2B, Louisville

Collegiate Baseball 2023 Preseason Rankings
6. Louisville
8. Miami
10. Wake Forest
11. North Carolina
16. Virginia
23. Georgia Tech
28. Virginia Tech
30. NC State
32. Florida State
42. Clemson

Collegiate Baseball 2023 Preseason All-America Team
First Team
RHP - Rhett Lowder, Wake Forest 
RP - Andrew Walters, Miami                
3B - Jake Gelof, Virginia   
OF - Vance Honeycutt, North Carolina                 
Second team
C - Jack Payton, Louisville                                               
3B - Yohandy Morales, Miami              
3B - Brock Wilken, Wake Forest                  
OF - Jack Hurley, Virginia Tech.                  
Third team
RHP - Drue Hackenberg , Virginia Tech.