Jan. 19, 2006
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Defending Atlantic Coast Conference champion Georgia Tech was picked to finish second in the 2006 ACC baseball season, as determined by a vote of the league’s 12 head coaches.
Clemson was picked first after receivince eight first-place votes and a total of 139 points in balloting.
Georgia Tech was picked to finish second in the conference, receiving two first-place votes and 128 total points. The Yellow Jackets return eight starters in the field and eight of their top 10 pitchers from last year’s squad that went 45-19 and advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals.
North Carolina was picked to finish third, receiving two first-place votes and 126 points. Rounding out the preseason poll in predicted order of finish are Florida State (107 points), Miami (95), NC State (86), Virginia (72), Wake Forest (59), Boston College (41), Maryland (38), Virginia Tech (30) and Duke (15).
2006 Preseason Predicted Order of Finish
| School | Points | 2005 Results |
1. Clemson (8) 139 43-23, 21-9 ACC 2. Georgia Tech (2) 12845-19, 22-8 ACC 3. North Carolina (2) 126 41-19-1, 17-10-1 ACC 4.Florida State 107 53-20, 19-11 ACC 5. Miami 95 41-19-1, 19-10-1 ACC6. NC State 86 41-19, 17-13 ACC 7. Virginia 72 41-20, 14-14 ACC 8.Wake Forest 59 28-30, 12-18 ACC 9. Boston College 41 37-20, 17-8Big East 10. Maryland 38 25-31, 7-23 ACC 11. Virginia Tech 3023-28, 7-19 ACC 12. Duke 15 14-39, 5-25 ACC
(#) denotes first place votes
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