CLEMSON — When Clemson opens practice for the 2012 baseball season today, the Tigers will do so with typically high expectations.
Jack Leggett’s Tigers are ranked in the top 25 of all three preseason polls, and were tabbed as the ACC Atlantic Division favorites Friday by league coaches.
When the ACC released its preseason poll, ACC coaches tagged Clemson as the Atlantic Division favorite by a narrow margin over Florida State. N.C. State, Wake Forest, Maryland and Boston College followed.
North Carolina was the preseason pick in the Coastal Division – and the preseason favorite to win the ACC – followed in its division by Georgia Tech, Miami, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Duke.
In Atlantic Division voting, Clemson received seven first-place votes; Florida State earned five.
Clemson is a preseason top-25 team in all three major polls. In December, Collegiate Baseball tabbed the Tigers No.25. Baseball America ranks Clemson 16th in its preseason poll, and the Sports Weekly coaches’ poll ranks the Tigers 23rd nationally.
Clemson opens the season Feb. 17 against UAB at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
2012 ACC BASEBALL COACHES PRESEASON POLL
OVERALL CHAMPION: North Carolina (7)
Also receiving votes: Georgia Tech (4), Florida State (1)
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Team Points
Clemson (7) 67
Florida State (5) 64
NC State 46
Wake Forest 34
Maryland 27
Boston College 14
COASTAL DIVISION
Team Points
North Carolina (7) 63
Georgia Tech (4) 57
Miami (1) 47
Virginia 47
Virginia Tech 20
Duke 18
Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group
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