The Yellow Jackets collected seven of the possible 16 first-place votes from head coaches to garner 237 total points. Just one point separated Georgia Tech and second-place finisher North Carolina, who logged 236 points and six first-place votes. Also earning first place votes were Florida State (one) and Clemson (two).
The Seminoles finished third in the preseason poll, logging 221 points, while Louisville, who represented the ACC in the 2025 Men’s College World Series, finished fourth with 196 points. Clemson’s two first-place votes propelled them to a fifth-place projection, totaling 185 points.
NC State was slotted sixth in the coaches’ poll, with 169 points, just ahead of Virginia, who was projected to finish seventh with 165 points.