It turns out that at least where ACC baseball is concerned, coaches aren’t much better at predicting winners than sports writers and fans.

The league tournament begins Wednesday in Greensboro’s NewBridge Bank Park with Florida State the favorite to win the championship on Sunday.

But when the league’s 12 coaches picked the regular season on Jan. 27, the Seminoles weren’t even seen as the top team in the Atlantic Division.

The coaches correctly saw North Carolina as the team to beat in the Coastal, but Clemson was the Atlantic favorite. The Tigers finished third, behind Florida State and N.C. State.

How the coaches handicapped the regular season back in January:

OVERALL CHAMPION

North Carolina7 votes

Georgia Tech4 votes

Florida State1 vote

ATLANTIC DIVISION

1. Clemson

2. Florida State

3. N.C. State

4. Wake Forest

5. Maryland

6. Boston College

COASTAL DIVISION

1. North Carolina

2. Georgia Tech

3. Miami

4. Virginia

5. Virginia Tech

6. Duke

Here is the way the teams finished regular season:

ATLANTIC    All    ACC
1. Florida State     43-12     24-6
2. N.C. State     38-15    19-11
3. Clemson     32-24    16-14
4. Wake Forest     32-22    13-17
5. Maryland    32-24      10-20
6. Boston Coll.    22-33    10-20
COASTAL    All    ACC
1. N. Carolina    42-13    22-8
2. Virginia    36-16-1    18-12
3. Miami     34-19    16-14
4. Georgia Tech    32-24    12-18
5. Virginia Tech     34-21    11-19
6. Duke    21-34    9-21

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