2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team

The 2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team represented the Wake Forest University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Demon Deacons played their home games at David F. Couch Ballpark as a members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are led by head coach Tom Walter, in his 13th season at Wake.

2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball
ACC Atlantic Division champions
ACC regular season champions
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
CBNo. 1
Record42–8 (20–6 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDavid F. Couch Ballpark
2023 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Atlantic
No. 1 Wake Forest x 206 .769438 .843
No. 7 Clemson   1710 .6303617 .679
No. 22 Boston College   1413 .5193216 .667
Notre Dame   1413 .5192920 .592
NC State   1015 .4003118 .633
Louisville   918 .3333022 .577
Florida State   720 .2592130 .412
Coastal
No. 21 Virginia   1611 .5934111 .788
No. 11 Miami (FL)   1611 .5933517 .673
No. 16 Duke   1511 .5773417 .667
North Carolina   1311 .5423318 .647
Georgia Tech   1215 .4443022 .577
Virginia Tech   1115 .4232919 .604
Pittsburgh   1015 .4002327 .460
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 16, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

The 2022 team finished the season with a 41–19–1 record and a 15–14–1 record in ACC play. They went 1–1 in the ACC tournament and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, their first since 2017. The Demon Deacons were seeded second in the College Park Regional, where they went 1–2, beating LIU, but losing to Maryland and UConn.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'[2]1010*3 (2)4 (3)52 (1)2 (2)2 (1)2 (1)2 (2)2 (1)2 (3)1 (27)1 (30)
Baseball America[3]98765433333211
Collegiate Baseball^[4]106225644432211
NCBWA[5]86325432222211
D1Baseball[6]6655 (2)4222222211

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

  1. "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  2. "NCAA Baseball - Coaches Poll". USA Today. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  3. "College Top 25". Baseball America. January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  4. "2022 Collegiate Baseball Polls". baseballnews.com.
  5. "NCBWA Top 30 Polls". sportswriters.net. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  6. "D1 Baseball: Rankings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
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