The ACC, reputed to have the best baseball conference in the nation, could live up to that reputation with four wins today.

That would give the ACC half of the 8-team field at the College World Series, which starts Saturday in Omaha.

North Carolina leads its best-of-three series 1-0 and can clinch its CWS spot with a win today vs.Coastal Carolina.

Florida State, North Carolina State and Miami are all tied 1-1 with Wichita State, Georgia and Arizona, respectively.

North Carolina, Florida State and Miami are all at home and are favored to give the ACC at least 3 of the 8 CWS teams.

Speaking of Miami, the Canes set an NCAA record by drawing 16 walks in Saturday's 14-10 win over Arizona. Canes right fielder Denis Raben drew a walk in each of his six plate appearances, a school record.

The Canes won with patience but also with power, getting home runs from Jason Hagerty, Yonder Alonso, Mark Sobolewski and Yaz Grandal. That helped them  overcome a 4-0 first-inning deficit and also rally again after Arizona had tied the score 7-7.

Meanwhile, in another super regional of note, UC Irvine stunned LSU, 11-5, snapping the Tigers' amazing 23-game win streak. The Anteaters lead that series, 1-0. LSU is the home team, making Irvine's upset even greater.

Also of note, Stanford swept Cal State Fullerton in two games to become the first team to advance to the 2008 CWS. Stanford won 4-3 and 8-5.

In the other two super regional matchups, Rice beat Texas A&M, 9-7, and leads the series 1-0; and Arizona State beat Fresno State 12-4 in the opener of that series.

The Pac-10 Conference can send as many as three teams to this year's CWS, and the SEC still has two teams alvie. But no conference is in as great a shape as the ACC right now.