March 18, 2008

 

CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll


Arizona State is unanimous No. 1 in CBI Composite Poll

 

Arizona remains No. 2; North Carolina stays at No. 3; FSU up to No. 4

 

By sitting on top of all four national polls, Arizona State is No. 1 in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.

The Sun Devils won their five home games this past week to raise their record to 17-0. They won two close midweek games against Arkansas and swept a three-game non-conference series this past weekend against Troy.

Fellow Pac-10 member Arizona (12-2) took two of three from Cal State Fullerton to retain the No. 2 spot. North Carolina (14-3) went 4-1 to stay at No. 3. Florida State (16-1) split two games with Georgia and swept a three-game ACC series with Georgia Tech to climb one spot to No. 4. Miami (Fla.) (13-2) went 4-1 and moved up one place to No. 5, giving the ACC three teams in the Top Five.

UC Irvine (14-1) went 4-0 to rise three spots to No. 8. Missouri (13-2) also won its four games to climb three places to No. 9. Kentucky (18-0) registered seven victories last week and jumped three spots to No. 10. South Carolina (11-5) went 3-3 and dropped from No. 4 to No. 11.

 

About the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll

The CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll weighs the four primary national polls, thereby providing the most accurate national ranking. In case of ties in the composite ranking, the team with a higher individual ranking will come first.

 

CBI Composite Poll (3/18/08) BA CB NCBWA U/E Composite Last rank
1 Arizona State (17-0) 1 1 1 1 4 1
2 Arizona (12-2) 2 4 2 2 10 2
3 North Carolina (14-3) 3 6 3 4 16 3
4 Florida State (16-1) 10 3 5 3 21 5
5 Miami (Fla.) (13-2) 6 10 4 5 25 6
6 Long Beach State (12-3) 7 7 7 6 27 7
7 Vanderbilt (12-4) 5 9 6 8 28 9
8 UC Irvine (14-1) 9 5 9 7 30 11
9 Missouri (13-2) 4 8 11 9 32 12
10 Kentucky (18-0) 16 2 12 11 41 13
11 South Carolina (11-5) 13 11 8 12 44 4
12 Ole Miss (13-5) 8 18 14 10 50 8
13 Texas (12-5) 18 13 10 14 55 14
14 Rice (12-6) 15 14 13 15 57 15
15 Baylor (13-4) 14 15 16 13 58 10
16 UCLA (10-5) 11 20 17 20 68 17
17 California (13-2-1) 12 12 24 22 70 19
18 Wichita State (11-3) 20 24 15 16 75 NR
19 Stanford (8-4) 17 19 27 18 81 20
20 Virginia (14-4) 24 21 20 19 84 16

 

BA-Baseball America poll; CB-Collegiate Baseball poll; NCBWA-National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll; U/E-USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll; Composite-Sum of rankings; Last rank-Last week's composite ranking

 

Why a composite poll? CBI felt that four national polls was enough. Plus, each week you find discrepancies that make it tough to gauge where a team really is. This week's example: Kentucky is No. 2 in one poll, No. 16 in another.