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April 8, 2008
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Miami is new No. 1 in CBI Composite Poll
Florida State rises to No. 2; Arizona State drops to No. 3;
UNC stays at No. 4
By sitting on top of three of the four national
polls, Miami (Fla.) had risen to No. 1
in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Hurricanes went 5-0 this
past week to raise their record to 26-2. Miami defeated Florida Atlantic and
Florida International before sweeping a three-game ACC series from Clemson.
Florida State (28-3) beat Florida and
Jacksonville before taking three ACC contests from Virginia to climb one spot
to No. 2. Arizona State (28-3) took two from Wofford before dropping two of
three Pac-10 games at Stanford to fall to No. 3. North Carolina (25-6)
defeated UNC Greensboro and Appalachian State before winning two of three ACC
contests against Georgia Tech to hold at No. 4. Wichita State (24-4) won at
Kansas and beat Oral Roberts before taking two of three Missouri Valley
Conference games from Missouri State to climb four places to No. 5.
Nebraska (24-2-1) enjoyed a 3-0 week to
rise five spots to No. 7. Rice (23-10) went 4-1 and elevated seven places to
No. 9.
Stanford (15-9), Cal State Fullerton
(18-10), Georgia (20-10) and San Diego (22-11) climb back into the poll.
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.
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CBI Composite Poll (4/8/08) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
Miami (Fla.) (26-2) |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
|
2 |
Florida State (28-3) |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
3 |
|
3 |
Arizona State (28-3) |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
1 |
|
4 |
North Carolina (25-6) |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
16 |
4 |
|
5 |
Wichita State (24-4) |
9 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
24 |
9 |
|
6 |
UC Irvine (20-5) |
7 |
8 |
6 |
7 |
28 |
5 |
|
7 |
Nebraska (24-4-1) |
6 |
6 |
14 |
6 |
32 |
12 |
|
8 |
California (21-7-1) |
5 |
7 |
17 |
8 |
37 |
11 |
|
9 |
Rice (23-10) |
11 |
13 |
7 |
9 |
40 |
16 |
|
10 |
Texas (21-10) |
12 |
14 |
11 |
10 |
47 |
14 |
|
11 |
Missouri (22-8) |
8 |
16 |
12 |
12 |
48 |
7 |
|
12 |
Kentucky (25-5) |
17 |
9 |
9 |
13 |
48 |
15 |
|
13 |
South Carolina (20-10) |
15 |
15 |
10 |
14 |
54 |
6 |
|
14 |
Texas A&M (26-6) |
26 |
12 |
8 |
11 |
57 |
19 |
|
15 |
Stanford (15-9) |
10 |
17 |
26 |
15 |
68 |
NR |
|
16 |
Cal State Fullerton (18-10) |
16 |
18 |
15 |
20 |
69 |
NR |
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17 |
Georgia (20-10) |
14 |
11 |
24 |
23 |
72 |
NR |
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18 |
Vanderbilt (19-10) |
19 |
23 |
13 |
17 |
72 |
8 |
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19 |
Long Beach State (18-11) |
20 |
21 |
16 |
16 |
73 |
10 |
|
20 |
San Diego (22-11) |
13 |
20 |
18 |
27 |
78 |
NR |
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: Texas A&M is No.
8 in one poll, unranked in another.
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