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April 22, 2008
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Miami unanimous No. 1 in CBI Composite Poll
Florida State stays at No. 2; North Carolina climbs one spot
to No. 3
By sitting on top of all four national
polls, Miami
(Fla.) remains No. 1
in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll for the third consecutive week.
The Hurricanes went 3-1 this
past week to raise their record to 33-4. Miami rallied from a 10-3 deficit
and scored three in the ninth for a non-conference win at Florida Atlantic. The Hurricanes
then took two of three ACC contests at second-ranked Florida State.
The ACC holds the top three spots in all
four national polls, as well as the top three places in the CBI Poll. Florida State (34-5)
defeated Florida and North Florida before dropping two of three to Miami and
retains the second spot. North Carolina (34-7) enjoyed a 5-0 week with wins
over UNC Greensboro and Charlotte and a three-game ACC sweep of Boston College
to rise one spot to No. 3. The Tar Heels host the Seminoles this weekend in a
three-game set at Cary, N.C.
Arizona State (31-6) lost two of three
Pac-10 contests to defending national champion Oregon State and fell to No. 4.
Rice (31-10) won at Texas A&M and swept a three-game Conference USA series
from East Carolina to climb two spots to No. 5.
Oklahoma State (27-11) rebounded from a
loss to Texas-Arlington to defeat Mid-America Christian and sweep a three-game
Big 12 series at Texas. The Cowboys climbed three places to No. 16.
Coastal Carolina (33-7), Virginia
(31-11) and Kentucky (30-9) reappear in this week's 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 (4/22/08) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
Miami (Fla.) (33-4) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
2 |
Florida State (34-5) |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
2 |
|
3 |
North Carolina (34-7) |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
4 |
|
4 |
Arizona State (31-6) |
6 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
19 |
3 |
|
5 |
Rice (31-10) |
9 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
24 |
7 |
|
6 |
Missouri (28-10) |
4 |
11 |
9 |
10 |
34 |
8 |
|
7 |
Wichita State (30-7) |
14 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
36 |
6 |
|
8 |
Texas A&M (33-7) |
18 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
38 |
10 |
|
9 |
Nebraska (28-7-1) |
8 |
10 |
13 |
8 |
39 |
9 |
|
10 |
South Carolina (29-11) |
12 |
12 |
7 |
9 |
40 |
11 |
|
11 |
Georgia (27-12) |
10 |
5 |
16 |
12 |
43 |
12 |
|
12 |
San Diego (31-11) |
11 |
9 |
12 |
17 |
49 |
14 |
|
13 |
California (26-10-2) |
7 |
14 |
19 |
15 |
55 |
13 |
|
14 |
UC Irvine (24-9) |
16 |
17 |
11 |
11 |
55 |
5 |
|
15 |
Stanford (21-12-2) |
5 |
13 |
22 |
16 |
56 |
16 |
|
16 |
Oklahoma State (27-11) |
13 |
18 |
14 |
14 |
59 |
19 |
|
17 |
Vanderbilt (28-11) |
17 |
20 |
10 |
13 |
60 |
15 |
|
18 |
Cal State Fullerton (23-13) |
15 |
15 |
18 |
19 |
67 |
18 |
|
19 |
Coastal Carolina (33-7) |
20 |
21 |
15 |
18 |
74 |
NR |
|
20 |
Virginia (31-11) |
26 |
16 |
21 |
20 |
83 |
NR |
|
21 |
Kentucky (30-9) |
22 |
23 |
17 |
21 |
83 |
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: Stanford is No.
5 in one poll, No. 22 in another.
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