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April 29, 2008
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Miami remains unanimous No. 1 in CBI Composite Poll
North Carolina climbs to No. 2; Florida State drops 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 fourth consecutive week.
The Hurricanes went 3-1 this
past week to raise their record to 36-5. Miami lost at home to Florida
International 6-3 before sweeping a three-game home ACC series with No. 20
Virginia. The Hurricanes won 1-0 on Friday and 4-3 in 10 innings on Saturday
before a 10-0 blowout on Sunday.
North Carolina (38-8) is the consensus
No. 2 after it posted a 4-1 week, including taking two of three ACC contests
from No. 3 Florida State (35-7). Arizona State (35-7) also went 4-1 to stay at
No. 4. The Sun Devils split two games with No. 18 Cal State Fullerton before
sweeping a three-game Pac-10 series from No. 13 California. Rice (34-11)
defeated Sam Houston State and won two of three Conference USA contests at UCF
to remain at No. 5.
San Diego (35-11) extended its win
streak to 16 and rose four places to No. 8. Oklahoma State (32-11) enjoyed a
5-0 week and rose seven spots to No. 9.
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 (4/29/08) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
Miami (Fla.) (36-5) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
2 |
North Carolina (38-8) |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
3 |
|
3 |
Florida State (35-7) |
5 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
15 |
2 |
|
4 |
Arizona State (35-7) |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
15 |
4 |
|
5 |
Rice (34-11) |
7 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
23 |
5 |
|
6 |
Texas A&M (37-7) |
10 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
27 |
8 |
|
7 |
Nebraska (32-8-1) |
6 |
10 |
9 |
7 |
32 |
9 |
|
8 |
San Diego (35-11) |
8 |
7 |
8 |
11 |
34 |
12 |
|
9 |
Oklahoma State (32-11) |
9 |
12 |
10 |
9 |
40 |
16 |
|
10 |
Wichita State (33-9) |
14 |
9 |
11 |
8 |
42 |
7 |
|
11 |
Stanford (25-13-2) |
3 |
11 |
18 |
12 |
44 |
15 |
|
12 |
UC Irvine (28-10) |
13 |
17 |
7 |
10 |
47 |
14 |
|
13 |
Georgia (29-14) |
11 |
8 |
17 |
13 |
49 |
11 |
|
14 |
South Carolina (31-14) |
17 |
15 |
12 |
14 |
58 |
10 |
|
15 |
Missouri (29-14) |
15 |
14 |
14 |
16 |
59 |
6 |
|
16 |
Cal State Fullerton (26-15) |
12 |
13 |
19 |
18 |
62 |
18 |
|
17 |
Vanderbilt (31-13) |
22 |
20 |
13 |
17 |
72 |
17 |
|
18 |
Kentucky (33-11) |
18 |
19 |
16 |
19 |
72 |
21 |
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19 |
Coastal Carolina (36-9) |
20 |
24 |
15 |
15 |
74 |
19 |
|
20 |
California (27-13-2) |
16 |
16 |
22 |
21 |
75 |
13 |
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.
3 in one poll, No. 18 in another.
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