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March 2, 2009
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
LSU returns to top spot in CBI Composite Poll
UNC sits in second,
Texas is third, Georgia comes in
fourth
By sitting on top of all four national polls, LSU is a unanimous No. 1
in the latest CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Tigers won all four games this past week to improve to 7-0.
LSU defeated Southern on Wednesday and swept a three-game series from UCF over
the weekend.
The Tar Heels (7-1) rebounded from a loss to Coastal Carolina to beat Liberty
and sweep a three-game set with Seton Hall.
Texas (9-0) climbed to No. 3 with a win
over Texas-Arlington and a four-game sweep of Penn State. Georgia (8-0) took
two from Presbyterian and won three at Arizona to rise to No. 4. Arizona State
(8-1) went 4-1 to rise to No. 5.
Miami (Fla.) won three at
nationally-ranked Florida to climb eight spots to No. 9. TCU (5-1) defeated
Dallas Baptist and Texas State before winning at nationally-ranked Ole Miss to
jump 10 places to No. 15.
East Carolina (5-1) enters the poll at
No.23 and Cal Poly (6-1) checks in at No. 25.
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 (3/2/09) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
LSU (7-0) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
|
2 |
North Carolina (7-1) |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
1 |
|
3 |
Texas (9-0) |
2 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
14 |
4 |
|
4 |
Georgia (8-0) |
10 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
17 |
5 |
|
5 |
Arizona State (8-1) |
8 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
23 |
6 |
|
6 |
Texas A&M (7-2) |
4 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
25 |
3 |
|
7 |
Rice (5-2) |
9 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
31 |
7 |
|
8 |
Cal State Fullerton (5-2) |
7 |
12 |
12 |
10 |
41 |
10 |
|
9 |
Miami (Fla.) (6-1) |
15 |
10 |
9 |
8 |
42 |
17 |
|
10 |
Florida State (6-1) |
22 |
6 |
6 |
9 |
43 |
9 |
|
11 |
UC Irvine (5-2) |
5 |
15 |
13 |
12 |
45 |
8 |
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12 |
Georgia Tech (6-1) |
18 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
48 |
11 |
|
13 |
Baylor (6-2) |
6 |
14 |
15 |
14 |
49 |
12 |
|
14 |
Oklahoma State (6-1) |
23 |
13 |
11 |
13 |
60 |
15 |
|
15 |
TCU (5-1) |
13 |
11 |
21 |
18 |
63 |
25 |
|
16 |
Coastal Carolina (6-1) |
20 |
16 |
14 |
15 |
65 |
24 |
|
17 |
Pepperdine (5-2) |
12 |
22 |
19 |
19 |
72 |
18 |
|
18 |
San Diego (6-3) |
11 |
30 |
16 |
16 |
73 |
16 |
|
19 |
Clemson (4-1) |
19 |
19 |
18 |
21 |
77 |
21 |
|
20 |
Mississippi (3-3) |
14 |
21 |
25 |
22 |
82 |
20 |
|
21 |
Florida (5-3) |
26 |
20 |
17 |
20 |
83 |
14 |
|
22 |
Oklahoma (7-3) |
16 |
27 |
22 |
22 |
87 |
22 |
|
23 |
East Carolina (5-1) |
26 |
24 |
20 |
24 |
94 |
NR |
|
24 |
Stanford (2-5) |
26 |
31 |
23 |
17 |
97 |
13 |
|
25 |
Cal Poly (6-1) |
25 |
17 |
30 |
25 |
97 |
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: Florida
State is No.
6 in two polls, No. 22 in another.
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