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March 9, 2009
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
UNC Back at No. 1 in CBI Composite Poll
Texas moves to second, Georgia up to No. 3, LSU falls to
fourth
By sitting on top of one national poll and second in the other three, North
Carolina is No. 1
in the latest CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Tar Heels (10-2) are first in the USA Today/ESPN
Coaches poll and second in the other three. UNC won four of its five home games
this past week. The Heels posted non-conference victories over Longwood and
Gardner-Webb before taking two of three from nationally-ranked Clemson in its
opening ACC series.
Texas (12-1) rose to No. 2 after a
victory at Texas State and winning two of three at nationally-ranked Stanford.
The Longhorns are first in the Baseball America poll.
Georgia (12-0) enjoyed a 4-0 week at
home and climbed to No. 3. The Bulldogs beat Wofford and swept a three-game
set from Quinnipiac. Georgia is No. 1 in the Collegiate Baseball poll
and the NCBWA poll.
LSU (10-2) went 3-2 and fell to No. 4
after dropping two of three at home to Illinois. Arizona State (11-1) took
three at home from Holy Cross and held at No. 5.
Three teams climbed back into the poll.
Arkansas (9-2) is No. 21, Virginia (12-0) is No. 22 and South Carolina (8-1)
is No. 23.
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 (3/9/09) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
North Carolina (10-2) |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
|
2 |
Texas (12-1) |
1 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
3 |
|
3 |
Georgia (12-0) |
8 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
4 |
|
4 |
LSU (10-2) |
4 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
16 |
1 |
|
5 |
Arizona State (11-1) |
7 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
21 |
5 |
|
6 |
Texas A&M (11-3) |
3 |
9 |
6 |
8 |
26 |
6 |
|
7 |
Cal State Fullerton (9-2) |
6 |
7 |
9 |
7 |
29 |
8 |
|
8 |
Miami (Fla.) (10-2) |
13 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
34 |
9 |
|
9 |
Georgia Tech (9-1) |
16 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
39 |
12 |
|
10 |
Rice (8-4) |
9 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
39 |
7 |
|
11 |
Baylor (10-2) |
5 |
13 |
13 |
11 |
42 |
13 |
|
12 |
Oklahoma State (9-2) |
19 |
12 |
11 |
12 |
54 |
14 |
|
13 |
UC Irvine (7-4) |
10 |
16 |
15 |
14 |
55 |
11 |
|
14 |
TCU (9-2) |
12 |
11 |
17 |
15 |
55 |
15 |
|
15 |
Coastal Carolina (12-1) |
17 |
14 |
12 |
13 |
56 |
16 |
|
16 |
Pepperdine (9-3) |
11 |
22 |
16 |
17 |
66 |
17 |
|
17 |
Mississippi (7-3) |
14 |
20 |
22 |
21 |
77 |
20 |
|
18 |
Oklahoma (12-3) |
15 |
27 |
19 |
16 |
77 |
22 |
|
19 |
Florida (9-4) |
26 |
19 |
18 |
19 |
82 |
21 |
|
20 |
Cal Poly (8-2) |
24 |
15 |
29 |
22 |
90 |
25 |
|
21 |
Arkansas (9-2) |
18 |
31 |
24 |
20 |
93 |
NR |
|
22 |
Virginia (12-0) |
26 |
18 |
26 |
23 |
93 |
NR |
|
23 |
South Carolina (8-1) |
26 |
17 |
28 |
25 |
96 |
NR |
|
24 |
Clemson (6-4) |
22 |
31 |
21 |
24 |
98 |
19 |
|
25 |
East Carolina (8-2) |
26 |
26 |
20 |
27 |
99 |
23 |
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: Georgia Tech is No.
6 in one poll, No. 16 in another.
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