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April 6, 2009
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Arizona State climbs to No. 1 in CBI Composite
Poll
UNC rises to second, LSU remains in third, Georgia drops to
fourth
After going 4-1 in the past week, Arizona State has climbed into the No. 1 spot in the latest CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Sun Devils (23-5) are first in three of the national polls (Baseball America, NCBWA and USA Today/ESPN
Coaches polls) and second in the Collegiate Baseball poll.
ASU split a mid-week pair with then-No. 1
Cal State Fullerton and swept a three-game Pac-10 series with Washington in
Seattle.
North Carolina (24-7) defeated Davidson and Old Dominion at home
before taking two of three at then-No. 5 Georgia Tech to rise from second to
sixth.
LSU (23-8) lost at Tulane prior to winning two of three at
then-No. 2 Georgia to maintain third place. The Bulldogs (25-5) defeated Clemson
twice before its series loss to LSU to fall to fourth. Rice (21-7) beat Dallas
Baptist before sweeping a three-game Conference USA series with Tulane to climb
two spots to fifth.
After its two-game split with Arizona State, Cal State
Fullerton (20-7) lost two of three to UC Irvine to fall from first to sixth.
With a 3-1 week, the Anteaters (19-8) rose from No. 11 to No. 8.
Coastal Carolina (24-7) enjoyed a 5-0 week with two wins over
UNC Wilmington and a three-game Big South sweep of Gardner-Webb to jump five
spots to No. 19.
Four teams climb back into the poll: No. 20 Oregon State
(18-6), No. 22 TCU (19-9), No. 23 San Diego (22-11) and No. 24 San Diego State
(22-11).
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 (4/6/09) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
Arizona State (23-5) |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
|
2 |
North Carolina (24-7) |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
6 |
|
3 |
LSU (23-8) |
2 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
3 |
|
4 |
Georgia (25-5) |
8 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
20 |
2 |
|
5 |
Rice (21-7) |
3 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
23 |
7 |
|
6 |
Cal State Fullerton (20-7) |
6 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
26 |
1 |
|
7 |
Miami (Fla.) (23-8) |
10 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
30 |
8 |
|
8 |
UC Irvine (19-8) |
5 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
32 |
11 |
|
9 |
Arkansas (22-6) |
12 |
1 |
12 |
9 |
34 |
9 |
|
10 |
Georgia Tech (19-6) |
13 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
38 |
5 |
|
11 |
Texas (20-8) |
9 |
14 |
9 |
12 |
44 |
13 |
|
12 |
Oklahoma (25-7) |
11 |
12 |
11 |
11 |
45 |
12 |
|
13 |
Baylor (20-8) |
7 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
46 |
10 |
|
14 |
Mississippi (22-8) |
14 |
15 |
15 |
17 |
61 |
16 |
|
15 |
Virginia (26-5) |
22 |
11 |
18 |
14 |
65 |
17 |
|
16 |
East Carolina (25-5) |
15 |
24 |
14 |
16 |
69 |
18 |
|
17 |
Texas A&M (20-11) |
17 |
21 |
16 |
15 |
69 |
14 |
|
18 |
Oklahoma State (21-10) |
20 |
20 |
17 |
18 |
75 |
15 |
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19 |
Coastal Carolina (24-7) |
24 |
19 |
19 |
19 |
81 |
24 |
|
20 |
Oregon State (18-6) |
16 |
17 |
27 |
22 |
82 |
NR |
|
21 |
Cal Poly (21-7) |
21 |
16 |
23 |
24 |
84 |
23 |
|
22 |
TCU (19-9) |
19 |
18 |
24 |
23 |
84 |
NR |
|
23 |
San Diego (22-11) |
25 |
29 |
21 |
21 |
96 |
NR |
|
24 |
San Diego State (22-11) |
18 |
28 |
26 |
26 |
98 |
NR |
|
25 |
Florida (19-11) |
26 |
22 |
25 |
27 |
100 |
19 |
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: Arkansas is No.
1 in one poll, No. 12 in two other polls.
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