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April 27, 2009
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
UNC, UCI Tied for First in CBI Composite Poll
ASU sits in third, Rice rises to fourth, LSU climbs to fifth
In a season in which teams have had trouble staying at No. 1, that trend
continues as North Carolina and UC Irvine displace Arizona State for the top spot in the latest CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Tar Heels (35-11), Anteaters (30-11) and Sun Devils (31-9)
all tied with nine points, but in our tie-breaker, UNC and UCI share the top
spot for being first in two polls, third in one and fourth in one. ASU is second
in three polls and third in one.
UNC went 4-1 this past week, defeating UNC
Wilmington, losing at East Carolina and sweeping a three-game ACC series from
Maryland. UCI also went 4-1, taking two from Oregon and winning two of three at
Utah. ASU was 3-1, beating Hawaii and taking two of three Pac-10 contests at
California.
This is the 11th CBI Composite Poll for 2009 and only once has a
team stayed at No. 1 for two straight weeks (North Carolina on March 9 and 16).
Six different schools have been on top in the past seven weeks (North Carolina,
Georgia, Cal State Fullerton, Arizona State, LSU and UC Irvine).
Rice (28-10) won at Texas on Tuesday in its lone game of the week
to climb two spots to No. 4. The Owls did not play over the weekend due to final
exams.
LSU (33-11) enjoyed a 5-0 week, with wins over Southeastern
Louisiana and Louisiana-Lafayette before a three-game SEC sweep of Auburn to
rise three spots to fifth.
Texas (29-11-1) went 0-3-1 to drop seven places to No. 11. Baylor
(25-17) had an 0-5 week to fall 10 spots to No. 22.
Two teams climbed back into the poll: No. 21 Kansas State
(31-11-1) and No. 23 East Carolina (32-13).
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 (4/27/09) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
|
T1 |
North Carolina (35-11) |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
|
T1 |
UC Irvine (30-11) |
1 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
|
3 |
Arizona State (31-9) |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
1 |
|
4 |
Rice (28-10) |
2 |
8 |
3 |
4 |
17 |
6 |
|
5 |
LSU (33-11) |
5 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
19 |
8 |
|
6 |
Cal State Fullerton (29-11) |
6 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
24 |
9 |
|
7 |
Georgia (33-11) |
11 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
30 |
5 |
|
8 |
Arkansas (29-12) |
12 |
7 |
12 |
8 |
39 |
10 |
|
9 |
Mississippi (32-12) |
7 |
12 |
8 |
13 |
40 |
11 |
|
10 |
Texas (29-11-1) |
8 |
16 |
10 |
9 |
43 |
4 |
|
11 |
Georgia Tech (28-11-1) |
10 |
10 |
14 |
10 |
44 |
7 |
|
12 |
Oklahoma (33-11) |
9 |
14 |
11 |
11 |
45 |
13 |
|
13 |
Florida State (30-12) |
19 |
9 |
9 |
12 |
49 |
17 |
|
14 |
Virginia (34-9-1) |
14 |
11 |
15 |
15 |
55 |
14 |
|
15 |
Cal Poly (29-10) |
13 |
13 |
16 |
18 |
60 |
16 |
|
16 |
Miami (Fla.) (29-14) |
18 |
18 |
13 |
14 |
63 |
15 |
|
17 |
Texas A&M (28-15) |
20 |
15 |
17 |
16 |
68 |
18 |
|
18 |
TCU (27-12) |
15 |
20 |
18 |
20 |
73 |
19 |
|
19 |
Clemson (30-15) |
21 |
19 |
19 |
17 |
76 |
22 |
|
20 |
Florida (31-14) |
24 |
17 |
20 |
19 |
80 |
23 |
|
21 |
Kansas State (31-11-1) |
16 |
24 |
23 |
21 |
84 |
NR |
|
22 |
Baylor (25-17) |
17 |
31 |
24 |
24 |
96 |
12 |
|
23 |
East Carolina (32-13) |
25 |
30 |
21 |
22 |
98 |
NR |
|
24 |
Oregon State (24-11) |
26 |
22 |
29 |
23 |
100 |
20 |
|
25 |
Alabama (29-15) |
22 |
23 |
27 |
29 |
101 |
25 |
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.
9 in two polls, No. 19 in another poll.
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