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May 11, 2009
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
UC Irvine retains top spot in CBI Composite Poll
LSU is second, ASU climbs to third, UNC falls to fourth, CSF
sits in fifth
After putting together a 3-0 week and
stretching its win streak to seven, UC Irvine
held onto the top spot in the latest CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Anteaters (37-11) swept a three-game
Big West series at Pacific for their 12th straight conference win, raising their
Big West mark to 17-1. UCI is first in all four national
polls.
LSU (38-14) took two of three in a SEC series
with No. 11 Florida to rise one spot to second. The Tigers are No. 2 in three of
the four national polls.
Arizona State (38-11) beat San Diego twice and swept a three-game
set from Winthrop to climb two places to No. 3. The Sun Devils are second in one
national poll and third in the other three.
North Carolina (38-13) defeated Elon and Longwood before dropping
two of three at NC State to fall two spots to fourth.
Cal State Fullerton (36-13) beat Arizona twice before taking two
of three at No. 17 Cal Poly to bump up one spot to No. 5.
Alabama (35-15) swept a three-game SEC series from No. 12
Arkansas to jump 10 places to No. 13. The Razorbacks dropped eight to No. 20.
Clemson took two of three from UNC Wilmington to rise six spots to No. 15.
Minnesota (33-14) enters the poll at No. 24 and Elon (36-14)
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 (5/11/09) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
UC Irvine (37-11) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
2 |
LSU (38-14) |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
|
3 |
Arizona State (38-11) |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
5 |
|
4 |
North Carolina (38-13) |
8 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
21 |
2 |
|
5 |
Cal State Fullerton (36-13) |
5 |
5 |
4 |
7 |
21 |
6 |
|
6 |
Rice (33-13) |
4 |
9 |
6 |
5 |
24 |
4 |
|
7 |
Texas (36-12-1) |
6 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
25 |
7 |
|
8 |
Georgia Tech (33-12-1) |
7 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
31 |
9 |
|
9 |
Florida State (36-14) |
17 |
7 |
9 |
9 |
42 |
10 |
|
10 |
Virginia (37-10-1) |
10 |
12 |
10 |
10 |
42 |
13 |
|
11 |
Mississippi (37-15) |
9 |
13 |
11 |
11 |
44 |
8 |
|
12 |
Florida (35-17) |
13 |
11 |
12 |
12 |
48 |
11 |
|
13 |
Alabama (35-15) |
12 |
10 |
19 |
19 |
60 |
23 |
|
14 |
Oklahoma (37-16) |
15 |
20 |
13 |
13 |
61 |
19 |
|
15 |
Clemson (34-17) |
19 |
17 |
16 |
14 |
66 |
21 |
|
16 |
Texas A&M (33-18) |
16 |
19 |
15 |
16 |
66 |
14 |
|
17 |
Kansas State (38-13-1) |
11 |
18 |
23 |
18 |
70 |
16 |
|
18 |
TCU (31-14) |
14 |
23 |
14 |
20 |
71 |
20 |
|
19 |
Georgia (34-17) |
26 |
15 |
18 |
15 |
74 |
15 |
|
20 |
Arkansas (31-17) |
26 |
16 |
17 |
17 |
76 |
12 |
|
21 |
Cal Poly (33-15) |
18 |
22 |
24 |
24 |
88 |
17 |
|
22 |
Miami (Fla.) (32-18) |
24 |
21 |
21 |
22 |
88 |
18 |
|
23 |
East Carolina (37-15) |
20 |
30 |
20 |
21 |
91 |
24 |
|
24 |
Minnesota (33-14) |
21 |
24 |
31 |
27 |
103 |
NR |
|
25 |
Elon (36-14) |
22 |
31 |
25 |
26 |
104 |
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.
7 in one poll, No. 17 in another poll.
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