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May 18, 2009
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
UC Irvine remains on top in CBI Composite Poll
Top five spots unchanged: LSU second, ASU third, UNC fourth, CSF fifth
UC Irvine went 3-1 and clinched its first Big West title to
retain
the top spot in the latest CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Anteaters (40-12) swept a three-game
Big West series against UC Davis to stretch its conference win streak to 15. UCI is first in all four national
polls.
LSU (41-15) defeated Centenary before winning two of three at
Mississippi State to secure the top seed in the SEC Tournament. The Tigers are No. 2 in three of
the four national polls.
Arizona State (41-11) swept a three-game set from Oregon to claim
its third consecutive Pac-10 title. The Sun Devils are second in one
national poll and third in the other three.
North Carolina (41-14) won at Charlotte before taking two of
three at Boston College to remain in fourth.
Cal State Fullerton (38-14) won two of three in a non-conference
series with UCLA to stay at No. 5.
Oklahoma (40-16) swept a three-game Big 12 set from No. 16
Texas A&M to jump five spots to No. 9. East Carolina swept a three-game series
from Memphis to claim the regular-season title in Conference USA and the
tourney's top seed. The Pirates climbed seven places to No. 16.
Louisville (40-14) won the Big East regular-season crown and
enters the poll at No. 20. Coastal Carolina (42-13) returns at No. 21 and
South Carolina (37-19) checks in at 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 (5/18/09) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
UC Irvine (40-12) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
2 |
LSU (41-15) |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
2 |
|
3 |
Arizona State (41-11) |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
3 |
|
4 |
North Carolina (41-14) |
6 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
18 |
4 |
|
5 |
Cal State Fullerton (38-14) |
4 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
20 |
5 |
|
6 |
Texas (38-12-1) |
5 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
22 |
7 |
|
7 |
Mississippi (40-15) |
7 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
31 |
11 |
|
8 |
Florida State (40-14) |
12 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
33 |
9 |
|
9 |
Oklahoma (40-16) |
8 |
10 |
10 |
11 |
39 |
14 |
|
10 |
Florida (38-18) |
9 |
9 |
11 |
10 |
39 |
12 |
|
11 |
Rice (35-15) |
11 |
11 |
9 |
9 |
40 |
6 |
|
12 |
Georgia Tech (34-15-1) |
14 |
14 |
13 |
12 |
53 |
8 |
|
13 |
Clemson (39-17) |
13 |
13 |
15 |
13 |
54 |
15 |
|
14 |
TCU (35-14) |
10 |
19 |
12 |
14 |
55 |
18 |
|
15 |
Virginia (39-12-1) |
16 |
21 |
14 |
15 |
66 |
10 |
|
16 |
East Carolina (41-15) |
15 |
18 |
17 |
16 |
66 |
23 |
|
17 |
Alabama (37-17) |
18 |
12 |
21 |
18 |
69 |
13 |
|
18 |
Miami (Fla.) (35-18) |
23 |
16 |
16 |
17 |
72 |
22 |
|
19 |
Kansas State (39-15-1) |
17 |
22 |
28 |
20 |
87 |
17 |
|
20 |
Louisville (40-14) |
20 |
17 |
23 |
27 |
87 |
NR |
|
21 |
Coastal Carolina (42-13) |
26 |
26 |
18 |
19 |
89 |
NR |
|
22 |
Cal Poly (35-17) |
19 |
25 |
25 |
24 |
93 |
21 |
|
23 |
South Carolina (37-19) |
25 |
20 |
26 |
25 |
96 |
NR |
|
24 |
Texas A&M (34-21) |
26 |
31 |
19 |
22 |
98 |
16 |
|
25 |
Arkansas (32-20) |
26 |
31 |
20 |
23 |
100 |
20 |
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: TCU is No.
10 in one poll, No. 19 in another poll.
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