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April 26, 2010
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Texas takes over top spot in CBI Composite Poll
Arizona State falls to second, Virginia climbs to third,
Georgia Tech is fourth
 The
Texas Longhorns used a 4-0 week to extend their win streak to 16 and rose to No. 1 in the latest CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
Texas is first in the Collegiate
Baseball, NCBWA and USA Today/ESPN polls and second in the
Baseball America poll. The Longhorns beat UT Arlington on Tuesday before
sweeping a three-game Big 12 series from Oklahoma State.
Arizona State fell from first to second
after a 2-2 week. The Sun Devils are second in two polls and third in the
other two. ASU lost to Arizona before taking two of three from Pac-10 rival
Washington.
Virginia climbed one spot to No. 3. The
Cavaliers are first in the Baseball America poll and are second, third
and fifth in the other polls. UVa went 5-0 this past week, defeating Richmond
and George Mason at home before sweeping a three-game ACC set at Maryland.
Georgia Tech slid one spot to fourth.
The Yellow Jackets won twice against Georgia Southern before dropping two of
three at home to ACC-rival Virginia Tech.
Coastal Carolina elevated four places to
fifth. The Chanticleers won at UNC Wilmington before sweeping a three-game Big
South set at VMI.
LSU was swept at Ole Miss this past
weekend to fall eight places to No. 13.
Ole Miss, Connecticut and Stanford entered this week's poll,
while Kansas State, California and Vanderbilt dropped out.
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 (4/26/10) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
Texas (34-7) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
|
2 |
Arizona State (33-5) |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
1 |
|
3 |
Virginia (34-9) |
1 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
11 |
4 |
|
4 |
Georgia Tech (34-7) |
8 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
22 |
3 |
|
5 |
Coastal Carolina (36-5) |
10 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
26 |
9 |
|
6 |
UCLA (29-7) |
5 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
28 |
7 |
|
7 |
South Carolina (32-8) |
7 |
3 |
13 |
8 |
31 |
10 |
|
8 |
Arkansas (33-8) |
9 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
31 |
6 |
|
9 |
Florida State (31-10) |
4 |
10 |
8 |
10 |
32 |
8 |
|
10 |
Florida (28-11) |
6 |
7 |
10 |
12 |
35 |
11 |
|
11 |
TCU (30-8) |
11 |
15 |
5 |
11 |
42 |
12 |
|
12 |
Louisville (32-7) |
12 |
14 |
12 |
13 |
51 |
14 |
|
13 |
LSU (32-9) |
15 |
17 |
11 |
9 |
52 |
5 |
|
14 |
Miami (Fla.) (29-11) |
16 |
11 |
14 |
14 |
55 |
13 |
|
15 |
Cal State Fullerton (24-13) |
13 |
12 |
16 |
18 |
59 |
16 |
|
16 |
Mississippi (28-13) |
14 |
16 |
17 |
15 |
62 |
NR |
|
17 |
Oklahoma (29-11) |
22 |
19 |
15 |
16 |
72 |
19 |
|
18 |
Connecticut (33-7) |
20 |
13 |
20 |
21 |
74 |
NR |
|
19 |
Arizona (28-11) |
19 |
21 |
19 |
19 |
78 |
15 |
|
20 |
Stanford (21-13) |
21 |
18 |
22 |
23 |
84 |
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: TCU is No.
5 in one poll, No. 15 in another.
(photo courtesy of Texas Media Relations Office)
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