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March 7, 2011
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Florida remains unanimous No. 1 in CBI Composite Poll
Oklahoma and Vanderbilt tied for second, South Carolina
stays
fourth
 By
winning three of four games against in-state competition, Florida remains the unanimous No. 1 team in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Gators fell to No. 5 Florida State on Tuesday in Tampa
before sweeping a three-game home series from Miami (Fla.) over the weekend. Florida was
first in all four national polls.
Oklahoma and Vanderbilt are tied for second. Both are second in
two polls and third in two polls. The Sooners went 5-0 away from home this
past week to stretch their record to 14-0, the best start in school history.
OU defeated UT Arlington, San Diego, Cal and San Diego State twice. The
Commodores had a 4-0 week at home, with a victory over Western Kentucky and a
three-game sweep of Brown.
Defending national champion South Carolina went 2-1 to stay No.
4, defeating Furman at home before splitting a pair with No. 6 Clemson. The
Gamecocks are fourth in three polls and sixth in the other.
Florida State rose one spot to fifth. After the win over
Florida, the Seminoles took two of three at Georgia.
Virginia climbed five places to No. 7. The Cavaliers went 6-0
at home, with two wins over both Cornell and Rider and single victories over
William and Mary and Niagara.
Arizona enters the poll at No. 15. The Wildcats were 4-1 this
past week to improve to 9-2.
There are five teams from the SEC, including three of the top
four. There are four teams from both the ACC and Pac-10. There are three Big 12 teams, two from the Big
West and single entries
from Conference USA and the Mountain West.
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 (3/7/11) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
|
1 |
Florida (10-1) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
t2 |
Oklahoma (14-0) |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
3 |
|
t2 |
Vanderbilt (11-1) |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
2 |
|
4 |
South Carolina (8-1) |
4 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
18 |
4 |
|
5 |
Florida State (10-1) |
8 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
23 |
6 |
|
6 |
Clemson (7-2) |
10 |
4 |
8 |
7 |
29 |
7 |
|
7 |
Virginia (12-1) |
11 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
33 |
12 |
|
8 |
TCU (7-4) |
7 |
9 |
9 |
11 |
36 |
8 |
|
9 |
Arizona State (9-2) |
9 |
13 |
7 |
9 |
38 |
9 |
|
10 |
Cal State Fullerton (8-3) |
6 |
8 |
13 |
12 |
39 |
13 |
|
11 |
Texas (7-4) |
5 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
41 |
10 |
|
12 |
LSU (11-1) |
16 |
7 |
10 |
8 |
41 |
11 |
|
13 |
UCLA (7-4) |
13 |
12 |
11 |
10 |
46 |
5 |
|
14 |
North Carolina (11-1) |
15 |
16 |
14 |
16 |
61 |
17 |
|
15 |
Arizona (9-2) |
14 |
15 |
18 |
17 |
64 |
NR |
|
16 |
Stanford (6-5) |
12 |
17 |
17 |
19 |
65 |
14 |
|
17 |
Texas A&M (9-3) |
22 |
14 |
16 |
15 |
67 |
15 |
|
18 |
Arkansas (10-1) |
26 |
18 |
15 |
14 |
73 |
18 |
|
19 |
Rice (8-5) |
18 |
23 |
19 |
20 |
80 |
19 |
|
20 |
UC Irvine (8-1) |
26 |
21 |
21 |
18 |
86 |
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: LSU is No.
7 in one poll, No. 16 in another.
Feb. 28: 1. Florida, 2. Vanderbilt,
3. Oklahoma, 4. South Carolina, 5. UCLA
Feb. 21: 1. Florida, 2. UCLA, 3. Vanderbilt, 4. TCU, 5. Oklahoma
Preseason Poll: 1. TCU, 2. UCLA, 3. Florida, 4. Vanderbilt, 5. Oklahoma
(photo courtesy of Florida Media Relations Office)
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