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April 11, 2011
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Vanderbilt maintains top spot in CBI
Composite Poll
Virginia stays second, South Carolina sits third, Florida
remains fourth
 After
its SEC sweep of West-leading Alabama, Vanderbilt remains in first place in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Commodores went 4-0 for the second straight week, beating
Middle Tennessee on
Tuesday taking three from the Crimson Tide. As it was a week ago, Vanderbilt is first in
three of the national polls and second in the other.
Virginia went 3-1 to keep its hold on second. The Cavaliers
blanked Radford on Tuesday before taking two of three at then-No. 12 Georgia
Tech. Virginia is first in the
Collegiate Baseball poll and second in the
other three.
South Carolina stays at No. 3 after its second consecutive 4-0 week. The
Gamecocks defeated USC Upstate on Tuesday before a three-game SEC sweep at
Tennessee. South Carolina is third in all four polls.
Florida experienced a rare 2-2 week, but was able to stay in
fourth. The Gators lost to UCF on Tuesday and dropped the SEC series opener at
Mississippi State on Friday before rebounding to take the final two against
the Bulldogs. Florida is
fourth in three polls and fifth in the other.
Texas moves up two spots to No. 5. The Longhorns won at Texas
A&M-Corpus Christi on Tuesday before taking two of three from Baylor.
Two teams return to the poll this week. Arkansas checks in at
No. 17, while Arizona sits at No. 19.
There are six teams from the Pac-10 and four from both the ACC
and SEC. There are three Big 12 squads and single entries
from the Big West, Mountain West and WAC.
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 (4/11/11) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
|
1 |
Vanderbilt (30-3) |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
|
2 |
Virginia (31-3) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
|
3 |
South Carolina (26-5) |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
3 |
|
4 |
Florida (26-7) |
4 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
17 |
4 |
|
5 |
Texas (24-8) |
6 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
22 |
7 |
|
6 |
North Carolina (29-5) |
7 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
24 |
10 |
|
7 |
Texas A&M (24-8) |
5 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
26 |
6 |
|
8 |
Cal State Fullerton (23-9) |
8 |
7 |
11 |
9 |
35 |
13 |
|
9 |
Arizona State (22-9) |
10 |
13 |
10 |
10 |
43 |
5 |
|
10 |
Florida State (23-9) |
11 |
15 |
12 |
8 |
46 |
8 |
|
11 |
TCU (22-10) |
12 |
11 |
9 |
14 |
46 |
14 |
|
12 |
Oklahoma (24-8) |
14 |
16 |
8 |
10 |
48 |
9 |
|
13 |
Oregon State (24-7) |
9 |
10 |
17 |
15 |
51 |
20 |
|
14 |
Georgia Tech (24-9) |
15 |
9 |
15 |
12 |
51 |
12 |
|
15 |
Fresno State (22-5) |
13 |
14 |
14 |
13 |
54 |
11 |
|
16 |
UCLA (16-11) |
23 |
12 |
18 |
18 |
71 |
19 |
|
17 |
Arkansas (23-8) |
25 |
17 |
13 |
16 |
71 |
NR |
|
18 |
Stanford (15-9) |
17 |
21 |
16 |
23 |
77 |
15 |
|
19 |
Arizona (21-11) |
20 |
22 |
20 |
19 |
81 |
NR |
|
20 |
California (20-9) |
16 |
20 |
24 |
22 |
82 |
16 |
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: Arkansas is No.
13 in one poll, No. 25 in another.
Past Polls
April 4: 1. Vanderbilt 2. Virginia 3. South Carolina 4. Florida 5.
Arizona State
March
28: t1. Vanderbilt t1. Virginia 3. S. Carolina 4. Florida 5. Texas A&M
March
21: 1. Florida, 2. Vanderbilt 3. Virginia 4. Texas 5. South Carolina
March
14: 1. Florida, 2. Vanderbilt 3. Oklahoma 4. Florida St. 5. S. Carolina
March 7: 1. Florida, t2. Oklahoma, t2. Vanderbilt 4. S. Carolina, 5. Florida
St.
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 by Jimmy Jones)
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