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May 30, 2011
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Virginia returns to No. 1 in CBI Composite Poll
Florida climbs to second, Vanderbilt drops to third, South
Carolina is fourth
 After
a one-week absence, Virginia has returned to the top spot in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Cavaliers went 3-0 in round-robin pod play before defeating
Florida State 7-2 in the title game of the ACC tournament. Virginia is first
in two polls and second in the other two.
Florida won the SEC championship to rise two spots to No. 2.
The Gators went 3-1 in its bracket before blanking Vanderbilt 5-0 in the title
contest. Florida is first in two polls and third in the other two.
Vanderbilt went 3-1 in the SEC tournament and fell one spot to
third. The Commodores went 3-0 in bracket play before falling to Florida in
the championship game. Vanderbilt is second in two polls and third in the
other two polls
South Carolina fell out of the top spot into fourth place. The
Gamecocks went 1-2 in bracket play in the SEC tourney. South Carolina is
fourth in all four polls.
Texas slid two places to fifth. The Longhorns went 3-2 in their
bracket in the Big 12 tournament. Texas is fifth in all four polls.
By winning the Big 12 championship, Texas A&M jumped seven
spots to No. 6.
Arkansas returned to the poll at No. 20.
There are six ACC teams in this week's poll. The SEC has
four ranked teams, with three from the Big 12 and
Pac-10. There are two teams 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 (5/30/11) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
|
1 |
Virginia (49-9) |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
|
2 |
Florida (45-16) |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
4 |
|
3 |
Vanderbilt (47-10) |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
|
4 |
South Carolina (45-14) |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
16 |
1 |
|
5 |
Texas (43-15) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
20 |
3 |
|
6 |
Texas A&M (42-18) |
7 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
29 |
13 |
|
7 |
Florida State (42-17) |
6 |
11 |
7 |
6 |
30 |
10 |
|
8 |
TCU (42-17) |
11 |
7 |
6 |
10 |
34 |
6 |
|
9 |
Cal State Fullerton (40-15) |
8 |
8 |
11 |
9 |
36 |
11 |
|
10 |
North Carolina (45-14) |
13 |
10 |
10 |
7 |
40 |
9 |
|
11 |
Arizona State (39-16) |
10 |
14 |
12 |
11 |
47 |
7 |
|
12 |
Rice (41-19) |
9 |
17 |
13 |
13 |
52 |
16 |
|
t13 |
Clemson (41-18) |
14 |
19 |
9 |
12 |
54 |
14 |
|
t13 |
Georgia Tech (40-19) |
12 |
9 |
19 |
14 |
54 |
12 |
|
15 |
Oregon State (38-17) |
15 |
13 |
18 |
16 |
62 |
8 |
|
16 |
UCLA (33-22) |
17 |
12 |
17 |
18 |
64 |
20 |
|
17 |
Oklahoma (41-17) |
22 |
15 |
14 |
15 |
66 |
15 |
|
18 |
UC Irvine (39-16) |
26 |
20 |
15 |
17 |
78 |
18 |
|
19 |
Miami (Fla.) (36-21) |
16 |
18 |
22 |
23 |
79 |
19 |
|
20 |
Arkansas (38-20) |
19 |
26 |
16 |
19 |
80 |
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: UC Irvine
is No.
15 in one poll, unranked in another.
Past Polls
May
23: 1. South Carolina 2. Vanderbilt 3. Texas 4. Florida 5. Virginia
May
16: 1. Virginia 2. South Carolina 3. Vanderbilt 4. Florida 5. Texas
May
9: 1. Virginia 2. Vanderbilt 3. South Carolina 4. Texas 5.
Oregon State
May 2: 1. Virginia 2. South Carolina 3. Vanderbilt 4. Florida 5.
Oregon State
April
25: 1. Virginia 2. South Carolina 3. Vanderbilt 4. Florida 5. Texas
April
18: 1. Virginia 2. South Carolina 3. Vanderbilt 4. Texas 5. Florida
April
11: 1. Vanderbilt 2. Virginia 3. South Carolina 4. Florida 5.
Texas
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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