June 30, 2011
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
South Carolina finishes No. 1 in CBI Composite
Poll
Florida stays second, Virginia, Vanderbilt, UNC round out Top
5
After
winning its second consecutive national championship, South Carolina claimed the top spot in the
final CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Gamecocks were a perfect 10-0 in the NCAA Tournament, going
3-0 in the Columbia Regional, 2-0 in the Columbia Super Regional and 5-0 in
the College World Series. South Carolina is No. 1 in all four national polls.
Florida finished second to South Carolina in Omaha and finished No. 2.
The Gators were second in all four polls.
Virginia reached the CWS for the second time in the past three
seasons and placed third. The Cavaliers went 2-2 in Omaha, with both losses
coming to the Gamecocks. Virginia was third in three polls and fourth in the
other.
Vanderbilt made its first appearance in Omaha and finished No.
4 in the CBI Composite Poll. The Commodores posted a 2-2 CWS mark, with both
defeats at the hands of Florida. Vanderbilt was third in one poll and fourth
in the other three.
North Carolina also reached the College World Series and was
fifth in the CBI Poll. The Tar Heels have advanced to Omaha in five of the
past six seasons. UNC was fifth in all four national polls.
Several teams used strong postseason runs to earn a spot in the
final poll. California reached the College World Series and finished eighth.
Connecticut was No. 13, Stanford was No. 14, Mississippi State was No. 16 and
Dallas Baptist finished at No. 19.
There are four teams from the ACC, Pac-10 and SEC in the final
poll. There are two teams from the Big 12 and Big West. There are single
teams from the Big East, Conference USA and Mountain West, and one independent
team.
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.
|
CBI Composite Poll (6/30/11) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
1 |
South Carolina (55-14) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
Florida (53-19) |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
2 |
3 |
Virginia (56-12) |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
1 |
4 |
Vanderbilt (54-12) |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
15 |
3 |
5 |
North Carolina (51-16) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
20 |
10 |
6 |
Texas (49-19) |
6 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
27 |
5 |
7 |
Texas A&M (47-22) |
7 |
8 |
8 |
6 |
29 |
6 |
8 |
California (38-23) |
11 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
31 |
NR |
9 |
Florida State (46-19) |
8 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
36 |
7 |
10 |
Arizona State (43-18) |
9 |
11 |
9 |
10 |
39 |
11 |
11 |
Oregon State (41-19) |
10 |
10 |
12 |
11 |
43 |
15 |
12 |
UC Irvine (43-18) |
16 |
12 |
11 |
12 |
51 |
18 |
13 |
Connecticut (45-20-1) |
12 |
13 |
14 |
14 |
53 |
NR |
14 |
Stanford (35-22) |
13 |
14 |
13 |
13 |
53 |
NR |
15 |
Cal State Fullerton (41-17) |
14 |
18 |
16 |
17 |
65 |
9 |
16 |
Mississippi State (38-25) |
17 |
15 |
19 |
15 |
66 |
NR |
17 |
TCU (43-19) |
19 |
17 |
17 |
19 |
72 |
8 |
18 |
Clemson (43-20) |
21 |
21 |
15 |
16 |
73 |
t13 |
19 |
Dallas Baptist (42-20) |
18 |
16 |
21 |
18 |
73 |
NR |
20 |
Rice (42-21) |
15 |
24 |
18 |
21 |
78 |
12 |
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: Rice
is No.
15 in one poll, No. 24 in another.
Past Polls
May
30: 1. Virginia 2. Florida 3. Vanderbilt 4. South Carolina 5. Texas
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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