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Jan. 27, 2012
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Florida is unanimous No. 1 in preseason Composite
Poll
South Carolina sits second, Stanford takes third, North
Carolina in fourth
 After
reaching the championship series of the 2011 College World Series, national
runner-up Florida is a unanimous No. 1 in the preseason CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Gators posted a record of 53-19 a year ago. Florida is
first in the Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA and USA Today/ESPN
coaches polls.
Two-time defending national champion South Carolina placed
second. The Gamecocks were 55-14 in 2011. South Carolina was second in three
polls and third in the other.
Stanford come in at No. 3. The Cardinal registered a 35-22 mark
a season ago and finished 14th in final 2011 CBI Composite Poll. Stanford was
second in one poll, third in two polls and fourth in the other.
After its fifth CWS appearance in the past six years, North
Carolina sits in fourth. The Tar Heels were 51-16 a season ago. UNC was third
in one poll, fourth in two polls and ninth in the fourth poll.
Texas A&M claims the fifth spot. The Aggies reached Omaha in
2011 while posting a 47-22 mark. Texas A&M was fifth in one poll, sixth in two
polls and seventh in the other.
There are eight teams which were not ranked in the final 2011
CBI Composite Poll that appear in this year's preseason poll: No. 6 Arkansas,
No. 9 Georgia Tech, No. 10 LSU, No. 14 Miami (Fla.), No. 15 Arizona, No. 16
Oklahoma, No. 17 UCLA and No. 18 Georgia.
This year's preseason poll includes six SEC teams and five from
the ACC. There are three from both the Big 12 and Pac-12 and single entries
from the Big West, Conference USA and Mountain West.
There are three teams which finished in the Top 10 of the final
2011 CBI Composite Poll that did not make this season's preseason poll.
Virginia was third at the end of last year and California was No. 8. Arizona
State finished 10th in last year's poll but will not be included in the USA
Today/ESPN coaches poll due to its NCAA postseason ban.
Last year's preseason poll included six of the eight CWS
participants: Florida (3), Vanderbilt (4), Texas (7), South Carolina (8),
Texas A&M (14) and Virginia (15). North Carolina and California were unranked.
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 (1/27/12) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
Florida (53-19) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
|
2 |
South Carolina (55-14) |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
1 |
|
3 |
Stanford (35-22) |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
12 |
14 |
|
4 |
North Carolina (51-16) |
9 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
20 |
5 |
|
5 |
Texas A&M (47-22) |
7 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
24 |
7 |
|
6 |
Arkansas (40-22) |
4 |
8 |
6 |
8 |
26 |
NR |
|
7 |
Rice (42-21) |
6 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
28 |
20 |
|
8 |
Texas (49-19) |
13 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
30 |
6 |
|
9 |
Georgia Tech (42-21) |
12 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
40 |
NR |
|
10 |
LSU (36-20) |
8 |
12 |
12 |
14 |
46 |
NR |
|
11 |
TCU (43-19) |
15 |
10 |
13 |
11 |
49 |
17 |
|
12 |
Florida State (46-19) |
20 |
13 |
10 |
9 |
52 |
9 |
|
13 |
Vanderbilt (54-12) |
10 |
23 |
11 |
12 |
56 |
4 |
|
14 |
Miami (Fla.) (38-23) |
18 |
14 |
16 |
13 |
61 |
NR |
|
15 |
Arizona (39-21) |
5 |
20 |
18 |
20 |
63 |
NR |
|
16 |
Oklahoma (41-19) |
19 |
16 |
14 |
15 |
64 |
NR |
|
17 |
UCLA (35-24) |
14 |
19 |
20 |
18 |
71 |
NR |
|
18 |
Georgia (33-22) |
11 |
18 |
21 |
25 |
75 |
NR |
|
19 |
Clemson (43-20) |
16 |
25 |
17 |
23 |
81 |
18 |
|
20 |
Cal State Fullerton (41-17) |
25 |
21 |
19 |
16 |
81 |
15 |
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Arizona State (43-18) |
17 |
17 |
15 |
NR |
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10 |
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
* The American Baseball Coaches
Association has ruled Arizona State ineligible for votes this season because of
the school's NCAA postseason ban.
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: Arizona is No.
5 in one poll, No. 20 in two others.
(photo by Jimmy Jones)
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