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Feb. 20, 2012
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Florida remains unanimous No. 1 in CBI Composite
Poll
South Carolina stays second, Stanford still third, Texas A&M
up to fourth
 After
taking two of three from No. 20 Cal State Fullerton this past weekend, Florida
remains the unanimous No. 1 in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll will not have its first
regular-season ranking until Feb. 27, so this week's CBI Composite Poll
includes just the Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball and
NCBWA polls.
The Gators posted wins of 7-3 on Friday and 5-2 on Saturday in
Gainesville before the Titans salvaged the Sunday game by a score of 8-5.
South Carolina remained in second place. The Gamecocks swept a
three-game home series from VMI. South Carolina was second in two
polls and third in the other.
Stanford stayed at No. 3. The Cardinal dominated Vanderbilt in
winning a three-game home set. Stanford was
second in one poll and third in the other two polls.
Texas A&M moved up one spot to fourth. The Aggies took three
from UIC in College Station. Texas A&M was fourth in two polls and sixth in
the other.
Arkansas also climbed one place to No. 5. The Razorbacks took
care of Villanova in a three-game home series. Arkansas was fourth in one
poll, fifth in one poll and eighth in the other.
Georgia was the biggest climber, rising from No. 18 to No. 13
after its three-game sweep of Presbyterian at home.
UCLA dropped out of this week's poll, while Oregon State
debuted at No. 18.
This week's 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.
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 (2/20/12) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
Florida (2-1) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
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2 |
South Carolina (3-0) |
3 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
|
3 |
Stanford (3-0) |
2 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
3 |
|
4 |
Texas A&M (3-0) |
6 |
4 |
4 |
14 |
5 |
|
5 |
Arkansas (3-0) |
4 |
8 |
5 |
17 |
6 |
|
6 |
Rice (3-0) |
5 |
5 |
7 |
17 |
7 |
|
7 |
North Carolina (2-1) |
10 |
6 |
6 |
22 |
4 |
|
8 |
LSU (3-0) |
7 |
9 |
10 |
26 |
10 |
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9 |
Texas (2-1) |
12 |
7 |
9 |
28 |
8 |
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10 |
Georgia Tech (3-1) |
11 |
10 |
11 |
32 |
9 |
|
11 |
Florida State (3-0) |
18 |
11 |
8 |
37 |
12 |
|
12 |
Miami (Fla.) (3-0) |
14 |
12 |
13 |
39 |
14 |
|
13 |
Georgia (3-0) |
9 |
14 |
17 |
40 |
18 |
|
14 |
TCU (1-1) |
15 |
15 |
14 |
44 |
11 |
|
15 |
Arizona (2-1) |
8 |
22 |
18 |
48 |
15 |
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16 |
Clemson (2-1) |
16 |
25 |
15 |
56 |
19 |
|
17 |
Oklahoma (1-2) |
23 |
16 |
22 |
61 |
16 |
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18 |
Oregon State (3-1) |
21 |
21 |
20 |
62 |
NR |
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19 |
Vanderbilt (0-3) |
17 |
31 |
16 |
64 |
13 |
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20 |
Cal State Fullerton (1-2) |
26 |
19 |
19 |
64 |
20 |
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Arizona State (3-0) |
13 |
13 |
12 |
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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.
8 in one poll, No. 22 in another.
Preseason Poll: 1. Florida, 2. South Carolina, 3. Stanford, 4. UNC, 5. Texas A&M
(photo by Jimmy Jones)
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