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March 26, 2012
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Florida remains unanimous No. 1 in CBI Composite
Poll
Top 5 stay same: Florida, Stanford, Arkansas, Florida State,
North Carolina
 After
going 3-1 this past week, including a SEC series win at South Carolina, Florida
remains a unanimous No. 1 in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Gators defeated Samford on Tuesday
before taking two of three at South Carolina. Florida is first in all four
polls.
Stanford returned from exams and picked up a pair of wins to
remain in second. The Cardinal got rained out on Saturday, but opened Pac-12
play by sweeping a doubleheader with USC. Stanford
is second in three
polls and third in the other.
Arkansas went 3-1 to stay at No. 3. The Razorbacks beat Nevada
at home on Wednesday before winning two of three SEC contests at Mississippi
State. Arkansas is third in three
polls and fourth in the other.
Florida State went 4-1 to hold onto fourth. The
Seminoles took a pair of midweek contests from Stetson before taking two of
three ACC games at Wake Forest. Florida State is fourth in three polls and fifth
in the other.
North Carolina had a 2-1 week to remain at No. 5. The Tar Heels
defeated Princeton on Tuesday before splitting a pair of ACC contests with NC
State. UNC is fifth in three polls and sixth in the other.
Texas A&M rose five spots from No. 11 to No. 6 after sweeping a
three-game set at Pepperdine.
Georgia Tech and Georgia both fell out of the poll, while UCF
returned at No. 15 and Louisville made it back in at No. 18.
This week's poll includes six SEC teams and five from
the
Pac-12. There are four from the ACC, two from Conference USA and single entries
from the Big 12, Big East and Big 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 (3/26/12) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
Florida (22-2) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
2 |
Stanford (15-2) |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
2 |
|
3 |
Arkansas (22-3) |
3 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
13 |
3 |
|
4 |
Florida State (21-3) |
4 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
17 |
4 |
|
5 |
North Carolina (18-5) |
5 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
21 |
5 |
|
6 |
Texas A&M (19-5) |
7 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
28 |
11 |
|
7 |
Kentucky (24-1) |
10 |
2 |
10 |
7 |
29 |
8 |
|
8 |
Miami (Fla.) (19-5) |
12 |
7 |
6 |
8 |
33 |
9 |
|
9 |
UCLA (17-4) |
6 |
11 |
8 |
9 |
34 |
13 |
|
10 |
South Carolina (17-7) |
11 |
14 |
9 |
10 |
44 |
6 |
|
11 |
Rice (18-8) |
9 |
13 |
11 |
11 |
44 |
7 |
|
12 |
Arizona (18-7) |
8 |
15 |
13 |
12 |
48 |
10 |
|
13 |
Cal State Fullerton (14-8) |
13 |
10 |
12 |
13 |
48 |
14 |
|
14 |
LSU (18-6) |
15 |
12 |
14 |
14 |
55 |
12 |
|
15 |
UCF (19-6) |
17 |
21 |
16 |
17 |
71 |
NR |
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16 |
Oregon (15-6) |
23 |
16 |
20 |
16 |
75 |
19 |
|
17 |
NC State (16-5) |
20 |
9 |
27 |
22 |
78 |
18 |
|
18 |
Louisville (18-6) |
26 |
20 |
17 |
15 |
78 |
NR |
|
19 |
Oregon State (15-7) |
22 |
23 |
19 |
19 |
83 |
17 |
|
20 |
Ole Miss (17-7) |
16 |
27 |
22 |
20 |
85 |
20 |
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Arizona State (15-8) |
14 |
17 |
15 |
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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: NC State is No.
9 in one poll, No. 27 in another.
March
19: 1. Florida, 2. Stanford
3. Arkansas, 4. Florida State, 5. North Carolina
March
12: 1. Florida, 2. Stanford
3. South Carolina, 4. North Carolina, 5. Arkansas
March 5: 1. Florida, 2. Stanford
3. South Carolina, 4. Rice, 5. Texas A&M
Feb. 27: 1. Florida, 2. Stanford
3. South Carolina, 4. Rice, 5. Texas A&M
Feb. 20: 1. Florida, 2. South Carolina, 3. Stanford, 4. Texas A&M, 5.
Arkansas
Preseason Poll: 1. Florida, 2. South Carolina, 3. Stanford, 4. UNC, 5. Texas A&M
(photo by Jimmy Jones)
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