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April 9, 2012
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Florida State takes over top spot in CBI Composite
Poll
Kentucky climbs to second, Texas A&M up to No. 3, Florida
falls to fourth
 For
the first time this season, Florida is not the No. 1 team in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
Florida State has risen to the top spot in this week's poll.
The Seminoles lost to FGCU on Wednesday before sweeping a
three-game ACC set at Georgia Tech. Florida State is first in three
polls and second in the other.
Kentucky continued its special season by going 3-1 to place
second. The Wildcats topped Dayton on Wednesday before taking two of three
from No. 16 Ole Miss in SEC play. Kentucky is first in one poll, second in one
poll and third in the other two.
Texas A&M went 4-0 to rise three spots to No. 3. The Aggies
knocked off UTSA on Tuesday before sweeping a three-game Big 12 series from
Oklahoma. Texas A&M is second in two polls, third in one and sixth in the
other.
Florida went 1-3 and fell from first to fourth. The Gators lost
at North Florida on Tuesday before dropping two of three to SEC-rival LSU.
Florida is fourth in three polls and seventh in the other.
LSU climbed four places to No. 5. The Tigers topped Louisiana
College before taking two of three from Florida in Gainesville. LSU has poll
rankings of third, fifth, seventh and eighth.
Baylor was the biggest climber, using a three-game Big 12 sweep
of Missouri to rise from No. 17 to No. 11.
Oregon State and NC State fell out of the poll, while Purdue debuted at No.
18 and San Diego checked in at No. 20.
This week's poll includes six SEC teams and four from
the Pac-12. There are three from the ACC, two from the Big 12 and Conference USA and
single entries from the Big Ten, Big West and West Coast Conference.
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 (4/9/12) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
|
1 |
Florida State (27-5) |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
|
2 |
Kentucky (30-3) |
3 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
4 |
|
3 |
Texas A&M (26-6) |
2 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
6 |
|
4 |
Florida (25-7) |
7 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
19 |
1 |
|
5 |
LSU (25-7) |
5 |
3 |
8 |
7 |
23 |
9 |
|
6 |
Stanford (19-7) |
6 |
16 |
5 |
5 |
32 |
8 |
|
7 |
Miami (Fla.) (24-8) |
13 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
32 |
13 |
|
8 |
Arizona (23-9) |
4 |
8 |
12 |
12 |
36 |
7 |
|
9 |
Arkansas (24-7) |
11 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
39 |
11 |
|
10 |
North Carolina (23-9) |
14 |
12 |
9 |
8 |
43 |
3 |
|
11 |
Baylor (25-7) |
8 |
5 |
17 |
14 |
44 |
17 |
|
12 |
South Carolina (23-9) |
10 |
18 |
7 |
9 |
44 |
12 |
|
13 |
Rice (23-11) |
9 |
13 |
15 |
13 |
50 |
10 |
|
14 |
UCLA (21-7) |
17 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
50 |
5 |
|
15 |
Cal State Fullerton (21-10) |
12 |
14 |
14 |
16 |
56 |
15 |
|
16 |
UCF (26-7) |
15 |
15 |
13 |
15 |
58 |
14 |
|
17 |
Oregon (20-9) |
16 |
10 |
16 |
17 |
59 |
18 |
|
18 |
Purdue (24-5) |
19 |
22 |
18 |
18 |
77 |
NR |
|
19 |
Ole Miss (21-10) |
18 |
21 |
20 |
19 |
78 |
16 |
|
20 |
San Diego (25-8) |
20 |
19 |
24 |
22 |
85 |
NR |
(The original poll this week inadvertently left out San Diego.
This has been corrected.)
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: Baylor is No.
5 in one poll, No. 17 in another.
April
2: 1. Florida, 2. Florida State, 3. North Carolina, 4. Kentucky, 5. UCLA
March
26: 1. Florida, 2. Stanford
3. Arkansas, 4. Florida State, 5. North Carolina
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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