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March 11, 2013
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
North Carolina remains on top of CBI Composite
Poll
Top four stay same: No. 2 Vanderbilt, No. 3 LSU, No. 4 Oregon
State
 After
putting together another 4-0 week, North Carolina remains the unanimous No. 1 in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite
Poll.
The Tar Heels downed Davidson at home on Tuesday before sweeping a three-game
ACC series at Wake Forest over the weekend. UNC is first in all five polls.
Vanderbilt had a 3-1 week to stay in second, defeating Eastern
Illinois before taking two of three at No. 14 Oregon. Vanderbilt is second in
three polls, third in one and fourth in the other.
LSU had a 5-0 week at home to remain in third, beating Stephen
F. Austin and Sacred Heart before sweeping a three-game set from Washington. The Tigers are
second in one poll, third in three polls and seventh in the other.
Oregon State swept a three-game home series from Texas State to
stay undefeated and remain in fourth. The Beavers have a second, a third, two
fourths and a fifth.
South Carolina bumped up one spot to fifth after a 5-0 home
week. The Gamecocks beat Ball State twice before sweeping a three-game set
from Rider. South Carolina has two fifths, two sixths and one seventh.
Ole Miss was the big riser, jumping seven spots to
No. 6 beating Southeastern Louisiana and sweeping a three-game series from
Lipscomb. Stanford was swept at home by UNLV and fell 11 places to No. 19.
Arizona State enters the poll at No. 16 and Notre Dame appears
at No. 20. Oklahoma and Arizona dropped out of the poll.
The CBI Composite Poll contains seven teams from the SEC,
including four of the top six. There
are five from the ACC and Pac-12, two from the Big East and a single entry
from the Big West.
About the
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
The
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll weighs the five 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 (3/11/13) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
PG |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
|
1 |
North Carolina (14-0) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
|
2 |
Vanderbilt (15-2) |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
2 |
|
3 |
LSU (15-1) |
7 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
18 |
3 |
|
4 |
Oregon State (15-0) |
3 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
18 |
4 |
|
5 |
South Carolina (13-2) |
5 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
29 |
6 |
|
6 |
Ole Miss (16-1) |
6 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
36 |
13 |
|
7 |
UCLA (11-3) |
11 |
10 |
7 |
4 |
7 |
39 |
7 |
|
8 |
Florida State (15-0) |
12 |
7 |
5 |
11 |
5 |
40 |
12 |
|
9 |
Kentucky (13-2) |
10 |
9 |
9 |
12 |
10 |
50 |
10 |
|
10 |
Georgia Tech (14-2) |
9 |
11 |
14 |
6 |
12 |
52 |
16 |
|
11 |
Cal State Fullerton (13-3) |
8 |
13 |
13 |
9 |
9 |
52 |
11 |
|
12 |
Mississippi State (17-2) |
13 |
8 |
10 |
14 |
11 |
56 |
5 |
|
13 |
Louisville (12-2) |
4 |
14 |
15 |
10 |
15 |
58 |
17 |
|
14 |
Oregon (11-5) |
16 |
16 |
12 |
19 |
14 |
77 |
14 |
|
15 |
Arkansas (11-5) |
15 |
22 |
11 |
16 |
15 |
79 |
19 |
|
16 |
Arizona State (10-2-1) |
14 |
15 |
19 |
13 |
18 |
79 |
NR |
|
17 |
Virginia (14-1) |
22 |
12 |
17 |
22 |
13 |
86 |
20 |
|
18 |
NC State (12-41) |
18 |
17 |
18 |
15 |
21 |
89 |
9 |
|
19 |
Stanford (10-5) |
26 |
18 |
16 |
18 |
18 |
96 |
8 |
|
20 |
Notre Dame (10-3) |
17 |
21 |
23 |
17 |
22 |
100 |
NR |
BA-Baseball
America poll; CB-Collegiate
Baseball poll; NCBWA-National
Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll; PG-Perfect Game 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
five 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: Louisville is
fourth in one poll, 15th in another.
March 4: 1.
UNC, 2. Vanderbilt, 3. LSU, 4. Oregon State, No. 5 Mississippi State
Feb.
25: 1.
North Carolina, 2. Arkansas, 3. Vanderbilt, 4. LSU, 5. Oregon State
Feb. 18: 1.
North Carolina, 2. Arkansas, 3. Vanderbilt, 4. LSU, 5. UCLA
Preseason Poll: 1.
Arkansas, 2. North Carolina, 3. Vanderbilt, 4. LSU, 5. UCLA
(photo courtesy of UNC Media Relations)
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