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April 29, 2013
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
UNC just ahead of Vanderbilt at top of CBI
Composite Poll
LSU falls to third, Cal State Fullerton drops to No. 4, Oregon
State up to fifth
 It
is getting crowded at the top. After
a 2-2 week, North Carolina is No. 1 by the narrowest of margins in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com
Composite Poll. The Tar Heels have held the top spot for 11 consecutive weeks.
UNC lost at home to UNC Wilmington on Tuesday to snap its
14-game win streak. The Tar Heels defeated Charlotte on Wednesday before
splitting an ACC pair at NC State. The third game of the series was washed
out. UNC is first in three polls and second in the other two.
Vanderbilt was one of the few ranked teams to have an
undefeated week, going 4-0. The Commodores won at No. 11 Louisville on Tuesday
before sweeping a three-game SEC set from No. 14 Mississippi State. Vanderbilt
is first in two polls and second in the other three.
LSU went 2-2 and fell to third. The Tigers topped Tulane on
Wednesday before dropping two of three at home to No. 12 South Carolina in SEC
action. LSU is third in four polls and fourth in the other.
Cal State Fullerton was 2-1 and moved down one place to fourth.
The Titans won two of three Big West contests at Hawaii. Cal State Fullerton
is third in one poll and fourth in the other four.
Oregon State went 4-0 and rose one spot to fifth. The Beavers
won at Seattle on Monday before sweeping a three-game Pac-12 series from USC,
a first in program history. OSU is fifth in three polls, sixth in one poll and
seventh in the other.
Arizona State put together a 4-0 week and climbed four places
to No. 12. Mississippi State fell four spots to No. 18.
Clemson returns to the poll after taking two of three from
Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets dropped out of the poll.
The CBI Composite Poll contains six teams from the SEC and
five from the ACC. There
are four from the Pac-12 and single entries
from the Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Big West and Conference USA.
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 (4/29/13) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
PG |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
|
1 |
North Carolina (41-4) |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
|
2 |
Vanderbilt (39-6) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
4 |
|
3 |
LSU (39-6) |
3 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
16 |
2 |
|
4 |
Cal State Fullerton (36-7) |
4 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
19 |
3 |
|
5 |
Oregon State (34-8) |
6 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
28 |
6 |
|
6 |
Virginia (38-8) |
7 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
35 |
5 |
|
7 |
NC State (34-11) |
5 |
7 |
10 |
5 |
10 |
37 |
8 |
|
8 |
Oregon (33-10) |
11 |
6 |
6 |
13 |
6 |
42 |
9 |
|
9 |
Florida State (35-9) |
10 |
9 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
44 |
10 |
|
10 |
UCLA (27-13) |
9 |
12 |
12 |
10 |
11 |
54 |
7 |
|
11 |
Louisville (33-10) |
13 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
12 |
58 |
11 |
|
12 |
Arizona State (28-12-1) |
8 |
13 |
14 |
8 |
16 |
59 |
16 |
|
13 |
South Carolina (33-12) |
15 |
15 |
9 |
14 |
9 |
62 |
12 |
|
14 |
Oklahoma (33-11) |
12 |
10 |
13 |
15 |
13 |
63 |
13 |
|
15 |
Arkansas (29-15) |
14 |
16 |
16 |
12 |
14 |
72 |
15 |
|
16 |
Indiana (34-8) |
16 |
21 |
17 |
16 |
17 |
87 |
19 |
|
17 |
Clemson (30-14) |
18 |
14 |
25 |
18 |
22 |
97 |
NR |
|
18 |
Mississippi State (33-13) |
22 |
28 |
15 |
17 |
15 |
97 |
14 |
|
19 |
Rice (28-14) |
19 |
27 |
18 |
20 |
21 |
105 |
20 |
|
20 |
Ole Miss (31-14) |
24 |
26 |
21 |
22 |
18 |
111 |
17 |
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: Mississippi State is
15th in two polls, 28th in another.
April
22: 1.
North Carolina, 2. LSU, 3. Cal State Fullerton, 4. Vanderbilt, 5. Virginia
April
15: 1.
UNC, 2. LSU, 3. Vanderbilt, 4. Cal State Fullerton, 5. Oregon State
April
8: 1.
North Carolina, 2. LSU, 3. Vanderbilt, 4. Cal State Fullerton, 5. Virginia
April 1: 1.
North Carolina, 2. LSU, 3. Vanderbilt, 4. Cal State Fullerton, 5. Virginia
March
25: 1.
North Carolina, 2. LSU, 3. Oregon State, 4. Vanderbilt, 5. Florida State
March
18: 1.
UNC, 2. Vanderbilt, 3. Oregon State, 4. LSU, 5. South Carolina
March
11: 1.
UNC, 2. Vanderbilt, 3. LSU, 4. Oregon State, 5. South Carolina
March 4: 1.
UNC, 2. Vanderbilt, 3. LSU, 4. Oregon State, 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 by Jeff Camarati/UNC Athletic
Communications)
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