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May 6, 2013
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
UNC keeps narrow lead over Vandy in CBI
Composite Poll
Top 5 stay the same: No. 3 LSU, No. 4 Cal State Fullerton, No.
5 Oregon State
 North Carolina
holds a one-point advantage over Vanderbilt for the top spot in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com
Composite Poll. The Tar Heels have been No. 1 for 12 consecutive weeks.
UNC won its only game of the week on Wednesday at home against
The Citadel. The Tar Heels are first in three polls and second in the other two.
Vanderbilt went 2-0 to stay in second, taking two at No. 12
South Carolina before Sunday's matchup was washed out. The Commodores are first in two polls and second in the other three.
LSU had a 4-0 week, remaining in third. The Tigers topped
McNeese State on Tuesday before sweeping a three-game set from Florida. LSU is third in four polls and fourth in the other.
Cal State Fullerton was 3-0 to hang onto fourth. The Titans
swept a three-game set from Long Beach State. Cal State Fullerton
is third in one poll and fourth in the other four.
Oregon State went 3-0 and stayed in fifth. The Beavers swept a
three-game series from California. OSU is fifth in three polls, sixth in one poll and
seventh in the other.
Arkansas went 3-1 and rose three places to No. 12.
Stanford returned to the poll after taking two of three at No.
12 Arizona to sit at No. 20. Ole Miss dropped out of the poll.
The CBI Composite Poll contains five teams each from the ACC, SEC and
Pac-12. 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 (5/6/13) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
PG |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
|
1 |
North Carolina (42-4) |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
|
2 |
Vanderbilt (41-6) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
2 |
|
3 |
LSU (43-6) |
3 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
16 |
3 |
|
4 |
Cal State Fullerton (39-7) |
4 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
19 |
4 |
|
5 |
Oregon State (37-8) |
6 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
28 |
5 |
|
6 |
NC State (37-11) |
5 |
7 |
9 |
5 |
9 |
35 |
7 |
|
7 |
Virginia (39-8) |
7 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
8 |
36 |
6 |
|
8 |
Oregon (37-11) |
10 |
6 |
6 |
12 |
6 |
40 |
8 |
|
9 |
Florida State (38-9) |
9 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
41 |
9 |
|
10 |
UCLA (31-13) |
8 |
11 |
11 |
9 |
10 |
49 |
10 |
|
11 |
Louisville (37-10) |
12 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
11 |
53 |
11 |
|
12 |
Arkansas (32-16) |
11 |
12 |
14 |
11 |
14 |
62 |
15 |
|
13 |
South Carolina (33-14) |
15 |
16 |
12 |
16 |
12 |
71 |
13 |
|
14 |
Arizona State (30-14-1) |
13 |
14 |
15 |
13 |
17 |
72 |
12 |
|
15 |
Oklahoma (34-14) |
18 |
13 |
18 |
18 |
15 |
82 |
14 |
|
16 |
Indiana (35-9) |
14 |
21 |
16 |
15 |
16 |
82 |
16 |
|
17 |
Mississippi State (36-13) |
21 |
24 |
13 |
14 |
13 |
85 |
18 |
|
18 |
Rice (31-15) |
17 |
26 |
17 |
17 |
18 |
95 |
19 |
|
19 |
Clemson (30-15) |
19 |
15 |
25 |
19 |
22 |
100 |
17 |
|
20 |
Stanford (26-16) |
25 |
19 |
21 |
25 |
21 |
111 |
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: Mississippi State is
13th in two polls, 24th in another.
April
29: 1.
UNC, 2. Vanderbilt, 3. LSU, 4. Cal State Fullerton, 5. Oregon State
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 Jimmy Jones)
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