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Feb. 24, 2014
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Florida State Rises to No. 1 in CBI Composite Poll
Virginia is second, South Carolina third, LSU fourth, Vandy
fifth
 After
going 3-0 this past week. Florida State has climbed to No. 1 in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Preseason Composite
Poll.
CBI normally uses five national rankings in its
composite poll: Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, National
Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, Perfect Game and USA Today
Coaches Poll. The USA Today Coaches Poll did not update this week, so
the other four polls were used in the composite poll.
The Seminoles, under head coach Mike Martin (above), won at Jacksonville
before taking two from Georgia. FSU was second in all four polls.
Virginia had a 4-0 week to rise to second. The Cavaliers won at
William & Mary before sweeping a three-game home series from East Carolina.
Virginia was first in three polls and sixth in the other.
South Carolina posted four shutouts to move up to third. The
Gamecocks blanked Presbyterian and took three from Eastern Kentucky. South
Carolina was third in one poll, fourth in one poll, fifth in one poll and
sixth in the other.
LSU went 4-0 to rise to fourth. The Tigers won at Southeastern
Louisiana and defeated Virginia Tech, Toledo and Texas Southern at home. LSU
was first in one poll, third in one poll, seventh in one poll and ninth in the
other.
Vanderbilt went 4-0 at home to move up to fifth. The Commodores
defeated Lipscomb before sweeping a three-game series from UIC. Vanderbilt is
fourth is two polls, fifth in one poll and eighth in the other.
New teams in the poll are No. 13 Cal Poly, No. 17
Louisiana-Lafayette and No. 18 TCU. Those who dropped out include Florida,
Indiana and Arizona State.
The CBI Composite Poll contains six teams from the ACC. There
are four from the SEC, three from the Pac-12, two from the Big 12 and Big
West and single entries
from the American, Conference USA and Sun Belt.
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 (2/24/14) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
PG |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
Florida State (6-0) |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
4 |
|
2 |
Virginia (6-1) |
1 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
3 |
|
3 |
South Carolina (7-0) |
3 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
18 |
7 |
|
4 |
LSU (7-0) |
7 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
20 |
6 |
|
5 |
Vanderbilt (7-0) |
8 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
21 |
8 |
|
6 |
Oregon (7-0) |
9 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
24 |
9 |
|
7 |
Oregon State (5-2) |
4 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
25 |
2 |
|
8 |
Cal State Fullerton (4-3) |
5 |
10 |
9 |
3 |
27 |
1 |
|
9 |
NC State (5-1) |
6 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
29 |
10 |
|
10 |
Rice (6-2) |
12 |
15 |
10 |
12 |
49 |
15 |
|
11 |
Clemson (5-1) |
11 |
16 |
11 |
11 |
49 |
16 |
|
12 |
Louisville (5-2) |
20 |
9 |
12 |
16 |
57 |
13 |
|
13 |
Cal Poly (6-1) |
13 |
14 |
17 |
13 |
57 |
NR |
|
14 |
Mississippi State (4-4) |
18 |
18 |
15 |
10 |
61 |
5 |
|
15 |
Miami (Fla.) (4-3) |
14 |
17 |
19 |
15 |
65 |
17 |
|
16 |
UCLA (4-3) |
19 |
20 |
13 |
14 |
66 |
11 |
|
17 |
Louisiana-Lafayette (7-1) |
10 |
13 |
20 |
24 |
67 |
NR |
|
18 |
TCU (6-1) |
16 |
12 |
16 |
26 |
70 |
NR |
|
19 |
Oklahoma State (8-1) |
26 |
11 |
14 |
23 |
74 |
20 |
|
20 |
North Carolina (3-3) |
22 |
19 |
21 |
17 |
79 |
14 |
BA-Baseball
America poll; CB-Collegiate
Baseball poll; NCBWA-National
Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll; PG-Perfect Game poll; US-USA Today 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: Louisiana-Lafayette is No.
10 in one poll, No. 24 in another.
Feb. 17: 1.
CSFullerton, 2. Oregon State, 3. Virginia, 4. Florida State, 5. MSU
Preseason Poll: 1.
CSFullerton, 2. Oregon State, 3. Virginia, 4. MSU, 5. FSU
(photo courtesy of FSU Media Relations)
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