March 24, 2014

 

CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll

 

Florida State Remains No. 1 in CBI Composite Poll

Virginia rises to second, South Carolina drops to third, ULL up to fourth

 

Despite a 2-2 week on the road, Florida State stayed at No. 1 in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.

 

CBI used five rankings in its composite poll: Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, Perfect Game and USA Today Coaches Poll.

 

The Seminoles started the week by dropping a 3-1 decision at Florida on Tuesday. FSU took two of three at Clemson, losing 9-3 on Friday before sweeping a doubleheader on Saturday by the scores of 11-1 and 4-3. The Seminoles were first in three polls, second in one poll and third in the other.

 

Virginia had a 3-1 week and climbed one spot to second. The Cavaliers defeated Towson and Princeton at home before splitting a pair of ACC contests at Miami. Virginia is first in one polls, second in two polls, third in one poll and fourth in the other.

 

South Carolina went 1-2 and fell one place to third. The Gamecocks dropped two of three at Kentucky. South Carolina was second in two polls, third on one poll and fourth in the other two.

 

Louisiana-Lafayette put together a 5-0 week to extend its win streak to 12 games and rise two spots to fourth. The Ragin' Cajuns took two from Nicholls before sweeping a three-game Sun Belt set from Georgia State. ULL first in one poll and third, fourth, fifth and sixth in the other polls.

 

Vanderbilt had a 2-2 week on the road and moved down one place to fifth. The Commodores won at Belmont before dropping two of three at Mississippi State. Vanderbilt was fourth in one poll, fifth in one poll, sixth in two polls and seventh in the other.

 

Houston entered the poll at No. 16 and UC Santa Barbara debuted at No. 17, while Kentucky returned at No. 19. Three ACC squads (NC State, Clemson, North Carolina) dropped out of the poll.

 

The CBI Composite Poll contains seven teams from the SEC. There are three from the Big West and Pac-12, two from the ACC and American, and single entries from the Big 12, 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.

 

CBI Composite Poll (3/24/14) BA CB NCBWA PG US Composite Last rank
1 Florida State (19-4) 1 3 2 1 1 8 1
2 Virginia (18-4) 3 4 1 2 2 12 3
3 South Carolina (19-3) 2 2 4 4 3 15 2
4 Louisiana-Lafayette (22-2) 4 1 5 3 6 19 6
5 Vanderbilt (20-5) 7 4 6 6 5 28 4
6 LSU (20-4-1) 8 6 3 9 4 30 7
7 Oregon State (19-4) 6 8 8 7 7 36 5
8 Cal Poly (19-4) 5 9 9 5 10 38 8
9 Oregon (17-5) 11 7 7 8 8 41 9
10 Cal State Fullerton (13-8) 9 13 11 11 12 56 12
11 Rice (19-6) 10 14 13 10 11 58 14
12 Louisville (17-6) 14 11 10 12 13 60 10
13 Ole Miss (21-4) 13 12 12 16 9 62 17
14 Mississippi State (17-9) 16 16 15 13 16 76 20
15 Texas (19-6) 12 15 16 22 14 79 19
16 Houston (19-4) 17 18 17 15 17 84 NR
17 UC Santa Barbara (17-3) 15 10 26 14 23 88 NR
18 UCLA (14-8) 18 23 14 18 15 88 18
19 Kentucky (17-7) 19 17 21 17 19 93 NR
20 Tennessee (19-4) 22 21 23 20 21 107 15

 

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: UC Santa Barbara is No. 10 in one poll, No. 26 in another.

 

March 17: 1. FSU, 2. South Carolina, 3. Virginia, 4. Vanderbilt, 5. Oregon State

March 10: 1. South Carolina, 2. FSU, 3. Virginia, 4. Vanderbilt, 5. Oregon State

March 3: 1. FSU, 2. Virginia, 3. South Carolina, 4. CSFullerton, No. 5 Vanderbilt

Feb. 24: 1. Florida State, 2. Virginia, 3. South Carolina, 4. LSU, 5. Vanderbilt

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)