April 7, 2014

 

CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll

 

Florida State Returns to No. 1 in CBI Composite Poll

UVa falls to second, ULL up to third, South Carolina fourth, Cal Poly fifth

 

After a 4-0 week, including an ACC sweep of Notre Dame, Florida State has ascended back to 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 began the week with an 8-3 win over FGCU on Tuesday. FSU edged the Fighting Irish 8-7 on Friday before weather postponed Saturday's contest. The Seminoles swept a doubleheader on Sunday, winning 11-2 and 4-3. FSU was first in three polls and second in the others.

 

Virginia went 4-1 and dropped to second. The Cavaliers defeated Old Dominion and George Washington at home before taking two of three at Pittsburgh in ACC action. UVa was first in one poll, second in three polls and third in the other.

 

Louisiana-Lafayette had a 4-0 week and rose one spot to No. 3. The Ragin' Cajuns downed Tulane before sweeping a three-game Sun Belt set at Troy. ULL was first in one poll and third in the other four.

 

South Carolina went 2-2 and fell one spot to fourth. The Gamecocks beat Appalachian State prior to dropping two of three at SEC-rival Arkansas. South Carolina was fourth in three polls and fifth in the other two.

 

Cal Poly had a 3-1 week and moved up one place to fifth. The Mustangs topped CSU Bakersfield before winning two of three from No. 20 UC Santa Barbara in Big West play. Cal Poly was fourth in two polls and sixth in the other three.

 

Kentucky (No. 14) and Ole Miss (No. 17) returned to the poll, while Rice and UC Santa Barbara dropped from the poll.

 

The CBI Composite Poll contains eight teams from the SEC. There are three from the ACC and Pac-12, two from the American and Big West, and single entries from the Big 12 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 (4/7/14) BA CB NCBWA PG US Composite Last rank
1 Florida State (26-5) 1 2 2 1 1 7 2
2 Virginia (27-5) 2 3 1 2 2 10 1
3 Louisiana-Lafayette (30-3) 3 1 3 3 3 13 4
4 South Carolina (26-5) 5 4 4 5 4 22 3
5 Cal Poly (25-5) 4 6 6 4 6 26 6
6 Oregon State (25-6) 6 5 5 6 5 27 7
7 Texas (26-7) 7 7 9 8 9 40 9
8 Vanderbilt (25-8) 11 10 7 9 7 44 5
9 Houston (25-6) 8 16 11 7 10 52 11
10 Louisville (23-8) 13 11 10 10 11 55 8
11 LSU (24-8-1) 16 15 8 11 8 58 13
12 Washington (22-6-1) 9 8 20 12 17 66 17
13 Alabama (22-9) 10 9 16 18 16 69 18
14 Kentucky (22-10) 12 18 17 14 15 76 NR
15 Oregon (22-10) 25 12 12 16 12 77 12
16 Clemson (20-10) 14 22 13 15 14 78 15
17 Ole Miss (25-8) 19 17 14 20 13 83 NR
18 Mississippi State (20-13) 17 21 19 13 21 91 10
19 Cal State Fullerton (16-11) 18 19 15 23 18 93 19
20 Florida (20-12) 15 13 24 26 25 103 16

 

BA-Baseball America poll; CB-Collegiate Baseball poll; NCBWA-National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll; PG-Perfect Gatme 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: Oregon is No. 12 in three polls, No. 25 in another.

 

March 31: 1. Virginia, 2. Florida State, 3. South Carolina, 4. ULL, 5. Vanderbilt

March 24: 1. Florida State, 2. Virginia, 3. South Carolina, 4. ULL, 5. Vanderbilt

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 by Larry Novey/FSU Athletics)