May 4, 2015
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
LSU stays unanimous No. 1 in CBI Composite Poll
Louisville & Texas A&M tied for second, UCLA falls to fourth,
TCU stays fifth
After
going 3-1 this past week, LSU stays in the top
spot in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite
Poll.
CBI uses five national rankings in its
composite poll: Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball,
D1baseball.com, National
Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and USA Today Coaches Poll.
LSU is No. 1 for the third consecutive week. The Tigers
defeated Alcorn State before taking two
of three at Mississippi State.
LSU is first in all five polls.
Louisville and Texas A&M tied for second.
The
Cardinals went 2-1, beating Kentucky before splitting a pair of games at
Clemson. Louisville was second in two polls, third in one poll and fourth in the other two.
Texas A&M had a 4-0 week and moved into a tie for second. The Aggies
defeated Texas State before sweeping a three-game set at Tennessee. Texas
A&M was second in two polls, third in one poll and fourth in the other two.
UCLA went 2-2 and fell to fourth. The Bruins lost at Long Beach
State before taking two of three from Gonzaga. UCLA was second in one poll,
third in one poll and fifth in the other three.
TCU had a 3-1 week and stayed in fifth. The Horned
Frogs lost at Dallas Baptist before sweeping three at West Virginia. TCU was
third in one poll, fourth in one poll, fifth in two polls and sixth in the
other.
No teams dropped out of the poll from last week. No. 2 Texas
A&M, No. 6 Illinois and No. 8 Florida State all rose two places, while No. 11
Arizona State fell four spots.
The CBI Composite Poll contains four teams from the SEC,
including three of the top six. There
are three from the ACC and Pac-12, two from the Big Ten, Big 12, Conference
USA and Missouri
Valley, and one
from the Big West and Colonial.
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 (5/4/15) |
BA |
CB |
D1 |
NCBWA |
US |
Composite |
Last rank |
1 |
LSU (40-8) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
t2 |
Louisville (36-11) |
4 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
15 |
3 |
t2 |
Texas A&M (41-7) |
3 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
15 |
4 |
4 |
UCLA (33-11) |
2 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
20 |
2 |
5 |
TCU (37-9) |
5 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
23 |
5 |
6 |
Illinois (40-6-1) |
7 |
3 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
29 |
8 |
7 |
Vanderbilt (35-14) |
6 |
11 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
43 |
6 |
8 |
Florida State (35-14) |
8 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
43 |
10 |
9 |
UC Santa Barbara (34-10) |
11 |
13 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
44 |
9 |
10 |
Florida (35-13) |
10 |
14 |
10 |
8 |
9 |
51 |
11 |
11 |
Arizona State (29-15) |
9 |
10 |
11 |
16 |
13 |
59 |
7 |
12 |
Oklahoma State (31-15) |
12 |
13 |
12 |
11 |
11 |
59 |
12 |
13 |
Miami (Fla.) (34-13) |
17 |
8 |
13 |
13 |
12 |
63 |
14 |
14 |
USC (32-14) |
15 |
18 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
75 |
13 |
15 |
Dallas Baptist (36-9) |
14 |
17 |
17 |
15 |
15 |
78 |
15 |
16 |
Missouri State (34-10) |
13 |
16 |
16 |
19 |
17 |
81 |
16 |
17 |
Florida Atlantic (35-11) |
18 |
25 |
15 |
12 |
16 |
86 |
17 |
18 |
Iowa (33-12) |
16 |
15 |
18 |
20 |
20 |
89 |
18 |
19 |
College of Charleston (35-9) |
19 |
20 |
19 |
18 |
18 |
94 |
19 |
20 |
Rice (22-12) |
26 |
21 |
26 |
17 |
19 |
109 |
20 |
BA-Baseball
America poll; CB-Collegiate
Baseball poll; D1-D1baseball.com poll; NCBWA-National
Collegiate Baseball Writers Association 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: Florida
Atlantic is No.
12 in one poll, No. 25 in another.
Past Polls
4/27:
1
LSU, 2 UCLA, 3 Louisville, 4 Texas A&M, 5 TCU
4/20:
1
LSU, 2 Texas A&M,
3 UCLA, 4 Louisville, 5 TCU
4/13:
1
Texas A&M,
2 LSU, 3 UCLA, 4 Louisville, 5 Vanderbilt
4/6:
1
Vanderbilt, 2 Texas A&M,
3 LSU, 4 TCU, 5 UCLA
3/30:
1 Texas A&M,
2 Vanderbilt, 3 TCU, 4 LSU, 5 Florida
3/23:
1 LSU, 2 Texas A&M, 3 Vanderbilt, 4 TCU, 5 Florida
3/16:
1 TCU, 2 LSU, 3 Florida, 4 Texas A&M, 5 Vanderbilt
3/9:
1 Virginia, 2 TCU, 3 LSU, 4 Florida, 5 Vanderbilt
3/2:
1 Virginia, 2 Vanderbilt, 3 Florida, 4 TCU, 5 LSU
2/23:
1 Virginia, 2 Vanderbilt, 3 Florida, 4 TCU, 5 LSU
2/16:
1 Vanderbilt, 2 Virginia, 3 TCU, 4 Florida, 5 LSU
2/9:
1 Vanderbilt, 2 Virginia, 3 TCU, 4 LSU, 5 Florida
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