After a 3-1 week, Oregon State has moved to No. 1 in the CBI Composite Poll.
The Beavers beat Portland before taking two of three at home from Cal State Fullerton. OSU is No. 1 in all five national polls.
Florida had a 3-2 week and dropped to No. 2. The Gators lost a pair of midweek games to UCF before sweeping a three-game weekend series from Rhode Island. UF is second in four polls and sixth in the other.
Stanford won three of four at Texas and climbed two places to third. The Cardinal are No. 3 in all five polls.
Kentucky had a 3-2 week and rose two spots to fourth. The Wildcats beat EKU, lost to NKU and took two of three at home from Texas Tech. UK is fourth in four polls and eighth in the other.
Texas Tech dropped two spots to No. 5 after a 2-2 week, including the series loss at UK. The Red Raiders are fifth in two polls, sixth in one, eighth in one and ninth in the other.
Virginia and Texas both dropped out of the poll, while East Carolina and NC State entered at No. 19 and No. 20, respectively.
There are eight teams from the SEC in this week’s poll. There are four from the ACC, three from the Pac-12, two from the Big 12, and single entries from the American, Big Ten and Conference USA.
| CBI Composite Poll (3/12/18) | BA | CB | D1 | NCBWA | US | Composite | Last rank | |
| 1 | Oregon State (15-1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | Florida (15-3) | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 1 |
| 3 | Stanford (14-2) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 5 |
| 4 | Kentucky (14-3) | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 6 |
| 5 | Texas Tech (15-2) | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 3 |
| 6 | Florida State (14-2) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 4 |
| 7 | Clemson (15-1) | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 10 |
| 8 | Texas A&M (16-1) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 9 |
| 9 | Ole Miss (15-1) | 11 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 12 |
| 10 | Arkansas (11-4) | 7 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 49 | 7 |
| 11 | Louisville (14-1) | 12 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 51 | 13 |
| 12 | Auburn (15-1) | 13 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 60 | 16 |
| 13 | TCU (9-4) | 9 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 8 |
| 14 | Vanderbilt (12-4) | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 65 | 14 |
| 15 | UCLA (10-4) | 16 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 78 | 11 |
| 16 | Indiana (11-4) | 18 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 82 | 15 |
| 17 | Southern Miss (11-4) | 15 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 85 | 17 |
| 18 | LSU (11-6) | 17 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 91 | 18 |
| 19 | East Carolina (12-3) | 21 | NR | 18 | 18 | 17 | 93 | NR |
| 20 | NC State (13-3) | 23 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 106 | NR |