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March 4, 2008
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Arizona State retains top spot in CBI Composite
Poll
Top five places remain the same; Rice climbs to No. 6
By sitting on top of three of the four national
polls,
Arizona State is No. 1
in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Sun Devils won their four games this
past week in the Coca-Cola Classic to raise their record to 7-0. They defeated
nationally-ranked Michigan twice, and Hawaii and Portland once each. ASU is first in the Collegiate Baseball
poll, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll and the USA
Today/ESPN Coaches poll. The Sun
Devils are fourth in the Baseball America poll.
Fellow Pac-10 member Arizona (5-1) holds the top spot in the
Baseball America poll after sweeping a three-game set against
Sacramento State. The Wildcats stay at No. 2 in the CBI Composite Poll. Ole Miss
(8-0) defeated Northwestern State twice and took three from Indiana State to
remain No. 3. North
Carolina (7-1) rebounded from a loss to Old Dominion to win four at the
Winthrop Coca-Cola Classic, including a pair against St. John's. South Carolina (5-1)
defeated UNC Asheville and took a pair from nationally-ranked Clemson to stay
at No. 5.
Virginia (10-0) won six games this past
week to climb from No. 20 to No. 13. Baylor (7-0) went 3-0 at the Minute Maid
Classic to appear at No. 15.
About the
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
The
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll weighs the four 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 (3/4/08) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
Arizona State (7-0) |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
|
2 |
Arizona (5-1) |
1 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
11 |
2 |
|
3 |
Ole Miss (8-0) |
2 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
12 |
3 |
|
4 |
North Carolina (7-1) |
5 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
15 |
4 |
|
5 |
South Carolina (5-1) |
9 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
21 |
5 |
|
6 |
Rice (6-2) |
13 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
32 |
11 |
|
7 |
Miami (Fla.) (5-1) |
8 |
16 |
8 |
6 |
38 |
9 |
|
8 |
Vanderbilt (5-2) |
7 |
10 |
10 |
11 |
38 |
7 |
|
9 |
Texas (6-2) |
16 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
40 |
6 |
|
10 |
Long Beach State (5-2) |
10 |
11 |
11 |
9 |
41 |
10 |
|
11 |
UCLA (5-1) |
3 |
15 |
15 |
12 |
45 |
14 |
|
12 |
Florida State (7-0) |
20 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
45 |
16 |
|
13 |
Virginia (10-0) |
14 |
12 |
12 |
14 |
52 |
20 |
|
14 |
Missouri (6-2) |
6 |
18 |
18 |
13 |
55 |
12 |
|
15 |
Baylor (7-0) |
11 |
14 |
16 |
15 |
56 |
NR |
|
16 |
UC Irvine (7-0) |
19 |
13 |
13 |
16 |
61 |
NR |
|
17 |
Kentucky (9-0) |
24 |
9 |
20 |
18 |
71 |
NR |
|
18 |
Clemson (5-2) |
23 |
17 |
14 |
17 |
71 |
15 |
|
19 |
Oregon State (3-3) |
12 |
22 |
19 |
20 |
73 |
17 |
|
20 |
Wichita State (3-3) |
25 |
23 |
16 |
19 |
83 |
13 |
BA-Baseball
America poll; CB-Collegiate
Baseball poll; NCBWA-National
Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll; U/E-USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll; Composite-Sum
of rankings;
Last rank-Last week's composite ranking
Why a composite poll? CBI felt
that four 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: UCLA is
No. 3 in one poll and No. 15 in another.
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