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March 18, 2008
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Arizona State is unanimous No. 1 in CBI Composite
Poll
Arizona remains No. 2; North Carolina stays at No. 3; FSU up
to No. 4
By sitting on top of all four national
polls,
Arizona State is No. 1
in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Sun Devils won their five home games this
past week to raise their record to 17-0. They won two close midweek games
against Arkansas and swept a three-game non-conference series this past
weekend against Troy.
Fellow Pac-10 member Arizona (12-2) took
two of three from Cal State Fullerton to retain the No. 2 spot. North
Carolina (14-3) went 4-1 to stay at No. 3. Florida State (16-1) split two
games with Georgia and swept a three-game ACC series with Georgia Tech to
climb one spot to No. 4. Miami (Fla.) (13-2) went 4-1 and moved up one place
to No. 5, giving the ACC three teams in the Top Five.
UC Irvine (14-1) went 4-0 to rise three
spots to No. 8. Missouri (13-2) also won its four games to climb three places to
No. 9. Kentucky (18-0) registered seven victories last week and jumped three
spots to No. 10. South Carolina (11-5) went 3-3 and dropped from No. 4 to No.
11.
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 (3/18/08) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
Arizona State (17-0) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
2 |
Arizona (12-2) |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
|
3 |
North Carolina (14-3) |
3 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
16 |
3 |
|
4 |
Florida State (16-1) |
10 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
21 |
5 |
|
5 |
Miami (Fla.) (13-2) |
6 |
10 |
4 |
5 |
25 |
6 |
|
6 |
Long Beach State (12-3) |
7 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
27 |
7 |
|
7 |
Vanderbilt (12-4) |
5 |
9 |
6 |
8 |
28 |
9 |
|
8 |
UC Irvine (14-1) |
9 |
5 |
9 |
7 |
30 |
11 |
|
9 |
Missouri (13-2) |
4 |
8 |
11 |
9 |
32 |
12 |
|
10 |
Kentucky (18-0) |
16 |
2 |
12 |
11 |
41 |
13 |
|
11 |
South Carolina (11-5) |
13 |
11 |
8 |
12 |
44 |
4 |
|
12 |
Ole Miss (13-5) |
8 |
18 |
14 |
10 |
50 |
8 |
|
13 |
Texas (12-5) |
18 |
13 |
10 |
14 |
55 |
14 |
|
14 |
Rice (12-6) |
15 |
14 |
13 |
15 |
57 |
15 |
|
15 |
Baylor (13-4) |
14 |
15 |
16 |
13 |
58 |
10 |
|
16 |
UCLA (10-5) |
11 |
20 |
17 |
20 |
68 |
17 |
|
17 |
California (13-2-1) |
12 |
12 |
24 |
22 |
70 |
19 |
|
18 |
Wichita State (11-3) |
20 |
24 |
15 |
16 |
75 |
NR |
|
19 |
Stanford (8-4) |
17 |
19 |
27 |
18 |
81 |
20 |
|
20 |
Virginia (14-4) |
24 |
21 |
20 |
19 |
84 |
16 |
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: Kentucky is
No. 2 in one poll, No. 16 in another.
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