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March 25, 2008
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Arizona State still unanimous No. 1 in CBI Composite
Poll
Miami climbs to No. 2; Florida State up to No. 3; UNC falls to No. 4
By sitting on top of all four national
polls for the second consecutive week,
Arizona State remains No. 1
in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Sun Devils went 5-1 in their six home games this
past week to raise their record to 22-1. They defeated then-No. 2 Arizona,
split two games with Northern Colorado, took a pair from Florida International
and finished the week with a win over nationally-ranked UC Irvine.
Miami (Fla.) won its four games last
week to improve to 17-2 and move up to the No. 2 spot. Florida State (19-2)
rebounded from a midweek loss to Florida to sweep a three-game ACC set at
Virginia Tech and climbed to No. 3. North Carolina (18-4) won twice against
Princeton and took two of three at Maryland and fell one spot to No. 4. Long
Beach State (16-3) defeated San Diego State and swept a three-game series with
nationally-ranked UCLA to move to No. 5.
Missouri (18-2) won five games and climbed
three places to No. 6. UC Irvine (16-2) went 2-1 and rose one spot to No. 7.
Arizona (13-5) went 1-3 and fell six places to No. 8. San Diego (16-7)
reappeared at No. 18 and Nebraska (17-3-1) entered the poll at No. 19.
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 (3/25/08) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
Arizona State (22-1) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
2 |
Miami (Fla.) (17-2) |
4 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
15 |
5 |
|
3 |
Florida State (19-2) |
8 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
16 |
4 |
|
4 |
North Carolina (18-4) |
3 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
17 |
3 |
|
5 |
Long Beach State (16-3) |
5 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
19 |
6 |
|
6 |
Missouri (18-2) |
2 |
5 |
8 |
6 |
21 |
9 |
|
7 |
UC Irvine (16-2) |
7 |
3 |
9 |
7 |
26 |
8 |
|
8 |
Arizona (13-5) |
6 |
9 |
6 |
8 |
29 |
2 |
|
9 |
South Carolina (15-5) |
10 |
10 |
7 |
9 |
36 |
11 |
|
10 |
Texas (16-6) |
13 |
12 |
10 |
10 |
45 |
13 |
|
11 |
Vanderbilt (14-6) |
9 |
14 |
11 |
13 |
47 |
7 |
|
12 |
Rice (17-6) |
12 |
13 |
12 |
12 |
49 |
14 |
|
13 |
Kentucky (20-2) |
18 |
8 |
14 |
14 |
54 |
10 |
|
14 |
Wichita State (14-3) |
16 |
16 |
13 |
11 |
56 |
18 |
|
15 |
California (15-4-1) |
11 |
11 |
28 |
19 |
69 |
17 |
|
16 |
Virginia (19-4) |
21 |
18 |
15 |
15 |
69 |
20 |
|
17 |
Ole Miss (15-8) |
15 |
24 |
17 |
16 |
72 |
12 |
|
18 |
San Diego (16-7) |
14 |
27 |
16 |
23 |
80 |
NR |
|
19 |
Nebraska (17-3-1) |
19 |
15 |
30 |
17 |
81 |
NR |
|
20 |
Stanford (9-5) |
17 |
21 |
29 |
21 |
88 |
19 |
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. 8 in one poll, No. 18 in another.
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