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May 20, 2008
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
North Carolina climbs to No. 1 in CBI
Composite Poll
Miami (Fla.) drops to No. 2 after six weeks at No. 1; Arizona
State sits at No. 3
By taking two of three at No. 1 Miami
(Fla.), North Carolina sits atop all four national polls and is the new
unanimous No. 1
in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Tar Heels (45-10) defeated Winthrop 4-1 on Tuesday before
heading South for its ACC series with the Hurricanes. UNC dropped the opener
12-2 on Thursday before posting a 10-6 victory on Friday and a 12-11 decision on
Saturday. UNC was actually outscored 30-28 for the week, but won three of four.
Miami topped North Florida on Tuesday
before its series with UNC. The Hurricanes fell to No. 2 after holding the top
spot for six consecutive weeks.
Arizona State (44-9) went 4-0, including
a three-game Pac-10 sweep of Washington, to take sole possession of the third
spot. Florida State (46-9) had a 3-1 week to drop to No. 4. Rice (42-11) swept
a three-game Conference USA series at Tulane to stay at No. 5.
Cal State Fullerton (35-17) took a
three-game non-conference set from San Diego State and climbed four places to
No. 7. LSU (39-16-1) had a 4-0 week, including a win over New Orleans and a
three-game SEC sweep at Auburn, to stretch its win streak to 16 and rise eight
spots to No. 12.
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 (5/20/08) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
North Carolina (45-10) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
|
2 |
Miami (Fla.) (43-8) |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
1 |
|
3 |
Arizona State (44-9) |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
T3 |
|
4 |
Florida State (46-9) |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
15 |
T3 |
|
5 |
Rice (42-11) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
20 |
5 |
|
6 |
Oklahoma State (40-15) |
7 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
29 |
9 |
|
7 |
Cal State Fullerton (35-17) |
6 |
11 |
7 |
8 |
32 |
11 |
|
8 |
Georgia (35-19-1) |
8 |
6 |
14 |
9 |
37 |
8 |
|
9 |
San Diego (39-15) |
11 |
7 |
8 |
11 |
37 |
10 |
|
10 |
Nebraska (39-12-1) |
12 |
13 |
10 |
7 |
42 |
6 |
|
11 |
Texas A&M (42-14) |
13 |
9 |
11 |
10 |
43 |
7 |
|
12 |
LSU (39-16-1) |
10 |
8 |
16 |
13 |
47 |
20 |
|
13 |
Missouri (37-17) |
9 |
12 |
12 |
15 |
48 |
13 |
|
14 |
UC Irvine (36-15) |
14 |
25 |
9 |
12 |
60 |
12 |
|
15 |
California (32-17-2) |
15 |
15 |
16 |
19 |
65 |
T14 |
|
16 |
Stanford (31-19-2) |
16 |
16 |
20 |
17 |
69 |
16 |
|
17 |
Michigan (42-12) |
17 |
14 |
24 |
18 |
73 |
17 |
|
18 |
Wichita State (41-15) |
23 |
20 |
18 |
14 |
75 |
18 |
|
19 |
Coastal Carolina (43-11) |
22 |
27 |
13 |
16 |
78 |
19 |
|
20 |
Kentucky (41-15) |
19 |
23 |
19 |
20 |
81 |
NR |
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: UC Irvine is No.
9 in one poll, No. 25 in another.
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