Wake Forest held down the top spot in the 2024 CBI Preseason Composite Poll.
The CBI Composite Poll uses the five national polls: Baseball America, D1baseball.com, NCBWA, Perfect Game and USA Today/Coaches Poll.
The Demon Deacons were first in all five national polls. LSU was second in the CBI Composite Poll, standing second in three polls, third in one and fourth in the other. Arkansas and Florida tied for third, with one second, two thirds and two fourths. TCU took fifth, sitting in fifth in three polls and sixth in the other two.
There were seven teams from the SEC in the CBI Preseason Composite Poll, followed by six from the ACC. There were two from both the Big 12 and Pac-12, and single entries from the American, Big 10 and Sun Belt.
| Rnk | Team | BA | D1 | NCBWA | PG | USAT | Points | Prev Rnk |
| 1 | Wake Forest (54-12) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | LSU (54-17) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 1 |
| 3 | Arkansas (43-18) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 |
| 3 | Florida (54-17) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 2 |
| 5 | TCU (44-24) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 4 |
| 6 | Vanderbilt (42-20) | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 19 |
| 7 | Oregon State (41-20) | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 36 | NR |
| 8 | Tennessee (44-22) | 8 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 5 |
| 9 | Texas A&M (38-27) | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 46 | NR |
| 10 | Virginia (50-15) | 10 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 56 | 8 |
| 11 | Texas (42-22) | 13 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 59 | 11 |
| 12 | Clemson (44-19) | 9 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 61 | 18 |
| 13 | East Carolina (47-19) | 14 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 67 | NR |
| 14 | North Carolina (36-24) | 17 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 77 | NR |
| 15 | Duke (39-24) | 16 | 12 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 79 | 16 |
| 16 | South Carolina (42-21) | 12 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 21 | 86 | 12 |
| 17 | NC State (36-21) | 22 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 87 | NR |
| 18 | Stanford (44-20) | 15 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 93 | 6 |
| 19 | Iowa (40-16) | 20 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 97 | NR |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina (42-21) | 19 | 18 | 19 | 25 | 18 | 99 | NR |