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March 11, 2008
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Arizona State stays on top of CBI Composite
Poll
Arizona remains No. 2; North Carolina moves up to No. 3
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 five home games this
past week to raise their record to 12-0. They defeated New Mexico twice and
Massachusetts three times. 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 (10-1) holds the top spot in the
Baseball America poll after also going 5-0 this past week. The Wildcats stay at No. 2 in the CBI Composite Poll
after two wins over UNLV and three shutouts in the Whataburger Classic over
South Alabama, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Notre Dame. UA outscored those
three 37-0. North
Carolina (10-2) went 3-1 to climb one spot to No. 3. South Carolina (8-2)
also went 3-1 to move up to No. 4. Florida State (12-0) enjoyed a 5-0 week to
rise from No. 12 to No. 5.
Baylor (10-1) went 3-1 to climb five
spots to No. 10. Georgia Tech (12-1), California (9-1-1), Stanford (8-4) and
Cal State Fullerton (8-4) all moved into the poll this week.
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 (3/10/08) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
Arizona State (12-0) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
|
2 |
Arizona (10-1) |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
|
3 |
North Carolina (10-2) |
3 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
15 |
4 |
|
4 |
South Carolina (8-2) |
8 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
23 |
5 |
|
5 |
Florida State (12-0) |
14 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
27 |
12 |
|
6 |
Miami (Fla.) (9-1) |
7 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
27 |
7 |
|
7 |
Long Beach State (9-2) |
9 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
30 |
10 |
|
8 |
Ole Miss (10-3) |
5 |
13 |
8 |
8 |
34 |
3 |
|
9 |
Vanderbilt (8-3) |
6 |
12 |
9 |
12 |
39 |
8 |
|
10 |
Baylor (10-1) |
10 |
9 |
12 |
9 |
40 |
15 |
|
11 |
UC Irvine (10-1) |
13 |
8 |
11 |
10 |
42 |
16 |
|
12 |
Missouri (9-2) |
4 |
17 |
14 |
11 |
46 |
14 |
|
13 |
Kentucky (11-0) |
17 |
4 |
17 |
15 |
53 |
17 |
|
14 |
Texas (9-4) |
19 |
15 |
10 |
13 |
57 |
9 |
|
15 |
Rice (8-5) |
15 |
14 |
13 |
16 |
58 |
6 |
|
16 |
Virginia (11-2) |
16 |
16 |
16 |
14 |
62 |
13 |
|
17 |
UCLA (7-4) |
11 |
23 |
19 |
18 |
71 |
11 |
|
18 |
Georgia Tech (12-1) |
26 |
11 |
22 |
17 |
76 |
NR |
|
19 |
California (9-1-1) |
12 |
18 |
30 |
25 |
85 |
NR |
|
20 |
Stanford (8-4) |
18 |
19 |
29 |
20 |
86 |
NR |
|
21 |
Cal State Fullerton (8-4) |
20 |
22 |
21 |
23 |
86 |
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: Missouri is
No. 4 in one poll and No. 17 in another.
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