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May 6, 2008
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Miami stays unanimous No. 1 in CBI Composite Poll
North Carolina remains No. 2; Florida State tied with Arizona
State for No. 3
By sitting on top of all four national
polls, Miami
(Fla.) remains No. 1
in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll for the fifth consecutive week.
The Hurricanes went 3-0 this
past week to raise their record to 39-5. Miami won a three-game
non-conference series at home with Saint Mary's.
North Carolina (38-8) remains the consensus
No. 2 after being idle last week due to final exams. Florida State (39-7) won
twice at Stetson and twice at ACC-rival Clemson to sit in a third-place tie
with Arizona State (37-8), which went 2-1 at Pac-10 rival UCLA. Rice (34-11)
was also idle this past week due to exams to remain in fifth.
NC State (32-14) entered the poll at No.
19. Michigan (34-11) returned to the rankings at No. 20.
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 (5/06/08) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
Miami (Fla.) (39-5) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
2 |
North Carolina (38-8) |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
2 |
|
T3 |
Florida State (39-7) |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
14 |
3 |
|
T3 |
Arizona State (37-8) |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
14 |
4 |
|
5 |
Rice (34-11) |
7 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
23 |
5 |
|
6 |
Texas A&M (40-8) |
9 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
26 |
6 |
|
7 |
Nebraska (36-8-1) |
5 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
26 |
7 |
|
8 |
Oklahoma State (35-12) |
10 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
36 |
9 |
|
9 |
San Diego (37-13) |
8 |
9 |
9 |
11 |
37 |
8 |
|
10 |
Georgia (31-15) |
11 |
8 |
14 |
9 |
42 |
13 |
|
11 |
Stanford (27-15-2) |
6 |
11 |
18 |
12 |
47 |
11 |
|
12 |
Wichita State (36-11) |
14 |
15 |
13 |
10 |
52 |
10 |
|
13 |
Cal State Fullerton (29-16) |
12 |
12 |
15 |
16 |
55 |
16 |
|
14 |
South Carolina (33-15) |
17 |
13 |
12 |
15 |
57 |
14 |
|
15 |
Vanderbilt (34-13) |
18 |
16 |
11 |
14 |
59 |
17 |
|
16 |
Missouri (31-16) |
15 |
14 |
16 |
17 |
62 |
15 |
|
17 |
UC Irvine (30-12) |
13 |
27 |
10 |
13 |
63 |
12 |
|
18 |
California (29-15-2) |
16 |
18 |
20 |
21 |
75 |
29 |
|
19 |
NC State (32-14) |
19 |
17 |
21 |
20 |
77 |
NR |
|
20 |
Michigan (34-11) |
20 |
19 |
23 |
19 |
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: IC Irvine is No.
10 in one poll, No. 27 in another.
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