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May 13, 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 sixth consecutive week.
The Hurricanes went 2-1 this
past week to raise their record to 41-6. Miami took two of three at Virginia
Tech in their ACC series.
North Carolina (42-9) remains the consensus
No. 2 after defeating North Florida twice and taking two of three at ACC-rival
Virginia. Florida State (43-8) won
at Clemson to start the week, lost at home to Jacksonville and won three
against Savannah State to stay in a third-place tie
with Arizona State (40-9), which went 3-1 with a loss at Kansas State, a
victory at Wichita State and two wins over Loyola Marymount. Rice (39-11)
posted a 5-0 record for the week with wins over Texas State and Oklahoma State
and a three-game sweep of Houston.
Coastal Carolina (41-11) returns to the
poll at No. 19. LSU (35-16-1) makes its first appearance this season 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 (5/13/08) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
Miami (Fla.) (41-6) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
2 |
North Carolina (42-9) |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
2 |
|
T3 |
Florida State (43-8) |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
14 |
T3 |
|
T3 |
Arizona State (40-9) |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
14 |
T3 |
|
5 |
Rice (39-11) |
6 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
21 |
5 |
|
6 |
Nebraska (38-9-1) |
5 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
23 |
7 |
|
7 |
Texas A&M (42-10) |
9 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
30 |
6 |
|
8 |
Georgia (33-17-1) |
7 |
8 |
12 |
8 |
35 |
10 |
|
9 |
Oklahoma State (37-14) |
10 |
10 |
8 |
9 |
37 |
8 |
|
10 |
San Diego (39-15) |
11 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
40 |
9 |
|
11 |
Cal State Fullerton (32-17) |
8 |
11 |
11 |
12 |
42 |
13 |
|
12 |
UC Irvine (33-13) |
12 |
27 |
9 |
11 |
59 |
17 |
|
13 |
Missouri (34-17) |
15 |
12 |
15 |
20 |
62 |
16 |
|
T14 |
Vanderbilt (37-15) |
19 |
17 |
13 |
13 |
62 |
15 |
|
T14 |
California (32-16-2) |
13 |
13 |
17 |
19 |
62 |
18 |
|
16 |
Stanford (29-18-2) |
14 |
14 |
21 |
16 |
65 |
11 |
|
17 |
Michigan (38-11) |
17 |
15 |
22 |
17 |
71 |
20 |
|
18 |
Wichita State (38-14) |
22 |
19 |
18 |
14 |
73 |
12 |
|
19 |
Coastal Carolina (41-11) |
23 |
26 |
14 |
14 |
77 |
NR |
|
20 |
LSU (35-16-1) |
16 |
16 |
24 |
21 |
77 |
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. 27 in another.
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