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April 13, 2009
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
LSU Back on Top in CBI Composite Poll
Rice rises to second, Georgia climbs to third, Arizona State drops to
fourth
After going 3-1 in the past week, LSU has climbed back into the No. 1 spot in the latest CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Tigers (26-9) are first in three of the national polls (Baseball America,
Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA polls) and third in the USA Today/ESPN
Coaches poll. LSU defeated Grambling State on Wednesday before winning two of
three over the weekend at Alabama.
Rice (25-8) defeated Sam Houston State and won at Lamar before
taking two of three at East Carolina to move into a tie for first with the
Pirates in Conference USA. The Owls jumped from fifth to second.
Georgia (29-6) split a doubleheader with Winthrop before
sweeping a three-game set at Kentucky to jump one spot to No. 3. Arizona State
lost twice at Arkansas before winning two of three against Washington State to
fall from first to fourth. UC Irvine rebounded from a loss at UCLA to sweep a
three-game Big West series with Long Beach State to rise from eighth to fifth
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Coastal Carolina (29-7) enjoyed another 5-0 week with wins at
Elon and at Wake Forest before a three-game sweep of Radford. The Chanticleers
extended their win streak to 10 and climbed four more spots to No. 15.
Three teams climbed back into the poll: No. 20 Florida State
(21-11), No. 21 Clemson (23-12) and No. 25 Kansas State (26-9).
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 (4/13/09) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
LSU (26-9) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
|
2 |
Rice (25-8) |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
5 |
|
3 |
Georgia (29-6) |
8 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
13 |
4 |
|
4 |
Arizona State (25-8) |
4 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
17 |
1 |
|
5 |
UC Irvine (22-9) |
3 |
4 |
7 |
7 |
21 |
8 |
|
6 |
North Carolina (27-9) |
5 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
21 |
2 |
|
7 |
Cal State Fullerton (22-9) |
6 |
8 |
8 |
6 |
28 |
6 |
|
8 |
Texas (24-8) |
9 |
11 |
6 |
10 |
36 |
11 |
|
9 |
Oklahoma (28-8) |
10 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
38 |
12 |
|
10 |
Arkansas (24-8) |
11 |
5 |
12 |
12 |
40 |
9 |
|
11 |
Miami (Fla.) (25-10) |
13 |
12 |
9 |
7 |
41 |
7 |
|
12 |
Georgia Tech (21-8-1) |
12 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
44 |
10 |
|
13 |
Baylor (23-10) |
7 |
14 |
13 |
13 |
47 |
13 |
|
14 |
Virginia (28-7-1) |
19 |
13 |
17 |
14 |
63 |
15 |
|
15 |
Coastal Carolina (29-7) |
20 |
18 |
14 |
15 |
67 |
19 |
|
16 |
Mississippi (25-10) |
17 |
19 |
16 |
16 |
68 |
14 |
|
17 |
Cal Poly (24-8) |
18 |
15 |
19 |
21 |
73 |
21 |
|
18 |
Oregon State (20-7) |
14 |
16 |
25 |
19 |
74 |
20 |
|
19 |
TCU (22-10) |
16 |
17 |
21 |
22 |
76 |
22 |
|
20 |
Florida State (21-11) |
26 |
22 |
15 |
20 |
83 |
NR |
|
21 |
Clemson (23-12) |
26 |
21 |
18 |
18 |
83 |
NR |
|
22 |
East Carolina (26-9) |
23 |
31 |
20 |
17 |
91 |
16 |
|
23 |
Florida (23-12) |
26 |
20 |
22 |
25 |
93 |
25 |
|
24 |
San Diego State (25-12) |
15 |
30 |
24 |
26 |
95 |
24 |
|
25 |
Kansas State (26-9) |
21 |
26 |
29 |
26 |
102 |
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: Georgia is No.
1 in one poll, No. 8 in another poll.
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