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May 4, 2009
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
UC Irvine Claims Top Spot in CBI Composite Poll
UNC is second, LSU climbs to third, Rice stays fourth, ASU
falls to fifth
After putting together a 4-0 week, UC Irvine
snapped its first-place tie with North Carolina to take sole possession of the top spot in the latest CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Anteaters (34-11) defeated USC and swept a three-game
Big West series from Cal State Northridge. UCI is first in the Baseball
America and Collegiate Baseball polls, and second in the other two
polls.
UNC
(35-11) did not play this past week due to final exams and slipped to second.
The Tar Heels are first in the NCBWA and USA Today/ESPN Coaches polls,
second in the Collegiate Baseball poll and fourth in the Baseball
America poll.
LSU (36-13) defeated Tulane and took two of three in a SEC series
at No. 8 Arkansas to rise two spots to third.
Rice (31-11) topped Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and won two of three
Conference USA contests at Houston to stay No. 4.
Arizona State (33-11) beat Arizona and dropped two of three Pac-10 games at No.
24 Oregon State to fall two spots to fifth.
Florida (3-0) swept a three-game SEC series at No. 7 Georgia to sky-rocket nine
spots to No. 11. Kansas State (4-0) got by North Dakota and took three Big 12
contests at Oklahoma State to jump five spots to No. 16.
Kansas (33-16) enters the poll this week at No. 25.
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 (5/4/09) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
|
1 |
UC Irvine (34-11) |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
T1 |
|
2 |
North Carolina (35-11) |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
T1 |
|
3 |
LSU (36-13) |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
14 |
5 |
|
4 |
Rice (31-11) |
2 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
15 |
4 |
|
5 |
Arizona State (33-11) |
5 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
19 |
3 |
|
6 |
Cal State Fullerton (32-12) |
6 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
23 |
6 |
|
7 |
Texas (33-11-1) |
8 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
31 |
10 |
|
8 |
Mississippi (36-13) |
7 |
12 |
7 |
9 |
35 |
9 |
|
9 |
Georgia Tech (31-11-1) |
9 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
37 |
11 |
|
10 |
Florida State (33-12) |
16 |
6 |
9 |
10 |
41 |
13 |
|
11 |
Florida (34-14) |
11 |
9 |
12 |
12 |
44 |
20 |
|
12 |
Arkansas (31-14) |
17 |
13 |
11 |
11 |
52 |
8 |
|
13 |
Virginia (35-9-1) |
13 |
11 |
14 |
14 |
52 |
14 |
|
14 |
Texas A&M (31-16) |
14 |
15 |
16 |
16 |
61 |
17 |
|
15 |
Georgia (33-15) |
22 |
14 |
13 |
13 |
62 |
7 |
|
16 |
Kansas State (35-11-1) |
10 |
17 |
21 |
18 |
66 |
21 |
|
17 |
Cal Poly (32-12) |
12 |
16 |
19 |
20 |
67 |
15 |
|
18 |
Miami (Fla.) (31-16) |
19 |
20 |
15 |
15 |
69 |
16 |
|
19 |
Oklahoma (34-14) |
18 |
21 |
17 |
17 |
73 |
12 |
|
20 |
TCU (29-13) |
15 |
22 |
18 |
21 |
76 |
18 |
|
21 |
Clemson (32-16) |
20 |
19 |
20 |
19 |
78 |
19 |
|
22 |
Oregon State (27-12) |
25 |
18 |
24 |
23 |
90 |
24 |
|
23 |
Alabama (32-15) |
21 |
23 |
26 |
25 |
95 |
25 |
|
24 |
East Carolina (35-14) |
24 |
30 |
22 |
22 |
98 |
23 |
|
25 |
Kansas (33-16) |
23 |
24 |
29 |
28 |
104 |
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: Florida
State is No.
6 in one poll, No. 16 in another poll.
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