May 18, 2009

 

CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll

 

UC Irvine remains on top in CBI Composite Poll

Top five spots unchanged: LSU second, ASU third, UNC fourth, CSF fifth

 

UC Irvine went 3-1 and clinched its first Big West title to retain the top spot in the latest CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.

 

The Anteaters (40-12) swept a three-game Big West series against UC Davis to stretch its conference win streak to 15. UCI is first in all four national polls.

 

LSU (41-15) defeated Centenary before winning two of three at Mississippi State to secure the top seed in the SEC Tournament. The Tigers are No. 2 in three of the four national polls.

 

Arizona State (41-11) swept a three-game set from Oregon to claim its third consecutive Pac-10 title. The Sun Devils are second in one national poll and third in the other three.

 

North Carolina (41-14) won at Charlotte before taking two of three at Boston College to remain in fourth.

 

Cal State Fullerton (38-14) won two of three in a non-conference series with UCLA to stay at No. 5.

 

Oklahoma (40-16) swept a three-game Big 12 set from No. 16 Texas A&M to jump five spots to No. 9. East Carolina swept a three-game series from Memphis to claim the regular-season title in Conference USA and the tourney's top seed. The Pirates climbed seven places to No. 16.

 

Louisville (40-14) won the Big East regular-season crown and enters the poll at No. 20. Coastal Carolina (42-13) returns at No. 21 and South Carolina (37-19) checks in at No. 23.

 

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.

 

CBI Composite Poll (5/18/09) BA CB NCBWA U/E Composite Last rank
1 UC Irvine (40-12) 1 1 1 1 4 1
2 LSU (41-15) 2 2 2 3 9 2
3 Arizona State (41-11) 3 3 3 2 11 3
4 North Carolina (41-14) 6 4 4 4 18 4
5 Cal State Fullerton (38-14) 4 5 5 6 20 5
6 Texas (38-12-1) 5 6 6 5 22 7
7 Mississippi (40-15) 7 8 8 8 31 11
8 Florida State (40-14) 12 7 7 7 33 9
9 Oklahoma (40-16) 8 10 10 11 39 14
10 Florida (38-18) 9 9 11 10 39 12
11 Rice (35-15) 11 11 9 9 40 6
12 Georgia Tech (34-15-1) 14 14 13 12 53 8
13 Clemson (39-17) 13 13 15 13 54 15
14 TCU (35-14) 10 19 12 14 55 18
15 Virginia (39-12-1) 16 21 14 15 66 10
16 East Carolina (41-15) 15 18 17 16 66 23
17 Alabama (37-17) 18 12 21 18 69 13
18 Miami (Fla.) (35-18) 23 16 16 17 72 22
19 Kansas State (39-15-1) 17 22 28 20 87 17
20 Louisville (40-14) 20 17 23 27 87 NR
21 Coastal Carolina (42-13) 26 26 18 19 89 NR
22 Cal Poly (35-17) 19 25 25 24 93 21
23 South Carolina (37-19) 25 20 26 25 96 NR
24 Texas A&M (34-21) 26 31 19 22 98 16
25 Arkansas (32-20) 26 31 20 23 100 20

 

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: TCU is No. 10 in one poll, No. 19 in another poll.