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May 25, 2009
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
UC Irvine stays No. 1 in CBI Composite Poll
LSU stays second, ASU still third, CSF is fourth, Texas sits fifth
UC Irvine enjoyed another 3-1 week and kept
the top spot in the final regular-season CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Anteaters (43-13) defeated UCLA and won two of three at UC
Santa Barbara to win the Big West by five games. UCI is first in all four national
polls.
LSU (46-16) was the top seed and won the SEC Tournament. The Tigers are No. 2 in
all four national polls.
Arizona State (44-12) won at Arizona and took two of three
against UCLA to finish on top of the Pac-10 standings. The Sun Devils are third in the three
polls.
Cal State Fullerton (42-14) defeated Pepperdine and swept a
three-game set from Long Beach State to finished second to UCI in the Big West.
The Titans are fourth in three polls and fifth in one.
Texas (41-13-1) won the Big 12 title. The Longhorns are fourth in
one poll and fifth in the other three polls.
Rice (39-15) won the Conference USA Tournament and jumped from
11th to sixth. North Carolina (42-16) went 1-2 in the ACC Tournament and fell
from fourth to seventh. Virginia (43-12-1) won the ACC tourney and rose six
spots to ninth.
Missouri (34-24) reached the Big 12 championship game and
returned to the poll at No. 22. Georgia (37-22) went 2-2 in the SEC Tournament
and resurfaced 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 (5/25/09) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
UC Irvine (43-13) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
2 |
LSU (46-16) |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
2 |
|
3 |
Arizona State (44-12) |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
3 |
|
4 |
Cal State Fullerton (42-14) |
4 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
17 |
5 |
|
5 |
Texas (41-13-1) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
19 |
6 |
|
6 |
Rice (39-15) |
6 |
8 |
6 |
7 |
27 |
11 |
|
7 |
North Carolina (42-16) |
8 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
28 |
4 |
|
8 |
Florida State (42-16) |
10 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
32 |
8 |
|
9 |
Virginia (43-12-1) |
7 |
13 |
9 |
9 |
38 |
15 |
|
10 |
Oklahoma (41-18) |
9 |
11 |
10 |
10 |
40 |
9 |
|
11 |
Mississippi (40-17) |
12 |
9 |
12 |
11 |
44 |
7 |
|
12 |
Florida (39-20) |
11 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
44 |
10 |
|
13 |
Georgia Tech (35-17-1) |
17 |
16 |
14 |
13 |
60 |
12 |
|
14 |
Clemson (40-19) |
16 |
15 |
16 |
14 |
61 |
13 |
|
15 |
TCU (36-16) |
13 |
21 |
13 |
15 |
62 |
14 |
|
16 |
Louisville (44-15) |
15 |
12 |
20 |
18 |
65 |
20 |
|
17 |
East Carolina (42-17) |
18 |
19 |
19 |
17 |
73 |
16 |
|
18 |
Coastal Carolina (46-14) |
24 |
20 |
15 |
16 |
75 |
21 |
|
19 |
Alabama (37-19) |
20 |
14 |
24 |
21 |
79 |
17 |
|
20 |
Miami (Fla.) (36-20) |
26 |
18 |
17 |
19 |
80 |
18 |
|
21 |
Kansas State (41-16-1) |
14 |
23 |
26 |
20 |
83 |
19 |
|
22 |
Missouri (34-24) |
23 |
17 |
31 |
24 |
95 |
NR |
|
23 |
Texas A&M (36-22) |
26 |
29 |
18 |
25 |
98 |
24 |
|
24 |
Arkansas (34-22) |
26 |
31 |
21 |
23 |
101 |
25 |
|
25 |
Georgia (37-22) |
26 |
31 |
22 |
22 |
101 |
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: Kansas State is No.
14 in one poll, No. 23 in another poll.
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