March 22, 2010

 

CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll

 

Virginia remains No. 1 in the CBI Composite Poll

Arizona State stays in second, Georgia Tech sits in third, LSU up to fourth

 

By sitting on top of two of the national polls and in second in the other two, the Virginia Cavaliers stay at No. 1 in the latest CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.

 

Virginia is first in the Baseball America and NCBWA polls, and second in the Collegiate Baseball and USA Today/ESPN polls. The Cavaliers defeated William and Mary and won at James Madison before sweeping a home ACC series against Boston College.

 

Arizona State stays in second, but closes the gap to No. 1. The Sun Devils are first in the Collegiate Baseball and USA Today/ESPN polls, second in the NCBWA and third in the Baseball America poll. ASU won twice at Cal State Fullerton before taking three from Houston.

 

Georgia Tech remains in third. The Yellow Jackets are third in two polls, fourth in another and fifth in one. Tech beat Georgia before taking two of three at Maryland.

 

LSU bumps up one spot to fourth. The Tigers defeated Nicholls State before taking two of three from Arkansas.

 

Florida climbs three places to fifth. The Gators beat Army and Florida State before sweeping a three-game set from Mississippi State.

 

UCLA rose five places to No. 7. Texas fell five spots to No. 9.

 

Alabama, South Carolina and UC Irvine entered the Top 20, while Vanderbilt, North Carolina and Rice all fell out of the poll.

 

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 (3/22/10) BA CB NCBWA U/E Composite Last rank
1 Virginia (17-3) 1 2 1 2 6 1
2 Arizona State (20-0) 3 1 2 1 7 2
3 Georgia Tech (16-2) 4 5 3 3 15 3
4 LSU (16-3) 7 4 4 4 19 5
5 Florida (16-3) 2 8 5 9 24 8
6 Florida State (15-4) 6 7 6 7 26 6
7 UCLA (16-0) 9 3 11 6 29 12
8 Clemson (17-2) 12 6 8 5 31 9
9 Texas (15-5) 8 10 9 8 35 4
10 TCU (15-3) 5 14 7 10 36 7
11 Louisville (17-2) 11 12 10 11 44 10
12 Coastal Carolina (17-3) 10 11 14 13 48 11
13 Oregon State (14-3) 17 9 13 15 54 15
14 Miami (Fla.) (14-5) 15 15 12 14 56 13
15 Oklahoma (18-2) 21 13 15 12 61 16
16 Arkansas (13-5) 16 20 16 17 69 14
17 Alabama (16-2) 20 16 20 16 72 NR
18 Mississippi (15-5) 18 17 19 18 72 19
19 South Carolina (16-4) 14 18 21 23 76 NR
20 UC Irvine (13-6) 13 24 18 22 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: TCU in No. 5 in one poll, No. 14 in another.

 

(photo by Jimmy Jones)