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March 29, 2010
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Arizona State moves to No. 1 in the CBI Composite
Poll
Virginia falls to second, Georgia Tech stays in third, LSU
still fourth
 By sitting
on top of three of the national polls the Arizona State Sun Devils are the new No. 1 in the latest CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
Arizona State, under head coach Tim Esmay (left), is first in the Collegiate Baseball,
NCBWA and USA Today/ESPN polls and second in the
Baseball America . The Sun Devils opened Pac-10 play with a three-game
sweep of California to raise their record to 23-0, the best start in school
history.
Virginia slipped from the top spot to
No. 2. The Cavaliers are first in the Baseball America
poll, second in the NCBWA poll and third in the other two polls. Virginia beat
Marshall on Tuesday before taking two of three from No. 8 Clemson.
Georgia Tech remains in
third. The Yellow Jackets are second in one poll, third in another and fifth
in one. Tech beat Mercer twice before sweeping a three-game ACC set at North
Carolina.
LSU holds at No. 4. The Tigers topped Louisiana-Lafayette
before winning three SEC contests at Tennessee.
UCLA climbs two spots to No. 5. The
Bruins won at UC Santa Barbara and swept a three-game series from Cal Poly.
UCLA is 20-0, its best start and the longest winning streak in school history.
Louisville rose three places to No. 8,
while Florida fell four spots to No. 9.
Vanderbilt and Arizona entered this
week's poll, while Alabama and UC Irvine fell out.
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 (3/29/10) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
Arizona State (23-0) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
|
2 |
Virginia (20-4) |
1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
1 |
|
3 |
Georgia Tech (21-2) |
3 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
13 |
3 |
|
4 |
LSU (20-3) |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
17 |
4 |
|
5 |
UCLA (20-0) |
6 |
2 |
6 |
5 |
19 |
7 |
|
6 |
Florida State (19-4) |
4 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
21 |
6 |
|
7 |
Texas (18-6) |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
28 |
9 |
|
8 |
Louisville (20-3) |
9 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
33 |
11 |
|
9 |
Florida (18-5) |
8 |
12 |
9 |
11 |
40 |
5 |
|
10 |
Oklahoma (20-3) |
17 |
9 |
13 |
9 |
48 |
15 |
|
11 |
Mississippi (19-6) |
11 |
11 |
14 |
14 |
50 |
18 |
|
12 |
Clemson (18-6) |
16 |
13 |
12 |
10 |
51 |
8 |
|
13 |
Arkansas (18-5) |
10 |
19 |
10 |
13 |
52 |
16 |
|
14 |
TCU (17-5) |
13 |
16 |
11 |
12 |
52 |
10 |
|
15 |
Coastal Carolina (19-5) |
14 |
15 |
17 |
15 |
61 |
12 |
|
16 |
Miami (Fla.) (16-7) |
15 |
17 |
15 |
16 |
63 |
14 |
|
17 |
South Carolina (19-5) |
12 |
14 |
19 |
19 |
64 |
19 |
|
18 |
Oregon State (16-5) |
21 |
10 |
16 |
18 |
65 |
13 |
|
19 |
Vanderbilt (21-4) |
20 |
23 |
18 |
17 |
78 |
NR |
|
20 |
Arizona (20-5) |
22 |
18 |
20 |
20 |
80 |
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: Oklahoma is No.
9 in two polls, No. 17 in another.
(photo courtesy of ASU Media
Relations Office)
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