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April 12, 2010
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Arizona State remains No. 1 in CBI Composite
Poll
UCLA climbs to second, Virginia jumps to third, Texas rises to
fourth
After a weekend full of upsets, the Arizona State Sun Devils stay at No. 1 in the latest CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
Arizona State is first in two polls (Collegiate Baseball and USA Today/ESPN),
second in NCBWA and third in Baseball America. The Sun Devils went 3-2
this past week, taking two from San Diego before dropping two of three at
Washington State.
UCLA moved up one spot to No. 2. The
Bruins are first in the Baseball America poll, second in two others and
fourth in one. UCLA went 2-2, falling at home to Cal State Fullerton before
winning two of three at No. 16 Oregon State.
Virginia rose two places to third. The
Cavaliers are first in the NCBWA poll, and have a second, third and
fourth-place spot in the other polls. Virginia beat James Madison and Radford
before taking two of three from No. 2 Georgia Tech.
Texas climbed two spots to No. 4. The
Longhorns were one of the few ranked teams to go undefeated this past week.
Texas beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi twice before sweeping a three-game set
with Kansas.
Georgia Tech dropped from second to
fifth. The Yellow Jackets topped Kennesaw State before losing two of three at
Virginia.
Coastal Carolina and Oklahoma both rose
three places, while Louisville fell six spots.
Western Kentucky and Cal State Fullerton
enter this week's poll, while UC Irvine and Vanderbilt both 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 (4/12/10) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
Arizona State (28-3) |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
|
2 |
UCLA (25-3) |
1 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
9 |
3 |
|
3 |
Virginia (27-7) |
2 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
5 |
|
4 |
Texas (26-7) |
4 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
14 |
6 |
|
5 |
Georgia Tech (27-5) |
5 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
21 |
2 |
|
6 |
LSU (26-6) |
8 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
27 |
4 |
|
7 |
Florida State (25-7) |
6 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
31 |
8 |
|
8 |
Arkansas (26-6) |
9 |
8 |
7 |
8 |
32 |
10 |
|
9 |
Florida (23-8) |
7 |
12 |
9 |
9 |
37 |
9 |
|
10 |
South Carolina (25-7) |
10 |
5 |
13 |
13 |
41 |
12 |
|
11 |
Coastal Carolina (27-5) |
12 |
9 |
11 |
10 |
42 |
14 |
|
12 |
TCU (23-7) |
11 |
17 |
10 |
11 |
49 |
13 |
|
13 |
Louisville (25-6) |
13 |
15 |
12 |
12 |
52 |
7 |
|
14 |
Oklahoma (25-7) |
16 |
11 |
15 |
14 |
56 |
17 |
|
15 |
Miami (Fla.) (23-9) |
15 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
57 |
11 |
|
16 |
Oregon State (20-8) |
18 |
14 |
16 |
17 |
65 |
16 |
|
17 |
Clemson (23-10) |
17 |
16 |
17 |
16 |
66 |
15 |
|
18 |
Mississippi (23-10) |
14 |
18 |
19 |
18 |
69 |
18 |
|
19 |
Western Kentucky (26-8) |
19 |
21 |
20 |
22 |
82 |
NR |
|
20 |
Cal State Fullerton (18-12) |
22 |
22 |
25 |
24 |
93 |
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: South
Carolina is No.
5 in one poll, No. 13 in two others.
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