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May 17, 2010
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Longhorns remain on top in CBI Composite Poll
Same Top 5 spots: Texas, Virginia, Arizona State, Coastal
Carolina, Florida
 With
a doubleheader sweep of Louisiana Tech on Sunday, the
Texas Longhorns remained at No. 1 in the latest CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
Texas is first in the Collegiate
Baseball, NCBWA and USA Today/ESPN polls and second in the
Baseball America poll. The Longhorns were off during the week before
registering two non-conference wins at home against Louisiana Tech on Sunday.
Virginia is first the the Baseball
America poll and second in the other three polls to take second in the CBI
poll. The Cavaliers swept a three-game ACC series from North Carolina in
Charlottesville.
Arizona State is third in all four
polls. The Sun Devils beat
BYU twice during the week before splitting a Pac-10 pair at Arizona over the
weekend.
Coastal Carolina topped Winthrop and
swept a three-game series at second-place Liberty to remain undefeated in Big South play. The Chanticleers are
fourth in the CBI poll.
Florida stayed at No. 5 after beating
Florida Atlantic and sweeping a three-game SEC series from Georgia..
South Carolina went 5-0, with a
three-game sweep at Arkansas, to climb four spots to No. 6. Cal State
Fullerton clinched the Big West's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with
its three-game sweep at Long Beach State and also jumped four places to No.
10.
No teams dropped out of this week's
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.
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CBI Composite Poll (5/17/10) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
|
1 |
Texas (43-8) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
|
2 |
Virginia (43-9) |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
|
3 |
Arizona State (42-6) |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
3 |
|
4 |
Coastal Carolina (45-6) |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
17 |
4 |
|
5 |
Florida (37-12) |
4 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
19 |
5 |
|
6 |
South Carolina (41-11) |
6 |
6 |
9 |
7 |
28 |
10 |
|
7 |
Georgia Tech (41-10) |
13 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
34 |
8 |
|
8 |
Florida State (39-13) |
7 |
11 |
8 |
8 |
34 |
7 |
|
9 |
TCU (40-11) |
8 |
12 |
6 |
9 |
35 |
6 |
|
10 |
Cal State Fullerton (34-14) |
9 |
7 |
12 |
12 |
40 |
14 |
|
11 |
UCLA (37-11) |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
40 |
13 |
|
12 |
Louisville (42-10) |
11 |
13 |
11 |
11 |
46 |
9 |
|
13 |
Miami (Fla.) (37-13) |
14 |
9 |
13 |
13 |
49 |
11 |
|
14 |
Oklahoma (37-14) |
15 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
60 |
15 |
|
15 |
Arkansas (38-14) |
17 |
18 |
14 |
14 |
63 |
12 |
|
16 |
Virginia Tech (36-16) |
12 |
21 |
17 |
20 |
70 |
17 |
|
17 |
Auburn (35-17) |
16 |
16 |
21 |
18 |
71 |
18 |
|
18 |
Mississippi (36-17) |
18 |
17 |
19 |
17 |
71 |
16 |
|
19 |
Vanderbilt (39-13) |
23 |
20 |
16 |
15 |
74 |
19 |
|
20 |
Connecticut (41-11) |
20 |
19 |
18 |
19 |
76 |
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: Georgia Tech is No.
6 in one poll, No. 13 in another.
(photo courtesy of Texas Media Relations Office)
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