April 11, 2011

 

CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll

 

Vanderbilt maintains top spot in CBI Composite Poll

Virginia stays second, South Carolina sits third, Florida remains fourth

 

After its SEC sweep of West-leading Alabama, Vanderbilt remains in first place in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.

 

The Commodores went 4-0 for the second straight week, beating Middle Tennessee on Tuesday taking three from the Crimson Tide. As it was a week ago, Vanderbilt is first in three of the national polls and second in the other.

 

Virginia went 3-1 to keep its hold on second. The Cavaliers blanked Radford on Tuesday before taking two of three at then-No. 12 Georgia Tech. Virginia is first in the Collegiate Baseball poll and second in the other three.

 

South Carolina stays at No. 3 after its second consecutive 4-0 week. The Gamecocks defeated USC Upstate on Tuesday before a three-game SEC sweep at Tennessee. South Carolina is third in all four polls.

 

Florida experienced a rare 2-2 week, but was able to stay in fourth. The Gators lost to UCF on Tuesday and dropped the SEC series opener at Mississippi State on Friday before rebounding to take the final two against the Bulldogs. Florida is fourth in three polls and fifth in the other.

 

Texas moves up two spots to No. 5. The Longhorns won at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Tuesday before taking two of three from Baylor.

 

Two teams return to the poll this week. Arkansas checks in at No. 17, while Arizona sits at No. 19.

 

There are six teams from the Pac-10 and four from both the ACC and SEC. There are three Big 12 squads and single entries from the Big West, Mountain West and WAC.

 

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 (4/11/11) BA CB NCBWA U/E Composite Last rank
1 Vanderbilt (30-3) 1 2 1 1 5 1
2 Virginia (31-3) 2 1 2 2 7 2
3 South Carolina (26-5) 3 3 3 3 12 3
4 Florida (26-7) 4 5 4 4 17 4
5 Texas (24-8) 6 4 5 7 22 7
6 North Carolina (29-5) 7 6 6 5 24 10
7 Texas A&M (24-8) 5 8 7 6 26 6
8 Cal State Fullerton (23-9) 8 7 11 9 35 13
9 Arizona State (22-9) 10 13 10 10 43 5
10 Florida State (23-9) 11 15 12 8 46 8
11 TCU (22-10) 12 11 9 14 46 14
12 Oklahoma (24-8) 14 16 8 10 48 9
13 Oregon State (24-7) 9 10 17 15 51 20
14 Georgia Tech (24-9) 15 9 15 12 51 12
15 Fresno State (22-5) 13 14 14 13 54 11
16 UCLA (16-11) 23 12 18 18 71 19
17 Arkansas (23-8) 25 17 13 16 71 NR
18 Stanford (15-9) 17 21 16 23 77 15
19 Arizona (21-11) 20 22 20 19 81 NR
20 California (20-9) 16 20 24 22 82 16

 

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: Arkansas is No. 13 in one poll, No. 25 in another.

 

Past Polls

April 4: 1. Vanderbilt 2. Virginia 3. South Carolina 4. Florida 5. Arizona State

March 28: t1. Vanderbilt t1. Virginia 3. S. Carolina 4. Florida 5. Texas A&M

March 21: 1. Florida, 2. Vanderbilt 3. Virginia 4. Texas 5. South Carolina

March 14: 1. Florida, 2. Vanderbilt 3. Oklahoma 4. Florida St. 5. S. Carolina

March 7: 1. Florida, t2. Oklahoma, t2. Vanderbilt 4. S. Carolina, 5. Florida St.

Feb. 28: 1. Florida, 2. Vanderbilt, 3. Oklahoma, 4. South Carolina, 5. UCLA

Feb. 21: 1. Florida, 2. UCLA, 3. Vanderbilt, 4. TCU, 5. Oklahoma

Preseason Poll: 1. TCU, 2. UCLA, 3. Florida, 4. Vanderbilt, 5. Oklahoma

 

(photo by Jimmy Jones)