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Feb. 27, 2012
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Florida remains No. 1 in CBI Composite
Poll
Stanford up to second, South Carolina falls to third, Rice
rises to fourth
 After
posting five victories this past week without a loss, Florida
remains No. 1 in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The Gators defeated Bethune-Cookman on Tuesday and UCF on
Wednesday before sweeping a three-game set from William and Mary over the
weekend in Gainesville. Florida is first in three polls and second in the
other.
Stanford has climbed one spot to second. The Cardinal won at
Pacific on Tuesday before sweeping a three-game series from nationally-ranked
Texas. Stanford is first in one poll, second in two and third in the other.
South Carolina fell one place to No. 3. The Gamecocks took
three games from Elon over the weekend. South Carolina is second in one poll
and third in the other three.
Rice rose two spots to fourth. The Owls took a pair of midweek
games from New Mexico State before sweeping three from Dallas Baptist over the
weekend. Rice is fourth in three polls and fifth in the other.
Texas A&M drops one place to No. 5. The Aggies defeated Stephen
F. Austin on Tuesday before taking two of three from Holy Cross. Texas A&M is
fifth in three polls and sixth in the other.
Cal State Fullerton was the biggest climber, going from No. 20
to No. 15 after taking two of three from TCU.
The Horned Frogs fell out of the poll along with Oregon State
and Vanderbilt. Louisville, Ole Miss and Oregon make their first appearance in
the poll.
This week's poll includes six SEC teams and five from
the ACC. There are three from both the Big 12 and Pac-12 and single entries
from the Big East, Big West and Conference USA.
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 (2/27/12) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
Florida (7-1) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
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2 |
Stanford (7-0) |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
|
3 |
South Carolina (6-0) |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
2 |
|
4 |
Rice (8-0) |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
17 |
6 |
|
5 |
Texas A&M (6-1) |
6 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
21 |
4 |
|
6 |
Arkansas (7-1) |
4 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
25 |
5 |
|
7 |
North Carolina (5-1) |
9 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
27 |
7 |
|
8 |
Miami (Fla.) (7-0) |
12 |
8 |
10 |
8 |
38 |
12 |
|
9 |
Georgia (7-0) |
8 |
9 |
12 |
10 |
39 |
13 |
|
10 |
Florida State (6-1) |
13 |
10 |
8 |
9 |
40 |
11 |
|
11 |
Georgia Tech (6-2) |
10 |
12 |
9 |
11 |
42 |
10 |
|
12 |
Arizona (5-2) |
7 |
18 |
14 |
13 |
52 |
15 |
|
13 |
LSU (5-2) |
14 |
13 |
16 |
20 |
63 |
8 |
|
14 |
Clemson (4-2) |
15 |
20 |
13 |
19 |
67 |
16 |
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15 |
Cal State Fullerton (3-3) |
20 |
17 |
15 |
15 |
67 |
20 |
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16 |
Louisville (6-1) |
24 |
14 |
19 |
17 |
74 |
NR |
|
17 |
Oklahoma (4-2) |
23 |
16 |
17 |
22 |
78 |
17 |
|
18 |
Texas (2-5) |
21 |
31 |
18 |
16 |
86 |
9 |
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19 |
Ole Miss (5-1) |
16 |
23 |
22 |
25 |
86 |
NR |
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20 |
Oregon (7-1) |
18 |
15 |
23 |
31 |
87 |
NR |
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Arizona State (5-1) |
11 |
11 |
11 |
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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
* The American Baseball Coaches
Association has ruled Arizona State ineligible for votes this season because of
the school's NCAA postseason ban.
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: Texas is No.
16 in one poll, unranked in another.
Feb. 20: 1. Florida, 2. South Carolina, 3. Stanford, 4. Texas A&M, 5.
Arkansas
Preseason Poll: 1. Florida, 2. South Carolina, 3. Stanford, 4. UNC, 5. Texas A&M
(photo by Jimmy Jones)
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