March 12, 2012

 

CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll

 

Florida remains unanimous No. 1 in CBI Composite Poll

Top three spots stay the same, UCLA climbs seven places to No. 12

 

After going 5-0 this past week and extending its win streak to 13, Florida remains a unanimous No. 1 in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.

 

The Gators defeated Florida Atlantic on Tuesday and Florida A&M on Wednesday before sweeping a three-game home series from FGCU over the weekend. Florida is first in all four polls.

 

Stanford won three of four to hold on to second. The Cardinal won at Saint Mary's on Tuesday before taking two of three at home from then-No. 4 Rice. Stanford is second in three polls and third in the other.

 

South Carolina went 4-0 and stayed at No. 3. The Gamecocks topped UNC Asheville prior to a three-game sweep at home of Princeton. South Carolina is second in one poll and third in the other three.

 

North Carolina compiled five wins and moved up three places to fourth. The Tar Heels defeated Davidson and won at Elon before opening ACC play with a three-game sweep at Clemson. UNC is fourth in three polls and fifth in the other.

 

Arkansas went 3-0  to rise one spot to No. 5. The Razorbacks took three from visiting Binghamton this past weekend. Arkansas is fourth in one poll, fifth in two polls and seventh in the other.

 

UCLA was the biggest climber, going from No. 19 to No. 12 beating UC Riverside and sweeping a three-game set at then-No. 11 Georgia. The Bruins extended their win streak to 10.

 

Clemson and Louisville both fell out of the poll, while undefeated Kentucky slides in at No. 19 and California checks in at No. 20.

 

This week's poll includes seven SEC teams and five from the Pac-12. There are four from the ACC, two from the Big 12 and single entries from the 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.

 

CBI Composite Poll (3/12/12) BA CB NCBWA U/E Composite Last rank
1 Florida (15-1) 1 1 1 1 4 1
2 Stanford (13-2) 2 3 2 2 9 2
3 South Carolina (13-1) 3 2 3 3 11 3
4 North Carolina (13-2) 5 4 4 4 17 7
5 Arkansas (14-2) 4 5 5 7 21 6
6 Florida State (14-1) 7 6 6 6 25 8
7 Rice (13-4) 8 7 7 5 27 4
8 Texas A&M (13-3) 10 9 8 8 35 5
9 Arizona (13-2) 6 13 9 9 37 10
10 Cal State Fullerton (10-5) 15 8 10 11 44 14
11 Miami (Fla.) (12-3) 14 11 11 10 46 15
12 UCLA (12-3) 9 17 14 12 52 19
13 LSU (13-3) 13 10 13 16 52 13
14 Ole Miss (13-2) 12 15 16 15 58 16
15 Oregon (12-3) 17 12 20 13 62 12
16 Georgia Tech (11-5) 16 20 15 14 65 9
17 Oklahoma (11-5) 22 21 17 17 77 17
18 Georgia (11-5) 18 23 18 19 78 11
19 Kentucky (16-0) 26 16 24 20 86 NR
20 California (11-3) 26 25 21 18 90 NR
* Arizona State (10-4) 11 18 12      

 

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: UCLA is No. 9 in one poll, No. 17 in another.

 

March 5: 1. Florida, 2. Stanford 3. South Carolina, 4. Rice, 5. Texas A&M

Feb. 27: 1. Florida, 2. Stanford 3. South Carolina, 4. Rice, 5. Texas A&M

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)