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March 4, 2013
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
North Carolina still unanimous No. 1 in CBI Composite
Poll
Vanderbilt rises to second, LSU up to third, Oregon State
climbs to fourth
 After
putting together another 4-0 week, North Carolina remains the unanimous No. 1 in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite
Poll.
The Tar Heels defeated St. John's on Wednesday before going 3-0 at the Astros
Foundation College Classic at Minute Maid Park in Houston. The Tar Heels
downed Rice on Friday, California on Saturday and Texas A&M on Sunday. UNC is first in all five polls.
Vanderbilt went 5-0 in Nashville to climb one spot to second. The Commodores
defeated Arkansas State and Evansville before sweeping a three-game series
from UIC. Vanderbilt is second in all five polls.
LSU moved to third after having a 4-0 week, winning at
Louisiana-Lafayette before taking three at home from Brown. The Tigers are
third in three polls, fourth in one and eight
in the other.
Oregon State, under head coach Pat Casey (above), stayed
undefeated with a 4-0 week and rose one spot to No. 4. The Beavers swept a
four-game home series from Bryant. OSU is third in one poll, fourth in three
polls and sixth in the other.
Mississippi State climbed four places after a 6-0 week. The
Bulldogs took two from Rhode Island before sweeping a four-game set from Saint
Joseph's. MSU is 15-0, the most wins in the nation. The Bulldogs have one
third, one fifth, two sixths and one 10th in the polls.
Cal State Fullerton was the big riser, jumping seven spots to
No. 11 after taking two of three at home from Oregon. Arkansas had an 0-4 trip
to the Coca-Cola Classic in Surprise, Ariz., and dropped 17 places from second
to No. 19.
Virginia entered the poll at No. 20 after a 5-0 week to improve
to 12-0. The Cavs beat George Washington once and had a pair of wins over both
Bucknell and Harvard. Rice fell out of the poll after a 1-3 week. The Owls won
at Hawaii before falling to UNC, Texas A&M and Baylor in the Astros Foundation
College Classic.
The CBI Composite Poll contains seven teams from the SEC,
including four of the top six. There
are five from the ACC and Pac-12, and single entries
from the Big East, Big 12 and Big West.
About the
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
The
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll weighs the five 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 (3/4/13) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
PG |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
|
1 |
North Carolina (10-0) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
|
2 |
Vanderbilt (12-1) |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
3 |
|
3 |
LSU (10-1) |
8 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
21 |
4 |
|
4 |
Oregon State (12-0) |
4 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
21 |
5 |
|
5 |
Mississippi State (15-0) |
3 |
5 |
6 |
10 |
6 |
30 |
9 |
|
6 |
South Carolina (8-2) |
6 |
6 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
34 |
6 |
|
7 |
UCLA (8-2) |
12 |
13 |
7 |
4 |
9 |
45 |
8 |
|
8 |
Stanford (9-2) |
13 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
10 |
46 |
12 |
|
9 |
NC State (10-1) |
9 |
8 |
12 |
8 |
14 |
51 |
11 |
|
10 |
Kentucky (10-1) |
11 |
7 |
10 |
13 |
11 |
52 |
10 |
|
11 |
Cal State Fullerton (10-1) |
10 |
12 |
13 |
11 |
8 |
54 |
18 |
|
12 |
Florida State (10-0) |
18 |
15 |
5 |
15 |
5 |
58 |
14 |
|
13 |
Ole Miss (11-1) |
7 |
11 |
15 |
12 |
15 |
60 |
15 |
|
14 |
Oregon (8-3) |
15 |
14 |
11 |
17 |
13 |
70 |
7 |
|
15 |
Oklahoma (11-1) |
17 |
10 |
14 |
18 |
12 |
71 |
16 |
|
16 |
Georgia Tech (11-1) |
14 |
16 |
18 |
9 |
18 |
75 |
20 |
|
17 |
Louisville (9-2) |
5 |
19 |
20 |
14 |
20 |
78 |
19 |
|
18 |
Arizona (10-3) |
20 |
18 |
17 |
22 |
16 |
93 |
17 |
|
19 |
Arkansas (7-5) |
16 |
29 |
16 |
16 |
19 |
96 |
2 |
|
20 |
Virginia (12-0) |
25 |
17 |
19 |
24 |
17 |
102 |
NR |
BA-Baseball
America poll; CB-Collegiate
Baseball poll; NCBWA-National
Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll; PG-Perfect Game 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
five 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: Florida is No.
5 in two polls, No. 18 in another.
Feb.
25: 1.
North Carolina, 2. Arkansas, 3. Vanderbilt, 4. LSU, 5. Oregon State
Feb. 18: 1.
North Carolina, 2. Arkansas, 3. Vanderbilt, 4. LSU, 5. UCLA
Preseason Poll: 1.
Arkansas, 2. North Carolina, 3. Vanderbilt, 4. LSU, 5. UCLA
(photo by Dave Nishitani)
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