March 11, 2013

 

CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll

 

North Carolina remains on top of CBI Composite Poll

Top four stay same: No. 2 Vanderbilt, No. 3 LSU, No. 4 Oregon State

 

After putting together another 4-0 week, North Carolina remains the unanimous No. 1 in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.

 

The Tar Heels downed Davidson at home on Tuesday before sweeping a three-game ACC series at Wake Forest over the weekend. UNC is first in all five polls.

 

Vanderbilt had a 3-1 week to stay in second, defeating Eastern Illinois before taking two of three at No. 14 Oregon. Vanderbilt is second in three polls, third in one and fourth in the other.

 

LSU had a 5-0 week at home to remain in third, beating Stephen F. Austin and Sacred Heart before sweeping a three-game set from Washington. The Tigers are second in one poll, third in three polls and seventh in the other.

 

Oregon State swept a three-game home series from Texas State to stay undefeated and remain in fourth. The Beavers have a second, a third, two fourths and a fifth.

 

South Carolina bumped up one spot to fifth after a 5-0 home week. The Gamecocks beat Ball State twice before sweeping a three-game set from Rider. South Carolina has two fifths, two sixths and one seventh.

 

Ole Miss was the big riser, jumping seven spots to No. 6 beating Southeastern Louisiana and sweeping a three-game series from Lipscomb. Stanford was swept at home by UNLV and fell 11 places to No. 19.

 

Arizona State enters the poll at No. 16 and Notre Dame appears at No. 20. Oklahoma and Arizona dropped out of the poll.

 

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, two from the Big East and a single entry from the 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.

 

CBI Composite Poll (3/11/13) BA CB NCBWA PG U/E Composite Last rank
1 North Carolina (14-0) 1 1 1 1 1 5 1
2 Vanderbilt (15-2) 2 4 2 2 3 13 2
3 LSU (15-1) 7 3 3 3 2 18 3
4 Oregon State (15-0) 3 2 4 5 4 18 4
5 South Carolina (13-2) 5 5 6 7 6 29 6
6 Ole Miss (16-1) 6 6 8 8 8 36 13
7 UCLA (11-3) 11 10 7 4 7 39 7
8 Florida State (15-0) 12 7 5 11 5 40 12
9 Kentucky (13-2) 10 9 9 12 10 50 10
10 Georgia Tech (14-2) 9 11 14 6 12 52 16
11 Cal State Fullerton (13-3) 8 13 13 9 9 52 11
12 Mississippi State (17-2) 13 8 10 14 11 56 5
13 Louisville (12-2) 4 14 15 10 15 58 17
14 Oregon (11-5) 16 16 12 19 14 77 14
15 Arkansas (11-5) 15 22 11 16 15 79 19
16 Arizona State (10-2-1) 14 15 19 13 18 79 NR
17 Virginia (14-1) 22 12 17 22 13 86 20
18 NC State (12-41) 18 17 18 15 21 89 9
19 Stanford (10-5) 26 18 16 18 18 96 8
20 Notre Dame (10-3) 17 21 23 17 22 100 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: Louisville is fourth in one poll, 15th in another.

 

March 4: 1. UNC, 2. Vanderbilt, 3. LSU, 4. Oregon State, No. 5 Mississippi State

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 courtesy of UNC Media Relations)