April 14, 2014

 

CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll

 

Virginia Returns to No. 1 in CBI Composite Poll

ULL up to second, Cal Poly rises to third, Oregon State fourth, FSU fifth

 

After a 3-1 week, including an ACC series win over No. 16 Clemson, Virginia has risen back to No. 1 in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.

 

CBI used five rankings in its composite poll: Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, Perfect Game and USA Today Coaches Poll.

 

The Cavaliers began the week with a 9-3 win at James Madison. Virginia nipped Clemson 3-2 on Friday, fell 7-1 on Saturday before claiming the series with a 1-0 victory on Sunday. The Cavaliers were first in four polls and second in the other.

 

Louisiana-Lafayette had a 4-1 week and climbed one spot to No. 2. The Ragin' Cajuns rebounded from a loss to New Orleans to win at McNeese State and sweep a three-game Sun Belt set against UALR. ULL was first in one poll and second in the other four.

 

Cal Poly went 4-0 and moved up one place to third. The Mustangs defeated Saint Mary's before sweeping a three-game Big West series at Hawaii. Cal Poly was third in four polls and fourth in the other.

 

Oregon State was 2-1 and rose two spots to No. 4. The Beavers won two of three at Washington State in Pac-12 play. OSU was third in one poll, fourth in one poll and fifth in the other three.

 

Florida State went 1-3 and dropped to No. 5. The Seminoles lost at home to No. 20 Florida before dropping two of three ACC contests at Georgia Tech. FSU was fourth in two polls, fifth in two polls and seventh in the other.

 

Miami (Fla.) (No. 16), Rice (No. 18) and UC Santa Barbara (No. 19) returned to the poll, while Kentucky, Clemson and Cal State Fullerton dropped from the poll.

 

The CBI Composite Poll contains seven teams from the SEC. There are three from the ACC and Pac-12, two from the American and Big West, and single entries from the Big 12, Conference USA and Sun Belt.

 

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 (4/14/14) BA CB NCBWA PG US Composite Last rank
1 Virginia (30-6) 1 2 1 1 1 6 2
2 Louisiana-Lafayette (34-4) 2 1 2 2 2 9 3
3 Cal Poly (30-5) 3 3 3 3 4 16 5
4 Oregon State (27-7) 5 5 4 5 3 22 6
5 Florida State (27-8) 4 7 5 4 5 25 1
6 Texas (29-8) 6 4 7 6 8 31 7
7 Louisville (27-8) 10 9 9 7 9 44 10
8 South Carolina (28-7) 11 15 6 9 6 47 4
9 LSU (27-9-1) 12 14 8 8 7 49 11
10 Washington (24-7-1) 7 6 15 10 13 51 12
11 Ole Miss (29-9) 13 13 12 13 10 61 17
12 Alabama (24-11) 8 8 17 11 19 63 13
13 Oregon (27-10) 23 10 10 15 11 69 15
14 Florida (23-13) 9 12 18 18 18 75 20
15 Vanderbilt (27-10) 18 16 11 19 12 76 8
16 Miami (Fla.) (25-12) 15 11 20 17 17 80 NR
17 Houston (26-9) 14 28 14 12 15 83 9
18 Rice (26-12) 16 24 16 20 14 90 NR
19 UC Santa Barbara (22-8) 17 17 23 14 21 92 NR
20 Mississippi State (22-15) 24 22 22 22 26 116 18

 

BA-Baseball America poll; CB-Collegiate Baseball poll; NCBWA-National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll; PG-Perfect Gatme poll; US-USA Today 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: Houston is No. 12 in one poll, No. 28 in another.

 

April 7: 1. Florida State, 2. Virginia, 3. ULL, 4. South Carolina, 5. Cal Poly

March 31: 1. Virginia, 2. Florida State, 3. South Carolina, 4. ULL, 5. Vanderbilt

March 24: 1. Florida State, 2. Virginia, 3. South Carolina, 4. ULL, 5. Vanderbilt

March 17: 1. FSU, 2. South Carolina, 3. Virginia, 4. Vanderbilt, 5. Oregon State

March 10: 1. South Carolina, 2. FSU, 3. Virginia, 4. Vanderbilt, 5. Oregon State

March 3: 1. FSU, 2. Virginia, 3. South Carolina, 4. CSFullerton, No. 5 Vanderbilt

Feb. 24: 1. Florida State, 2. Virginia, 3. South Carolina, 4. LSU, 5. Vanderbilt

Feb. 17: 1. CSFullerton, 2. Oregon State, 3. Virginia, 4. Florida State, 5. MSU

Preseason Poll: 1. CSFullerton, 2. Oregon State, 3. Virginia, 4. MSU, 5. FSU

 

(photo courtesy of UVa Media Relations)