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Feb. 16, 2015
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Vanderbilt Remains on Top of CBI Composite Poll
Virginia sits in second, TCU is third, Florida in fourth,
LSU stands fifth
 After
taking two of three from Santa Clara, Vanderbilt stays at No. 1 in the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite
Poll.
CBI uses five national rankings in its
composite poll: Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball,
D1baseball.com, National
Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and USA Today
Coaches Poll. The USA Today poll will not completed this week, so just
four rankings are used for this week.
The Commodores were the unanimous choice in the preseason poll.
Vandy was first in two polls, second in one poll and third in the other.
Virginia swept a three-game set at East Carolina and remained
in second place. The Cavaliers were first in one poll, third in two polls and
fourth in the other.
TCU took three from Southern Illinois and held onto third. The Horned Frogs
were first in one poll, second in one poll, seventh in one poll and eighth in
the other.
Florida swept a three-game series from Rhode Island and rose
one spot to fourth. The Gators were second in one poll, fifth in two polls and
sixth in the other.
LSU took three from Kansas and slipped one place to fifth. The Tigers
were second in one poll, fourth in two polls and
ninth in the other.
Mississippi State moved into the poll at No. 19, while Cal
State Fullerton dropped out. No. 8 Texas Tech, No. 10 Miami (Fla.) and No. 16
Arizona State each rose three spots. Oklahoma State fell five spots to No. 13.
The CBI Composite Poll contains five teams from the ACC and SEC. There
are four from the Big 12, three from the Pac-12, two from Conference
USA, and one
from the Big Ten.
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 (2/16/15) |
BA |
CB |
D1 |
NCBWA |
US |
Composite |
Last rank |
|
1 |
Vanderbilt (2-1) |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
7 |
1 |
|
2 |
Virginia (3-0) |
4 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
11 |
2 |
|
3 |
TCU (3-0) |
7 |
1 |
8 |
2 |
|
18 |
3 |
|
4 |
Florida (3-0) |
6 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
|
18 |
5 |
|
5 |
LSU (3-0) |
2 |
4 |
9 |
4 |
|
19 |
4 |
|
6 |
Houston (3-0) |
3 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
|
22 |
6 |
|
7 |
UCLA (3-0) |
11 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
|
30 |
9 |
|
8 |
Texas Tech (4-0) |
5 |
7 |
15 |
8 |
|
35 |
11 |
|
9 |
Texas (2-2) |
10 |
12 |
10 |
9 |
|
41 |
7 |
|
10 |
Miami (Fla.) (4-0) |
8 |
14 |
14 |
11 |
|
47 |
13 |
|
11 |
Louisville (2-1) |
12 |
15 |
11 |
10 |
|
48 |
10 |
|
12 |
South Carolina (2-1) |
13 |
20 |
5 |
12 |
|
50 |
12 |
|
13 |
Oklahoma State (1-2) |
9 |
10 |
19 |
16 |
|
54 |
8 |
|
14 |
Rice (2-2) |
15 |
13 |
12 |
14 |
|
54 |
16 |
|
15 |
North Carolina (3-0) |
17 |
19 |
6 |
13 |
|
55 |
14 |
|
16 |
Arizona State (2-1) |
18 |
9 |
17 |
17 |
|
61 |
19 |
|
17 |
Florida State (3-0) |
21 |
11 |
21 |
15 |
|
68 |
15 |
|
18 |
Maryland (3-0) |
16 |
27 |
13 |
19 |
|
75 |
20 |
|
19 |
Mississippi State (4-0) |
14 |
18 |
24 |
20 |
|
76 |
NR |
|
20 |
Oregon (2-1) |
20 |
17 |
22 |
18 |
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77 |
17 |
BA-Baseball
America poll; CB-Collegiate
Baseball poll; D1-D1baseball.com poll; NCBWA-National
Collegiate Baseball Writers Association 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: South
Carolina is No.
5 in one poll, No. 20 in another.
(photo courtesy of Vanderbilt Athletic Media
Relations )
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