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March 2, 2015
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Virginia remains No. 1 in CBI Composite Poll
Top 5 stay the same: No. 2 Vanderbilt, No. 3 Florida, No. 4
TCU, No. 5 LSU
After
putting together a 3-0 week to improve to 10-0, Virginia maintains the top
spot 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 Cavaliers posted victories over Hartford, Seton Hall and
Cornell. Virginia was first in two polls, second in
one poll and third in the other two.
Vanderbilt went 5-0 to keep a hold on
second. The Commodores defeated UT Martin and Western Kentucky before sweeping
a three-game series from Illinois State. Vanderbilt was first in two polls, fourth in
two polls and fifth
in the other.
Florida had a 4-0 week and remained in third. The Gators
topped Florida Atlantic and took three from Stony Brook. UF was second in
two polls, third in one poll, fourth in one poll and fifth in the other.
TCU went 1-0 and stayed in fourth. The Horned Frogs beat
Texas Southern and had their series with Cal Poly cancelled. TCU was
first in one poll, second in one poll, third in one poll, sixth in one poll
and seventh in the other.
LSU put together a 4-0 week and remained in fifth. The Tigers
topped Southeastern Louisiana before taking three from Princeton. LSU was
second in one poll, third in one poll, fourth in one poll, fifth in one poll and
seventh in the other.
Texas A&M moved into the poll at No. 14, while Louisville dropped
out. No. 12 UCF climbed eight places and No. 8 Mississippi State rose seven spots.
Texas fell six spots to
No. 15.
The CBI Composite Poll contains six teams from the SEC. There
are four from the Big 12, three from the ACC and the Pac-12, two from Conference
USA, and one
from the American and 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 (3/2/15) |
BA |
CB |
D1 |
NCBWA |
US |
Composite |
Last rank |
|
1 |
Virginia (10-0) |
3 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
|
2 |
Vanderbilt (9-2) |
1 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
15 |
2 |
|
3 |
Florida (10-1) |
4 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
16 |
3 |
|
4 |
TCU (7-1) |
7 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
19 |
4 |
|
5 |
LSU (10-1) |
2 |
3 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
21 |
5 |
|
6 |
UCLA (10-1) |
6 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
29 |
7 |
|
7 |
Texas Tech (9-1) |
5 |
6 |
13 |
7 |
10 |
41 |
8 |
|
8 |
Mississippi State (13-0) |
9 |
8 |
15 |
9 |
7 |
48 |
15 |
|
9 |
South Carolina (7-2) |
12 |
17 |
5 |
10 |
8 |
52 |
10 |
|
10 |
Oregon (10-2) |
19 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
53 |
17 |
|
11 |
Houston (8-4) |
8 |
12 |
16 |
12 |
13 |
61 |
6 |
|
12 |
UCF (10-1) |
13 |
10 |
9 |
18 |
14 |
64 |
20 |
|
13 |
Rice (8-5) |
15 |
16 |
10 |
11 |
15 |
67 |
11 |
|
14 |
Texas A&M (12-0) |
22 |
11 |
14 |
14 |
11 |
72 |
NR |
|
15 |
Texas (8-4) |
14 |
15 |
18 |
13 |
12 |
72 |
9 |
|
16 |
Oklahoma State (7-4) |
10 |
14 |
21 |
17 |
21 |
83 |
12 |
|
17 |
Miami (Fla.) (8-4) |
11 |
23 |
19 |
15 |
16 |
84 |
13 |
|
18 |
Maryland (7-2) |
16 |
19 |
12 |
20 |
17 |
84 |
18 |
|
19 |
North Carolina (6-3) |
20 |
21 |
11 |
16 |
18 |
86 |
16 |
|
20 |
Arizona State (7-4) |
18 |
13 |
17 |
21 |
22 |
91 |
14 |
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. 17 in another.
(photo courtesy of Virginia Athletic Media
Relations )
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