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March 16, 2015
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
TCU takes top spot in CBI Composite Poll
LSU up to No. 2, Florida moves to third, Texas A&M takes
fourth, Vandy fifth
 After
putting together a 4-0 week, TCU has risen to 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. Three different schools sit atop these national polls.
The Horned Frogs won at Loyola Marymount before sweeping a
three-game SEC set from Auburn. TCU is first in three polls, second in one
poll and third in the other.
LSU went 3-1 and climbed one spot to second. The Tigers stopped
McNeese State prior to taking two of three from Ole Miss. LSU
was first on one poll, second in two polls and third in the
other two.
Florida had a 4-1 week and rose one spot to third. The Gators
posted a pair of wins over Fairfield and won two of three from Tennessee. UF was first in one poll, second in one poll, third in
two polls and fourth in the other.
Texas A&M went 5-0 to stay undefeated at 21-0 and jumped two
places to fourth. The Aggies took two from UT Pan American before sweeping
Auburn. Texas A&M was second in one poll, fourth in one poll and fifth in the
other three.
Vanderbilt had a 5-0 week and remained in fifth. The Commodores
defeated Quinnipiac twice before taking three from Arkansas. The Commodores were
fourth
in three polls and fifth in the other two.
Miami (No. 18) and Illinois (No. 20) entered the poll this
week, while North Carolina and Mississippi State dropped out. No. 12 Florida
State rose six places, while Virginia fell nine spots to No. 10.
The CBI Composite Poll contains five teams from the SEC,
all in the top six. There
are four from the ACC and Pac-12, three from Big 12, and one
from the American, Big 10, Big West and Conference USA.
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 (3/16/15) |
BA |
CB |
D1 |
NCBWA |
US |
Composite |
Last rank |
|
1 |
TCU (14-2) |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
2 |
|
2 |
LSU (18-2) |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
3 |
|
3 |
Florida (18-3) |
2 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
13 |
4 |
|
4 |
Texas A&M (21-0) |
5 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
21 |
6 |
|
5 |
Vanderbilt (16-4) |
4 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
22 |
5 |
|
6 |
South Carolina (17-3) |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
30 |
8 |
|
7 |
UCLA (14-5) |
9 |
9 |
10 |
7 |
9 |
44 |
11 |
|
8 |
Rice (15-6) |
10 |
15 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
49 |
12 |
|
9 |
USC (17-3) |
8 |
8 |
9 |
13 |
12 |
50 |
10 |
|
10 |
Virginia (12-5) |
14 |
12 |
13 |
9 |
7 |
55 |
1 |
|
11 |
UCF (17-4) |
7 |
10 |
12 |
15 |
14 |
58 |
9 |
|
12 |
Florida State (17-4) |
13 |
7 |
20 |
12 |
11 |
63 |
18 |
|
13 |
Louisville (14-6) |
11 |
17 |
11 |
16 |
13 |
68 |
17 |
|
14 |
Arizona State (12-6) |
16 |
11 |
7 |
19 |
17 |
70 |
14 |
|
15 |
Texas Tech (14-5) |
12 |
13 |
23 |
10 |
15 |
73 |
16 |
|
16 |
Oregon (14-6) |
15 |
31 |
15 |
11 |
10 |
82 |
7 |
|
17 |
Texas (13-7) |
21 |
14 |
17 |
14 |
16 |
82 |
19 |
|
18 |
Miami (Fla.) (15-6) |
17 |
20 |
25 |
17 |
18 |
97 |
NR |
|
19 |
UC Santa Barbara (13-5) |
19 |
16 |
16 |
26 |
22 |
99 |
20 |
|
20 |
Illinois (14-4-1) |
25 |
18 |
18 |
27 |
24 |
112 |
NR |
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: Oregon is No.
11 in one poll, unranked in another.
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