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March 23, 2015
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
LSU climbs to No. 1 in CBI Composite Poll
Texas A&M up to No. 2, Vandy rises to third, TCU falls to
fourth, Florida fifth
 After
putting together a 3-1 week, LSU 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 Tigers won at Southern before taking two of three at
Arkansas to win that SEC series. LSU was first in four polls and second in the other.
Texas A&M also went 3-1 and moved up two places to second. The
Aggies beat Prairie View A&M prior to winning two of three at Alabama in SEC
action. Texas A&M was first in one poll, second in one poll and third in the
other three.
Vanderbilt had a 3-1 week and rose two spots to third. The Commodores
defeated Tennessee Tech before taking two of three at Auburn. Vandy was second
in three polls and third in the other two.
TCU went 3-2 and fell three places to fourth. The Horned Frogs
beat UT Pan American twice before dropping two of three at home to Oklahoma
State. TCU was fourth in three polls and fifth in the other two.
Florida had a 2-2 week and dropped two spots to fifth. The
Gators defeated Florida State before losing two of three at Ole Miss. UF was
fourth in two polls, fifth in one poll and sixth in the other two.
Houston (No. 17) and Maryland (No. 19) returned to the poll
this week, while Texas Tech and Oregon dropped out. No. 7Louisville rose six
places, while Rice fell seven spots to No. 15.
The CBI Composite Poll contains five teams from the SEC,
all in the Top Ten. There
are four from the ACC, three from the Pac-12, two from the American, Big 10
and Big 12, and one
from the 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 (3/23/15) |
BA |
CB |
D1 |
NCBWA |
US |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
LSU (21-3) |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
|
2 |
Texas A&M (24-1) |
3 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
12 |
4 |
|
3 |
Vanderbilt (19-5) |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
12 |
5 |
|
4 |
TCU (17-4) |
5 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
22 |
1 |
|
5 |
Florida (20-5) |
4 |
6 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
25 |
3 |
|
6 |
UCLA (17-5) |
9 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
32 |
7 |
|
7 |
Louisville (18-6) |
7 |
11 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
41 |
13 |
|
8 |
UCF (20-5) |
6 |
8 |
10 |
9 |
11 |
44 |
11 |
|
9 |
Florida State (19-6) |
10 |
7 |
13 |
10 |
9 |
49 |
12 |
|
10 |
South Carolina (18-6) |
12 |
13 |
12 |
7 |
8 |
52 |
6 |
|
11 |
Arizona State (19-6) |
11 |
9 |
6 |
16 |
13 |
55 |
14 |
|
12 |
USC (19-5) |
8 |
16 |
9 |
13 |
10 |
56 |
9 |
|
13 |
Texas (16-8) |
19 |
10 |
16 |
11 |
12 |
68 |
17 |
|
14 |
Miami (Fla.) (18-7) |
13 |
18 |
21 |
15 |
16 |
83 |
18 |
|
15 |
Rice (16-9) |
14 |
31 |
14 |
14 |
15 |
88 |
8 |
|
16 |
Virginia (14-7) |
20 |
25 |
18 |
12 |
14 |
89 |
10 |
|
17 |
Houston (17-7) |
17 |
15 |
20 |
19 |
19 |
90 |
NR |
|
18 |
UC Santa Barbara (16-6) |
16 |
17 |
15 |
24 |
20 |
92 |
19 |
|
19 |
Maryland (17-4) |
26 |
21 |
11 |
20 |
17 |
95 |
NR |
|
20 |
Illinois (17-5-1) |
25 |
22 |
17 |
26 |
22 |
112 |
20 |
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: Rice is No.
14 in one poll, unranked in another.
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