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March 30, 2015
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Texas A&M rises to No. 1 in CBI Composite Poll
Vandy up to No. 2, TCU climbs to third, LSU falls to
fourth, Florida stays fifth
 After
putting together a 3-1 week, Texas A&M has climbed 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.
The Aggies won at UTSA before taking two of three from Missouri to win that SEC series.
Texas A&M was first in two polls and second in the other three.
Texas A&M is the fourth different team to be No. 1 in the past
four weeks: Virginia on March 9, TCU on March 16, LSU on March 23 and Texas
A&M on March 30.
Vanderbilt had a 3-1 week and rose one spot to second. The Commodores
won at Middle Tennessee before taking two of three from Tennessee. Vandy was
first
in three polls and third in the other two.
TCU went 4-0 and climbed one place to third. The Horned Frogs
beat Oklahoma before winning three at Wichita State. TCU was second in two
polls, third in one poll, fourth in one poll and fifth in the other.
LSU had a 2-2 week and dropped three spots to fourth. The
Tigers won at Tulane before dropping two of three at home to Kentucky. LSU is
third in one poll, fourth in one poll and fifth in the other three.
Florida went 3-1 and remained in fifth. The
Gators won at Stetson before taking two of three from Alabama. UF was
third in one poll, fourth in one poll, fifth in one poll and sixth in the other two.
Oklahoma State (No. 15) and Dallas Baptist (No. 18) entered to
the poll this week, while Texas and Maryland dropped out. No. 12 Virginia and
No. 14 UC Santa Barbara both rose four places, while South Carolina fell six
spots to No. 16.
The CBI Composite Poll contains five teams from the SEC,
all in the top 11. There
are four from the ACC, three from the Pac-12, two from the American
and Big 12, and one
from the Big Ten, Big West, Conference USA and Missouri Valley.
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 (3/30/15) |
BA |
CB |
D1 |
NCBWA |
US |
Composite |
Last rank |
|
1 |
Texas A&M (27-2) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
2 |
|
2 |
Vanderbilt (22-6) |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
|
3 |
TCU (21-4) |
5 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
16 |
4 |
|
4 |
LSU (23-5) |
3 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
22 |
1 |
|
5 |
Florida (23-6) |
4 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
24 |
5 |
|
6 |
UCLA (21-5) |
9 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
30 |
6 |
|
7 |
Louisville (21-7) |
7 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
36 |
7 |
|
8 |
Florida State (22-7) |
10 |
8 |
11 |
8 |
8 |
45 |
9 |
|
9 |
Arizona State (18-7) |
11 |
9 |
6 |
12 |
10 |
48 |
11 |
|
10 |
UCF (22-7) |
6 |
10 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
48 |
8 |
|
11 |
USC (22-6) |
8 |
15 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
51 |
12 |
|
12 |
Virginia (18-8) |
16 |
20 |
13 |
9 |
12 |
70 |
16 |
|
13 |
Miami (Fla.) (20-9) |
12 |
18 |
16 |
15 |
14 |
75 |
14 |
|
14 |
UC Santa Barbara (19-7) |
15 |
17 |
12 |
19 |
17 |
80 |
18 |
|
15 |
Oklahoma State (19-8) |
17 |
11 |
20 |
17 |
16 |
81 |
NR |
|
16 |
South Carolina (19-9) |
18 |
22 |
21 |
13 |
13 |
87 |
10 |
|
17 |
Rice (19-11) |
14 |
31 |
14 |
14 |
15 |
88 |
15 |
|
18 |
Dallas Baptist (22-3) |
13 |
28 |
19 |
16 |
18 |
94 |
NR |
|
19 |
Houston (19-9) |
20 |
14 |
22 |
20 |
20 |
96 |
17 |
|
20 |
Illinois (19-6-1) |
24 |
25 |
15 |
24 |
21 |
109 |
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: Dallas
Baptist is No.
13 in one poll, No. 28 in another.
Past Polls
3/23:
1 LSU, 2 Texas A&M, 3 Vanderbilt, 4 TCU, 5 Florida
3/16:
1 TCU, 2 LSU, 3 Florida, 4 Texas A&M, 5 Vanderbilt
3/9:
1 Virginia, 2 TCU, 3 LSU, 4 Florida, 5 Vanderbilt
3/2:
1 Virginia, 2 Vanderbilt, 3 Florida, 4 TCU, 5 LSU
2/23:
1 Virginia, 2 Vanderbilt, 3 Florida, 4 TCU, 5 LSU
2/16:
1 Vanderbilt, 2 Virginia, 3 TCU, 4 Florida, 5 LSU
2/9:
1 Vanderbilt, 2 Virginia, 3 TCU, 4 LSU, 5 Florida
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