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April 13, 2015
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
Texas A&M is unanimous No. 1 in CBI Composite Poll
LSU up to second, UCLA rises to third, UL is fourth, Vandy
falls to fifth
 After
putting together a 3-1 week, Texas A&M has returned 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 top team has changed for the sixth consecutive week, going
from Virginia to TCU, LSU, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt and back to Texas A&M.
The Aggies defeated Rice before taking two of three from Mississippi State to
win the SEC series. Texas A&M is first in all five polls.
LSU had a 4-1 week and rose one place to second. The
Tigers downed New Orleans and Northwestern State before taking two of three at
home from Auburn in an SEC series. LSU
was
second in four polls and third in the other.
UCLA went 2-1 and continued its steady climb to No. 3. The Bruins took
two of three at nationally-ranked USC in a key Pac-12 series. UCLA was second in one poll and
third in the other four.
Louisville was 3-1 and moved up two places to fourth. The
Cardinals won at Virginia before winning two of three at Duke in ACC action.
Louisville was fourth in three polls and fifth in the other two.
Vanderbilt struggled through a 1-3 week and fell four spots to
fifth. The Commodores lost to Lipscomb before dropping two of three at home to
Ole Miss. Vandy is fourth in one poll, fifth in two polls and seventh in the
other two.
Florida Atlantic (No. 17), Iowa (No. 19) and Coastal Carolina
(No. 20) entered to the poll this week, while Rice, Maryland and Virginia
dropped out. No. 15 Missouri rose five places, while USC dropped four places
to No. 11.
The CBI Composite Poll contains five teams from the SEC,
including four of the top eight. There
are three from the ACC and Pac-12, two from the Big Ten
and Big 12, and one
from the American, Big South, 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 (4/13/15) |
BA |
CB |
D1 |
NCBWA |
US |
Composite |
Last rank |
|
1 |
Texas A&M (33-3) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
|
2 |
LSU (31-6) |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
3 |
|
3 |
UCLA (25-7) |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
14 |
5 |
|
4 |
Louisville (27-8) |
4 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
22 |
6 |
|
5 |
Vanderbilt (28-9) |
5 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
28 |
1 |
|
6 |
Arizona State (23-9) |
7 |
5 |
4 |
8 |
8 |
32 |
8 |
|
7 |
TCU (26-8) |
6 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
35 |
4 |
|
8 |
Florida (28-9) |
8 |
12 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
39 |
10 |
|
9 |
Miami (Fla.) (28-9) |
9 |
6 |
10 |
9 |
9 |
43 |
11 |
|
10 |
UC Santa Barbara (26-8) |
11 |
11 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
51 |
12 |
|
11 |
USC (26-9) |
10 |
13 |
12 |
11 |
11 |
57 |
7 |
|
12 |
Florida State (26-12) |
13 |
9 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
61 |
9 |
|
13 |
Illinois (28-6-1) |
12 |
18 |
11 |
12 |
12 |
65 |
16 |
|
14 |
Oklahoma State (24-11) |
17 |
10 |
15 |
14 |
14 |
70 |
13 |
|
15 |
Missouri (24-12) |
14 |
17 |
14 |
30 |
18 |
93 |
20 |
|
16 |
UCF (25-12) |
19 |
15 |
24 |
18 |
19 |
95 |
15 |
|
17 |
Florida Atlantic (28-8) |
21 |
31 |
16 |
15 |
15 |
98 |
NR |
|
18 |
Dallas Baptist (26-7) |
16 |
31 |
21 |
17 |
17 |
102 |
18 |
|
19 |
Iowa (23-9) |
20 |
14 |
19 |
28 |
24 |
105 |
NR |
|
20 |
Coastal Carolina (25-9) |
18 |
29 |
18 |
20 |
20 |
105 |
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: Florida
Atlantic is No.
15 in two polls, unranked in another.
Past Polls
4/6:
1
Vanderbilt, 2 Texas A&M,
3 LSU, 4 TCU, 5 UCLA
3/30:
1 Texas A&M,
2 Vanderbilt, 3 TCU, 4 LSU, 5 Florida
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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