Surging South Carolina is the newcomer to the top-10 in the latest update of CB360’s exclusive Composite National Rankings, with Arkansas (which was swept at home by SC) dropping from #7 to #14 in the CNR. Arizona State remains in the top spot for the ninth straight week, while Virginia has edged past Texas into the #2 position.
The #4-#5 teams (Florida and Coastal Carolina) retained their CNR spots, while current #6 UCLA and #8 Georgia Tech each moved up two positions (current #7 Louisville and #10 Florida State both slipped back a spot). #48 Tennessee is the newcomer to the CNR top-50 (replacing the previous week’s #43 Texas Tech) – while Washington State made one of the biggest lateseason jumps in the two-year history of the CNR, moving from #48 to #28. (front-page photo courtesy of WSU)
The CNR’s all-inclusive ranking formula currently includes 16 different “ingredients:” six national polls (coaches, writers, BA, CB, Rivals, & Ping), five RPI-type calcuations (NCAA RPI, Boyds World Pseudo-RPI & ISR, W-Nolan RPI & NRPI) and four NCAA Tournament field projections (BA, SE-Baseball, Rivals and new addition ESPN.com bracketology) – along with a newly added bonus/penalty for record over the past 10 games.
(Note – scroll to end of this release for detailed description of the CNR, including direct links to all 14 criteria).
CNR Contact: Pete LaFleur (pete@collegebaseball360.com)
CNR TOP-50 CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN (May 20)
SEC (10 … 2 top-10, 6 top-25) – #4 Florida, #9 South Carolina, #14 Arkansas, #15 Vanderbilt, #16 Auburn, #17 Mississippi, #29 LSU, #33 Alabama, #38 Kentucky & #48 Tennessee
Pacific-10 (8 … 2 top-10, 4 top-25) – #1 Arizona St., #6 UCLA, #23 Oregon, #25 Arizona, #29 Washington St., #30 California, #35 Stanford & #41 Oregon St.
ACC (7 … 3 top-10, 6 top-25) – #2 Virginia, #8 Georgia Tech, #10 Florida St., #13 Miami, #21 Virginia Tech, #24 Clemson & #40 North Carolina
Big 12 (4 … 1 top-10, 2 top-25) – #3 Texas, #18 Oklahoma, #31 Texas A&M & #32 Kansas St.
BIG EAST (3) – #7 Louisville, #19 Connecticut & #42 Pittsburgh
Southern (3) – #27 College of Charleston, #43 Citadel & #45 Elon
Sunbelt (3) – #37 Florida Atlantic, #39 Louisiana-Lafayette & #47 Western Kentucky
2 Each – Big South (#5 Coastal Carolina & #46 Liberty) … Big West (#11 Cal State Fullerton & #26 UC Irvine) … Conference USA (#22 Rice & #50 Southern Mississippi) … Mountain West (#12 TCU & #36 New Mexico) … Southland (#34 SE Louisiana & #49 Texas St.)
1 Each – Atlantic Sun (#44 Florida Gulf Coast) … West Coast (#20 San Diego)
BIGGEST JUMPS IN THE CNR – Washington State (#48 to #28) … Southeastern Louisiana (#47 to #34) … Texas A&M (#41 to #31) … Kentucky (#45 to #38) … Louisiana-Lafayette (#46 to #39) … Kansas State (#38 to #32) … Florida Gulf Coast (#50 to #44)
BIGGEST DROPS IN THE CNR – Texas State (#32 to #49) … Pittsburgh (#30 to #42) … Southern Mississipi (#40 to #50) … Stanford (#28 to #35) … Liberty (#39 to #46) … Oregon State (#35 to #41) … LSU (#24 to #29)
NEWCOMERS/RETURNERS TO THE CNR – #48 Tennessee
DROPPED OUT OF THE CNR TOP-50 – #43 Texas Tech
College Baseball 2010 Composite National Rankings #14 (CNR)
courtesy of CollegeBaseball360.com; May 20, 2010
RANK | TEAM | POINTS | WEEK 13 | WEEK 12 | WEEK 11 | WEEK 10 | WEEK 9 | WEEK 8 | WEEK 7 | WEEK 6 | WEEK 5 | WEEK 4 | WEEK 3 | WEEK 2 | WEEK 1 |
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1 | Arizona St. | 99.30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
3 | Texas | 97.94 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
2 | Virginia | 98.45 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
4 | Florida | 95.20 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
5 | Coastal Carolina | 94.91 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 18 |
6 | UCLA | 92.01 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 25 |
7 | Louisville | 91.55 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 19 |
8 | Georgia Tech | 91.26 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
9 | South Carolina | 90.18 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 27 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 20 |
10 | Florida St. | 89.39 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
11 | Cal State Fullerton | 89.16 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 30 | 26 | 36 | 42 | 23 | 4 | 3 |
12 | TCU | 87.73 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 11 |
13 | Miami | 87.72 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
14 | Arkansas | 86.52 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 |
15 | Vanderbilt | 84.34 | 16 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 28 | 33 | 31 |
16 | Auburn | 80.82 | 18 | 18 | 26 | 28 | 24 | 36 | 31 | 33 | NR | 49 | NR | NR | NR |
17 | Mississippi | 80.59 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 22 |
18 | Oklahoma | 80.45 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 26 | 28 | 28 |
19 | Connecticut | 77.87 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 30 | 39 | 38 | 47 | 38 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
20 | San Diego | 76.24 | 22 | 27 | 33 | 40 | 46 | 49 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 37 | 22 | 21 |
21 | Virginia Tech | 75.80 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 30 | 25 | 43 | NR | NR | NR | 48 | NR | NR | NR |
22 | Rice | 75.77 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 43 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 6 |
23 | Oregon | 71.78 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 44 | 45 | 45 | 40 | 30 | NR |
24 | Clemson | 71.45 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
25 | Arizona | 67.54 | 27 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 25 | NR | NR | NR | 41 | 41 |
26 | UC Irvine | 67.39 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 33 | 21 | 28 | 26 | 31 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 |
27 | College of Charleston | 65.82 | 31 | 33 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 28 | 33 | 30 | NR | 47 | 50 | NR | NR |
28 | Washington St. | 65.50 | 48 | NR | NR | NR | 44 | NR | 40 | 34 | 30 | 29 | 35 | NR | NR |
29 | LSU | 64.14 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
30 | California | 62.13 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 18 | 22 | 31 | NR | NR | NR | 44 | NR | NR | NR |
31 | Texas A&M | 59.89 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 37 | 32 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 38 | 29 | 30 |
32 | Kansas St. | 59.25 | 38 | 37 | 31 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 24 | 39 | 33 | 35 | NR | 45 | 36 |
33 | Alabama | 58.00 | 34 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 26 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 33 | 39 | 34 |
34 | Southeastern Louisiana | 57.93 | 47 | 46 | 44 | 31 | 35 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 37 | 36 | NR | NR |
35 | Stanford | 57.87 | 28 | 35 | 22 | 29 | 45 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 29 |
36 | New Mexico | 57.15 | 33 | 32 | 36 | 32 | 34 | 37 | 42 | 36 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 31 | NR |
37 | Florida Atlantic | 56.48 | 37 | 36 | 43 | 44 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
38 | Kentucky | 56.13 | 45 | 44 | 40 | 34 | 40 | 48 | 49 | 31 | 28 | 19 | 22 | 32 | 38 |
39 | Louisiana Lafayette | 55.49 | 46 | 49 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 49 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
40 | North Carolina | 55.37 | 36 | 38 | 41 | 42 | 36 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 13 |
41 | Oregon St. | 54.78 | 35 | 47 | 29 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 |
42 | Pittsburgh | 53.95 | 30 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 43 | NR | 35 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
43 | The Citadel | 53.35 | 42 | 39 | 37 | 33 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 27 | 32 | 35 | NR | NR | NR |
44 | Florida Gulf Coast | 51.83 | 50 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 44 | 50 | 48 |
45 | Elon | 51.32 | 49 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
46 | Liberty | 51.27 | 39 | 41 | 47 | 47 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 44 | 46 | 49 | NR | NR |
47 | Western Kentucky | 50.36 | 44 | 34 | 28 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 28 | 37 | 41 | 32 | NR | NR |
48 | Tennessee | 50.14 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
49 | Texas St. | 49.94 | 32 | 30 | 35 | 45 | 37 | 42 | 39 | NR | 47 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
50 | Southern Mississippi | 48.09 | 40 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 40 | 39 | 38 | 44 | 26 | 26 |
COMPOSITE NATIONAL RANKINGS (CNR) CRITERIA: CB360’s 100-point Composite National Rankings formula currently is centered around 15 core ingredients – combining a diverse collection of “experts” (ranging from coaches, various media, computer calculations and projections) – to help provide a preview of teams that could be in the running for the 2010 NCAA Championship field (hypothetically 50 teams, plus 14 others from lower-rated automatic-bid conferences – those teams will be projected in upcoming CNR updates). Later in the season, other factors – such as “last-10-games” records – will be included in the CNR formula, with CollegeBaseball360 soon to begin generating its own projection of the NCAA field (based on the CNR formula).
Here’s the breakdown of the current “15-ingredient” CNR formula (three main areas):
• Six National Polls/Rankings – USA Today/ESPN (coaches poll) … NCBWA (writers) … Baseball America … Collegiate Baseball … Rivals and Ping!Baseball
• Five RPI-Type Ratings: Official NCAA RPI … Boyds World ISR and Pseudo-RPI … and Warren Nolan’s RPI and NRPI
• Five NCAA Tournament Field Projections: from Baseball America, Rivals, SEBaseball.com and ESPN.com bracketology
Teams receive points based on their standings in each poll/rating/projection (60 pts for #1, 59 for #2, etc.). For polls involving voting points (coaches and CB) and the RPI ratings, the CNR adjusts to reward teams that have larger margins in the voting/point totals (whereas two teams with nearly the same voting-point total will be closer in the CNR allotment for that poll). Note that strength-of-schedule typically is factored into RPI formulations … thus the actual SOS numbers are not used in the CNR when RPI already are in the mix. For the NCAA field projections, teams are awarded CNR points based on their respective seedings, “last in” and “last out,” etc.
The 15 core factors are averaged, with 40 points then added to each total in order to yield the 100-point benchmark. Finally, a bonus/penalty is factored in based on record over past 10 games (teams 10-0 over the past 10 get a bonus of 0.5 points, 9-1 get 0.4 … 5-5 has no penalty/bonus, 0-10 is a -0.5 penalty, etc.).
Here are links to the 15 criteria used in the CNR:
• National Coaches Poll (USA Today/ESPN)
• Nat’l Collegiate Baseball Writers poll
• Baseball America poll
• Colllegiate Baseball magazine rankings
• Rivals.com rankings
• Ping!Baseball.com rankings
• Official NCAA RPI
• Boyds World Pseudo-RPI
• Boyds World Iterative Strength Ratings
• Warren Nolan RPI
• Warren Nolan N-RPI
• Baseball America NCAA field projection
• SE Baseball NCAA field projection
• Rivals NCAA field projection
• ESPN.com bracketology projection