CB360 Composite National Rankings #14 (May 20)

May 20, 2010
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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


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1Arizona St.99.3011111111366910
3Texas97.94222258101043321
2Virginia98.453333333212234
4Florida95.20447979961110589
5Coastal
Carolina
94.9155689131311145101818
6UCLA92.018846222328172425
7Louisville91.55669101157887111419
8Georgia Tech91.26101085645141217778
9South
Carolina
90.1814111212121519202724191920
10Florida St.89.399910138104574467
11Cal State
Fullerton
89.16121415151723302636422343
12TCU87.73111211141317141391381011
13Miami87.7213131411151417172021121314
14Arkansas86.527754468181316141615
15Vanderbilt84.3416252417211818191715283331
16Auburn80.821818262824363133NR49NRNRNR
17Mississippi80.5915151722201612151818202322
18Oklahoma80.4517171921192016161520262828
19Connecticut77.87191918233039384738NRNRNRNR
20San Diego76.24222733404649NRNRNRNR372221
21Virginia Tech75.80202223302543NRNRNR48NRNRNR
22Rice75.772123212728304324222321176
23Oregon71.78252020203134344445454030NR
24Clemson71.452325271916121145991112
25Arizona67.542721161623252125NRNRNR4141
26UC Irvine67.39292830383321282631281355
27College of
Charleston
65.823133383939283330NR4750NRNR
28Washington St.65.5048NRNRNR44NR4034302935NRNR
29LSU64.1424161371076761112
30California62.13262425182231NRNRNR44NRNRNR
31Texas A&M59.8941403937322622222327382930
32Kansas St.59.2538373126272924393335NR4536
33Alabama58.0034293235262225122125333934
34Southeastern
Louisiana
57.934746443135272623243736NRNR
35Stanford57.8728352229452423211622252029
36New Mexico57.15333236323437423629323131NR
37Florida
Atlantic
56.4837364344NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
38Kentucky56.1345444034404849312819223238
39Louisiana
Lafayette
55.494649NRNRNRNRNRNR49NRNRNRNR
40North Carolina55.3736384142363229271911151213
41Oregon St.54.783547292414111591014161516
42Pittsburgh53.953031343643NR35NRNRNRNRNRNR
43The Citadel53.3542393733293332273235NRNRNR
44Florida
Gulf Coast
51.8350NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR445048
45Elon51.3249NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
46Liberty51.2739414747NRNRNRNR444649NRNR
47Western
Kentucky
50.364434282518192028374132NRNR
48Tennessee50.14NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
49Texas St. 49.9432303545374239NR47NRNRNRNR
50Southern
Mississippi
48.0940NRNRNRNRNRNR403938442626

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/RankingsUSA Today/ESPN (coaches poll) … NCBWA (writers) … Baseball AmericaCollegiate 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

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