The three-team deadlock atop the SEC East Division is mirrored in the latest update of the CB360 Composite National Rankings (CNR), which currently incorporates 15 different elements averaged into a 100-point scale that has #2 Florida (92.23), #3 South Carolina (96.07) and #4 Vanderbilt (95.74) separated by only 0.49 points. Virginia now has held down the top spot in the CNR for seven straight weeks, while Florida State has surged from #7 to #5. front-page photo courtesy of Central Florida
The top-10 teams in the CNR remain unchanged, with Texas bumping up from #8 to #6, Oregon State slipping back a spot to #7 and Arizona State falling from #5 to #8 (#9 North Carolina and #10 Georgia Tech retained their positions). The top-10 continues to feature four ACC teams and the “power trio” from the SEC, plus a pair of Pac-10 teams and one each from the Big 12. Using the CNR to project the hypothetical #1 seeds in the NCAAs (16), there would be five ACC teams, three each from the SEC and Big 12, and one each from Conference USA, the Big West and the Mountain West.
Surging Florida International – which a month ago was not even ranked among the CB360 top-50 – is riding a 16-game unbeaten streak while rising to #23 in the CNR.
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CNR Contact: Pete LaFleur (pete@collegebaseball360.com)
CNR TOP-50 CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN (week-13)
SEC (10 … 3 top-10, 4 top-25) – #2 Florida, #3 South Carolina, #4 Vanderbilt, #19 Arkansas, #32 Mississippi State, #35 Auburn, #37 LSU, #38 Alabama, #42 Georgia & #48 Mississippi
ACC (7 … 4 top-10, 6 top-25) – #1 Virginia, #5 Florida State, #9 North Carolina, #10 Georgia Tech, #15 Clemson. #21 Miami & #43 North Carolina State
Pacific-10 (6 … 2 top-10, 4 top-25) – #5 Arizona State, #6 Oregon State, #23 Stanford, #24 UCLA, #26 Arizona & #28 California
Big 12 (5 … 1 top-10, 3 top-25) – #6 Texas, #11 Texas A&M, #14 Oklahoma, #26 Oklahoma State & #45 Baylor
Conference USA (4 … 2 top-25) – #16 Southern Mississippi, #17 Rice, #30 Central Florida & #33 East Carolina
Atlantic Sun (3 … 1 top-25) – #20 Stetson, #43 East Tennessee & #49 Jacksonville
2 Each – Big West (#12 Cal State Fullerton & #25 UC Irvine) … Southland (#34 Texas State & #47 Southeastern Louisiana) … Sunbelt (#23 Florida International & #36 Troy)
1 Each – BIG EAST (#22 Connecticut) … Big South (#39 Coastal Carolina) … independent (#46 Dallas Baptist) … Mid-American (#31 Kent State) … Missouri Valley (#41 Creighton) … Southern (#40 Elon) … Mountain West (#13 TCU) … West Coast (#50 Gonzaga) … Western Athletic (#18 Fresno State)
BIGGEST JUMP IN THE CNR TOP-50 – Florida International (#32 too #23) … Central Florida (#38 to #30)
NEWCOMERS/RETURNER TO THE CNR TOP-50 – #46 Dallas Baptist … #49 Jacksonville … #50 Gonzaga (JU and GON were in top-50 earlier this season)
DROPPED OUT OF THE CNR TOP-50 – #47 Kansas State … #49 Texas Tech … #50 Charlotte
BIGGEST DROPS IN THE CNR TOp-50 – Georgia (#29 to #42) … Alabama (#30 to #38)
College Baseball 2011 Composite National Rankings #14 (CNR)
courtesy of CollegeBaseball360.com; May 18, 2011
| RANK | TEAM | POINTS | WEEK-12 | WEEK-11 | WEEK-10 | WEEK-9 | WEEK-8 | Week-7 | Week-6 | Week-5 | Week-4 | Week-3 | Week-2 | Week-1 | 2011 Preseason | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia | 98.91 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||
| 2 | Florida | 96.23 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | South Carolina | 96.07 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | ||
| 4 | Vanderbilt | 95.74 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | Florida State | 93.17 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | ||
| 6 | Texas | 91.72 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 7 | Oregon State | 90.82 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 30 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 44 | ||
| 8 | Arizona State | 90.79 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | ||
| 9 | North Carolina | 89.63 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 30 | ||
| 10 | Georgia Tech | 89.57 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 23 | ||
| 11 | Texas A&M | 88.00 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | ||
| 12 | Cal State Fullerton | 87.98 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 8 | ||
| 13 | TCU | 85.34 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 14 | Oklahoma | 84.52 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 15 | Clemson | 83.33 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | ||
| 16 | Southern Mississippi | 83.06 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 28 | 38 | - | 41 | 45 | 46 | ||
| 17 | Rice | 81.42 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | ||
| 18 | Fresno State | 81.15 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 31 | 32 | ||
| 19 | Arkansas | 79.03 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 29 | ||
| 20 | Stetson | 78.84 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 36 | 37 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 21 | Miami | 77.40 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 28 | 39 | 50 | 30 | 46 | 24 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Connecticut | 71.15 | 25 | 25 | 35 | 46 | 45 | 44 | - | - | 29 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 16 | ||
| 23 | Florida International | 69.36 | 32 | 39 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | - | - | - | ||
| 24 | Arizona | 67.25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | ||
| 25 | UC Irvine | 66.86 | 27 | 31 | 33 | 28 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 28 | 28 | ||
| 26 | Oklahoma State | 66.66 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 41 | 40 | 38 | 44 | - | - | |||
| 27 | Stanford | 66.01 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | ||
| 28 | California | 64.92 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 26 | 24 | ||
| 29 | UCLA | 64.07 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 30 | Central Florida | 61.87 | 38 | 41 | 34 | 47 | 40 | - | 34 | 38 | 45 | 41 | 43 | 45 | 47 | ||
| 31 | Kent State | 61.59 | 33 | 30 | 39 | 50 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | ||
| 32 | Mississippi State | 60.23 | 35 | 45 | 32 | 36 | 38 | - | 33 | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 33 | East Carolina | 60.00 | 37 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 34 | 31 | 38 | 35 | 42 | - | 50 | 47 | – | ||
| 34 | Texas State | 57.80 | 39 | 42 | 36 | 31 | 37 | 30 | 39 | 41 | - | - | - | - | |||
| 35 | Auburn | 57.71 | 36 | 38 | 28 | 27 | 35 | 38 | 31 | 18 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 22 | ||
| 36 | Troy | 57.37 | 31 | 34 | 26 | 33 | 20 | 26 | 30 | 37 | 3 | 44 | - | 47 | – | ||
| 37 | LSU | 56.84 | 41 | 35 | 40 | 32 | 27 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 19 | ||
| 38 | Alabama | 55.80 | 30 | 33 | 45 | 37 | 30 | 20 | 26 | - | - | 48 | 39 | 34 | 37 | ||
| 39 | Coastal Carolina | 55.25 | 34 | 32 | 41 | 41 | 44 | 42 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 40 | Elon | 54.57 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 38 | 48 | 47 | 43 | - | 48 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 41 | Creighton | 54.45 | 45 | 36 | 44 | 35 | 49 | 48 | - | - | - | 42 | - | - | - | ||
| 42 | Georgia | 53.86 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 34 | - | - | 50 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 43 | North Carolina State | 53.73 | 42 | 37 | 31 | 42 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 44 | East Tennessee | 53.07 | 43 | - | - | 44 | 32 | 35 | 47 | 42 | 39 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 45 | Baylor | 52.39 | 46 | 46 | - | 43 | 47 | 41 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 25 | ||
| 46 | Dallas Baptist | 50.07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 47 | Southeastern Louisiana | 49.86 | 48 | 43 | 47 | - | 46 | - | - | 40 | 34 | - | 34 | - | - | ||
| 48 | Mississippi | 49.56 | 44 | - | 42 | 39 | 42 | 33 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 37 | 32 | 38 | 43 | ||
| 49 | Jacksonville | 49.24 | - | - | 48 | 48 | 50 | - | - | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 50 | Gonzaga | 50.53 | 47 | - | 34 | 39 | 36 | 44 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - |
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COMPOSITE NATIONAL RANKINGS (CNR) CRITERIA: CB360′s 100-point Composite National Rankings formula currently is centered around 15 core ingredients and in upcoming weeks will include upwards of 20 different factors – ultimately 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 2011 NCAA Championship field (hypothetically 50 teams, plus 14 others from lower-rated automatic-bid conferences – those teams will be projected in upcoming CNR updates).
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 currently 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.
Currently, the 15 polls/ratings/projections listed below are averaged, with 40 points then are added to each total in order to yield the 100-point benchmark. The CB360 Composite National Rankings will add factors to the formula throughout the 2011 season, with the additions to include various RPI/power rankings, NCAA Tournament projections and a late-season bonus/penalty for record over the past-10 games.
Here are links to the 15 criteria currently used in the CNR (all updated as of May 16-18):
• National Coaches Poll (USA Today/ESPN)
• National Collegiate Baseball Writers poll
• Baseball America poll
• Colllegiate Baseball magazine rankings
• Perfect Game rankings
• College Baseball Lineup rankings
• Official NCAA RPI
• Boyd’s World “Pseudo-RPI” (this page updated daily)
• Warren Nolan RPI (updated daily)
• Boyd’s World Iterative Strength Ratings (ISR; updated daily)
• Warren Nolan NPI (Nolan Power Index; updated daily)
• ESPN Bracketology NCAA Tournament projection
• SEbaseball.com NCAA field-of-64
• Perfect Game NCAA Tournament projection
• Baseball America NCAA Tournament projection