The March 5 CNR Top-50, Presented By Dugouthats.com…
The second full week of the college baseball season – unlike the previous week – produced a lower number of top-10 upsets, resulting in virtually no changes among the top teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings (CNR). The top-5 teams, along with #8 Georgia Tech and #9 Florida State, are in the exact same CNR spots as a week, while current #6 Arkansas swapped spots with new #7 North Carolina. The lone newcomer to the top group is #10 Arizona (up one spot), replacing Miami (now #14). front-page photo courtesy of Texas Tech
CB360 Composite National Rankings (2012 season) …
• Preseason … • Update #2 … • Update #3
Texas Tech continues to surge up the CB360 top-50 (now #24) ... pictured, from left, are Jamodrick McGruder, Reid Redman & Barrett Barnes.
The CB360 top-10 now includes three teams each from the SEC and ACC, plus two Pac-12 and one from the Mountain West & Big 12.
With Boston College entering the CB360 top-50 and North Carolina State returning to the top-50, the ACC now has matched the SEC with nine teams among the top-50. More than half of the top-50 come from either the SEC, ACC or Pac-12 (8).
Scroll down for the complete CB360 top-50, along with various breakdowns from this update. Information on the CNR formula is included at the bottom of this page.
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Brett Harman – who has started the season with 17 shutout innings – and his teammates on #23 Maryland represent one of nine ACC teams currently in the CB360 top-50.
CNR TOP-50 CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN (after week-2)
SEC (9 … 3 top-10, 6 top-25) – #1 Florida, #3 South Carolina, #6 Arkansas, #11 Georgia, #15 LSU, #16 Mississippi, #26 Mississippi State, #35 Kentucky & #48 Vanderbilt
ACC (9 … 3 top-10, 6 top-25) – #7 North Carolina, #8 Georgia Tech, #9 Florida State, #14 Miami, #19 Clemson, #23 Maryland, #42 Virginia #49 Boston College & #50 North Carolina State
Pacific-12 (8 … 2 top-10, 6 top-25) – #2 Stanford, #10 Arizona, #12 Oregon, #17 Arizona State, #21 UCLA, #25 California, #29 Oregon State & #39 USC
Big 12 (5 … 1 top-10, 3 top-25) – #5 Texas A&M, #20 Oklahoma, #24 Texas Tech, #31 Baylor & #34 Texas
Conference USA (5 … 1 top-10) – #4 Rice, #22 Central Florida, #37 East Carolina, #40 Tulane & #47 Southern Mississippi
Big West (3 … 1 top-25) – #13 Cal State Fullerton, #36 Cal Poly & #44 UC Irvine
BIG EAST (1 … 1 top-25) – #18 Louisville
Southern Conference (1) – #38 College of Charleston
West Coast (2) – #28 Gonzaga& #43 Pepperdine
1 Each – #27 Stetson (Atlantic Sun) … #30 Purdue (Big Ten) … Southland (#32 Texas State) … #33 TCU (Mt. West) … #41 Charlotte (Atlantic 10) … Big South (#45 Liberty) … Missouri Valley (#46 Missouri State)
Tyler Olson (Gonzaga)
BIGGEST JUMPS IN THE CNR TOP-50 – Gonzaga (#43 to #28) … Texas Tech (#37 to #24) … Mississippi State (#39 to #26) … Maryland (#33 to #23) … Purdue (#40 to #30) … Oregon (#2o to #12) … Mississippi (#23 to #16)
NEWCOMERS/RETURNERS TO THE CNR TOP-50 – #32 *Texas State, #35 Kentucky, #45 Liberty, #46 *Missouri State, #49 Boston College and #50 *North Carolina State (*–indicates previously in CNR top-50 this season)
DROPPED OUT OF THE CNR TOP-50 – #41 Florida Atlantic, #44 St. John’s, #45 Tennessee, #46 Georgia Southern and co-#49s Southeastern Louisiana & UNC Greensboro
BIGGEST DROPS IN THE CNR TOP-50 – Texas (#19 to #34) … Virginia (#27 to #42) … Vanderbilt (#35 to #48) … UC Irvine (#31 to #44) … TCU (#22 to #33) … USC (#30 to #39)
COLLEGE BASBALL 360 COMPOSITE TOP-50 #4
(updated after week-3, through games on March 4, 2012)
Rank. Team … CNR Points (previous week)
1. Florida … 99.86 (1)
2. Stanford … 98.64 (2)
3. South Carolina … 97.86 (3)
4. Rice … 96.35 (4)
5. Texas A&M … 95.27 (5)
6. Arkansas … 94.16 (7)
7. North Carolina … 93.74 (6)
8. Georgia Tech … 91.03 (8)
9. Florida State … 91.01 (9)
10. Arizona … 88.33 (11)
11. Georgia … 86.80 (12)
12. Oregon … 86.71 (20)
13. Cal State Fullerton … 85.71 (15)
14. Miami … 85.14 (10)
15. LSU … 84.99 (13)
16. Mississippi … 80.40 (23)
17. Arizona State … 80.06 (16)
18. Louisville … 80.05 (21)
19. Clemson … 79.84 (14)
20. Oklahoma … 79.23 (17)
21. UCLA … 78.94 (18)
22. Central Florida … 76.44 (28)
23. Maryland … 74.97 (33)
24. Texas Tech … 70.32 (37)
25. California … 67.38 (24)
26. Mississippi State … 66.46 (39)
27. Stetson … 65.78 (26)
28. Gonzaga … 65.54 (43)
29. Oregon State … 65.36 (29)
30. Purdue … 62.17 (40)
31. Baylor … 59.38 (25)
32. Texas State … 59.29 (–)
33. TCU … 58.26 (22)
34. Texas … 56.13 (19)
35. Kentucky … 55.75 (–)
36. Cal Poly … 55.07 (32)
37. East Carolina … 53.08 (38)
38. College of Charleston … 52.85 (34)
39. USC … 52.81 (30)
40. Tulane … 52.68 (45)
41. Charlotte … 51.90 (36)
42. Virginia … 51.55 (27)
43. Pepperdine … 51.51 (42)
44. UC Irvine … 51.13 (31)
45. Liberty … 49.99 (–)
46. Missouri State … 48.73 (–)
47. Southern Mississippi … 48.70 (48)
48. Vanderbilt … 48.59 (35)
49. Boston College … 47.82 (–)
50. North Carolina State … 47.51 (–)
Next 6 – Virginia Tech, Southeastern Louisiana, San Diego, Appalachian State, Florida International & Stony Brook
Dropped out of top-50: #41 Florida Atlantic … #44 St. John’s … #46 Georgia Southern … #47 Tennessee … #49 UNC Greensboro … #49 Southeastern Louisiana
COMPOSITE NATIONAL RANKINGS (CNR) CRITERIA: As the season progresses, CB360′s 100-point Composite National Rankings formula ultimately is centered around 15 core ingredients – plus a bonus/penalty factor based on record over final-10 games. The CNR combines a diverse collection of “experts” (ranging from coaches, various media, computer calculations and postseason projections) – to help provide a preview of teams that could be in the running for the 2012 NCAA Championship field (hypothetically 50 teams, plus 14 others from lower-rated automatic-bid conferences).
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 various RPI-type 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 used only early in the season (SOS 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 polls/ratings/projections are averaged, with 40 points typically then added to each total in order to yield the 100-point benchmark. Early in the season (projected SOS) and late in the season (final-10 games), a maximum bonus/penalty of 0.3 (SOS) or 0.5 points (final-10) is factored into the formula (in that case, 39.7 or 39.5, rather than 40, is added to the poll/rating/projection avg.).
Here are links to the six criteria currently used in the CNR, as of March 5, 2012:
• National Coaches Poll (USA Today/ESPN), preseason/no update after opening week
• National Collegiate Baseball Writers poll
• Baseball America poll
• Colllegiate Baseball magazine rankings
• Perfect Game rankings
• Boyd’s World preseason projected season strength-of-schedule (bonus points)