College Baseball 360 Week-8 Composite National Rankings

April 5, 2013
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CB360’s exclusive Composite National Rankings (CNR) have expanded to include eight elements in the current format – with the usual five rankings/polls (coaches, writers, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball & Perfect Game) along with three mathematical-based listings: official NCAA RPI, WarrenNolan.com RPI, and the Iterative Strength Ratings from BoydsWorld.com (links to all included at the bottom of this page).  front-page photo courtesy of Indiana

CB360 Composite National Rankings (2013)
Preseason  |  Week-2  |  Week-3  |  Week-4  |  Week-5  |  Week-6  |  Week-7

Indiana (up from #22 to #8) has climbed into the top-10 for the first time in the six-year history of the CNR, while Georgia Tech has moved up from 14th to 10th. UCLA (#7 to #13) and Kentucky (#9 to #14) slid outside the top-10. North Carolina still holds down the top spot for the seventh straight week, while Vanderbilt is back in the #2 spot (up from 4th) and LSU now is 3rd (after being 2nd the previous week). Current #4 Cal State Fullerton, (8) Virginia and (10) Oregon each have moved up two spots, while (5) Oregon State and (7) Florida State each slipped back a couple spots within the top-10.

Scroll down for more detailed info. on the most-recent CNR top-50 update – including the automated week-by-week chart that displays where each current top-50 CNR team has been ranked on a weekly basis in 2013.

Nearly half of the teams (22) that were in the CB360 preseason top-50 already have tumbled outside the top-50: (12) TCU, (14) Florida, (20) San Diego, (24) Texas (31) Baylor, (32) New Mexico, (33) Southern Miss., (34) Coastal Carolina, (35) Missouri State, (36) Kent State, (37) Wichita State, (38) East Carolina, (39) Dallas Baptist, (40) Tulane, (41) Sam Houston State, (42) Georgia, (43) St. John’s, (44) Pepperdine, (46) College of Charleston, (47) Florida Atlantic, (48) Auburn & (49) Elon. Note that Florida, USD, Missouri State, Charleston and FAU recently returned to the top-50.

The current CB360 top-10 features four teams from the ACC and two each from the SEC and Pac-12, plus one Big West and one Big Ten. When projecting the 16 #1 seeds in the NCAAs, based on the current CNR, there would be five from the SEC, four ACC, three Pac-12, and one each from the Big West, Big Ten, Big 12 and BIG EAST.

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.

SCROLL DOWN for complete breakdown of the latest CNR update … 

CNR TOP-50 CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN (entering week-8)
SEC
 (10 … 2 top-10, 8 top-25) – (2) Vanderbilt, (3) LSU, (11) South Carolina, (12) Mississippi, (14) Kentucky, (17) Arkansas, (19) Mississippi State, (25) Texas A&M, (37) Alabama & (44) Florida
ACC
 
(8 … 4 top-10, 6 top-25) – (1) North Carolina,  (6) Virginia, (7) Florida State, (10) Georgia Tech, (21) Virginia Tech, (23) NC State, (35) Miami & (38) Clemson
Pacific-12 (6 … 2 top-10, 4 top-25) –  (5) Oregon State, (8) Oregon, (13) UCLA, (20) Arizona State, (42) Stanford & (49) Arizona
BIG EAST (3 … 2 top-25) – (16) Louisville, (18) Notre Dame & (47) Pittsburgh
Big West (3 … 1 top-10, 2 top-25) – (4) Cal State Fullerton, (24) Cal Poly & (39) UC Irvine
Big 12 (2 … 1 top-25) – (15) Oklahoma & (27) Oklahoma State
Conference USA (2 … 1 top-25) – (22) Houston & (30) Rice
Atlantic Sun (2) – (28) Florida Gulf Coast & (32) Mercer
Sun Belt (2) – (31) South Alabama & #33 Florida Atlantic
Big Ten (2) – (9) Indiana & (41) Michigan State
Colonial (2) – (34) UNC Wilmington and (43) William & Mary
Southern (2) – (40) Georgia Southern & (50) College of Charleston
1 Each –West Coast (#26 San Diego) … Ohio Valley (#29 Austin Peay) … Southland (#36 Central Arkansas) … Ivy League (#45 Dartmouth) …  Mountain West (#46 UNLV) … and Missouri Valley (#48 Missouri State)

BIGGEST JUMPS WITHIN THE CNR TOP-50 – Virginia Tech (#36 to #21) … Arizona State (#31 to #20) … San Diego (#39 to #28) … Mercer (#43 to #32) .. Austin Peay (#38 to #29) …  UNC Wilmington (#41 to #34)

RETURNERS/NEWCOMERS TO THE CNR TOP-50 –(33) Florida Atlantic … (37) Alabama … (41) Michigan State … (43) William & Mary … (44) Florida … (48) Missouri State … (50) College of Charleston (all but MSU and W&M were among the CB360 top-50 earlier in the 2013 season)

DROPPED OUT OF THE CNR TOP-50 – (29) Gonzaga, (30) Campbell, (45) Texas Tech, (46) Connecticut, (47) Kansas State, (48) Louisiana-Lafayette & (50) Middle Tennessee State

BIGGEST DROPS WITHIN THE CNR TOP-50 – Rice (#20 to #30) … UC Irvine (#28 to #38) … Stanford (#32 to #42) … Arizona (#40 to #49) … South Alabama (#24 to #31)

COLLEGE BASEBALL 360 COMPOSITE TOP-50 (#8)
(updated after week-7, through games on March 31, 2013)

RankTeamPtsWeek-7 Week-6Week-5Week-4Week-3Week-22013 Preseason
1North Carolina98.931111112
2Vanderbilt98.134222333
3LSU97.772443444
4Cal State Fullerton96.676101011182123
5Oregon State96.163334589
6Virginia94.058131720242829
7Florida State93.9058712131415
8Oregon91.1610141414778
9Indiana87.2122272939
10Georgia Tech87.101491116201918
11South Carolina85.7715556667
12Mississippi84.67116613151722
13UCLA84.407787855
14Kentucky84.29911910101011
15Oklahoma84.0113172015161817
16Louisville83.7016121317192016
17Arkansas82.6512201619221
18Notre Dame 81.6117181924294150
19Mississippi State81.00181512591213
20Arizona State75.9031191521263027
21Virginia Tech75.7236294125313145
22Houston75.33193444
23North Carolina State74.492116189121110
24Cal Poly73.12232525272838
25Texas A&M70.9127263940372625
26San Diego70.42393035363320
27Oklahoma State69.202524303238
28Florida Gulf Coast68.742832232822
29Austin Peay67.27384147
30Rice64.9620232623141321
31South Alabama64.3824314334
32Mercer63.194336333336
33Florida Atlantic 62.865047
34UNC Wilmington62.2741
35Miami61.0634423126232526
36Central Arkansas59.5235212744
37Alabama59.502939
38Clemson58,.7537442831272928
39UC Irvine68.7626283222212230
40Georgia Southern58.5933
41Michigan State 58.31
42Stanford57.5032222481196
43William & Mary56.27
44Florida55.464530331514
45Dartmouth 54.0642494243
46UNLV52.94493822
47Pittsburgh52.384440
48Missouri State50.064034354935
49Arizona50.0040332118171619
50College of Charleston48.8146

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COMPOSITE NATIONAL RANKINGS (CNR) CRITERIA: As the season progresses, CB360′s 100-point Composite National Rankings formula ultimately becomes centered around upwards of 16 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 eight criteria currently used in the CNR, as of April 4, 2013:
• National Coaches Poll (USA Today/ESPN); top-25 plus rec. votes
• National Collegiate Baseball Writers poll (top-30, plus rec. votes)
• Baseball America poll (top-25, plus NCAA tournament projection/through top-51)
• Colllegiate Baseball magazine rankings (top-30)
• Perfect Game rankings (top-25, plus others to watch)
• Official NCAA RPI
WarrenNolan.com RPI
• Boyds World Iterative Strength Ratings; top-60

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