Here’s a quick look at the most recent update (prior to April 26-28 series) to the CB360 Composite National Rankings (CNR), again featuring 14 total elements in the current formula – the usual five rankings/polls (coaches, writers, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, & Perfect Game) along with five mathematical-based listings: official NCAA RPI, WarrenNolan.com RPI and Nolan Power Rankings, BoydsWorld.com Pseudo RPI and Iterative Strength Ratings, plus the Massey Power Ratings, along with NCAA field-of-64 projections from BA, PG & SEbaseball.com. front-page photo courtesy of Pittsburgh
There are seven newcomers/returners in the CNR top-50: (41) Pittsburgh, (42) New Mexico, (44) Troy, (46) Ohio State, (48) North Florida, (49) Oklahoma State and (50) South Florida … replacing Coastal Carolina, William & Mary, Houston, Illinois, Texas A&M, Delaware and Florida Gulf Coast.
The usual full release data for the week-11 CNR will be posted later. See the week-10 link below for detailed info. on the current CNR format.
CB360 Composite National Rankings (2013)
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COLLEGE BASEBALL 360 COMPOSITE TOP-50 (#11)
(updated after week-10, through games on April 21, 2013)
1. North Carolina (previous week – 1)
2. LSU (2)
3. Vanderbilt (3)
4. Virginia (7)
5. Cal State Fullerton (5)
6. Oregon State (4)
7. Oregon (8)
8. Florida State (6)
9. North Carolina State (12)
10. Mississippi State (9)
11. UCLA (13)
12. South Carolina (15)
13. Arizona State (11)
14. Louisville (10)
15. Indiana (17)
16. Mississippi (18)
17. Clemson (16)
18. Oklahoma (19)
19. Georgia Tech (14)
20. South Alabama (22)
21. UNC Wilmington (26)
22. Florida (23)
23. Miami (28)
24. Cal Poly (24)
25. Mercer (21)
26. Rice (39)
27. Arkansas (25)
28. Virginia Tech (29)
29. Kentucky (20)
30. Campbell (37)
31. Kansas State (44)
32. Gonzaga (36)
33. Central Arkansas (33)
34. Stanford (38)
35. Michigan State (32)
36. Louisiana-Lafayette (48)
37. Alabama (46)
38. Notre Dame (34)
39. San Diego (35)
40. UC Irvine (30)
41. Pittsburgh (–)
42. New Mexico (–)
43. Arizona (27)
44. Troy (–)
45. Austin Peay (49)
46. Ohio State (–)
47. Florida Atlantic (45)
48. North Florida (–)
49. Oklahoma State (–)
50. South Florida (–)