Here’s a quick look at the updated CB360′s 100-point Composite National Rankings, following week-1 of the 2014 season. #33 Texas Tech – on the strength of winning 3-of-4 vs. cb360 preseason #7 Indiana – has entered the top-50 (33), whole Coastal Carolina and Liberty dropped out of the preseason top-50 (which included 51 teams).
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CB360 Composite Top-50 Rankings for 2014 – Week 2 (thru games of 2–16–14)
(rank) Team – voting pts (previous CNR)
1. Cal State Fullerton – 98.91 (1)
2. Oregon State – 97.94 (2)
3. Florida State – 96.26 (5)
4. Virginia – 96.23 (3)
5. Mississippi State – 95.54 (4)
6. LSU – 94.62 (6)
7. Vanderbilt – 92.47 (10)
8. Oregon – 92.40 (9)
9. South Carolina – 91.53 (12)
10. North Carolina State – 90.28 (8)
11. UCLA – 89.78 (11)
12. Indiana – 88.02 (7)
13. North Carolina – 86.74 (13)
14. Louisville – 86.51 (14)
15. Rice – 84.90 (15)
16. Clemson – 84.32 (16)
17. Miami – 83.69 (17)
18. Florida – 81.01 (19)
19. Oklahoma State – 78.70 (20)
20. Arizona State – 78.69 (21)
21. Louisiana-Lafayette – 77.58 (24)
22. TCU – 77.31 (22)
23. Texas A&M – 76.89 (25)
24. Cal Poly – 75.55 (27)
25. Alabama – 74.18 (26)
26. Texas – 72.50 (23)
27. Kansas State – 68.15 (18)
28. Arkansas – 65.29 (30)
29. Arizona – 64.85 (28)
30. Mississippi – 63.23 (32)
31. Florida Atlantic – 61.44 (31)
32. East Carolina – 60.29 (29)
33. Texas Tech – 58.93 (–)
34. UNLV – 57.70 (46)
35. Kentucky – 57.50 (44)
36. San Diego – 56.01 (33)
37. UNC Wilmington – 55.96 (36)
38. Georgia Tech – 55.52 (35)
39. Nebraska – 53.63 (39)
40. Oklahoma – 51.92 (34)
41. Houston – 51.40 (50)
41. Mercer –51.40 (46)
41. Sam Houston State – 51.40 (46)
41. Washington State – 51.40 (49)
45. UC Santa Barbara – 49.90 (37)
46. Wichita State –49.60 (41)
47. Stanford – 49.23 (42)
48. North Florida – 48.20 (50)
49. Western Carolina – 48.07 (38)
50. New Mexico – 47.76 (40)
Dropped out of the CNR top-50: (43) Coastal Carolina … (45) Liberty
Note – 15 teams that were in the top-50 of the final 2013 CNR, at end of the regular season, were not in the 2014 preseason CNR top-50: (17) South Alabama, (19) Virginia Tech, (23) Troy, (29) Pittsburgh, (30) Campbell, (37) South Florida, (41) Seton Hall, (42) Gonzaga, (43) Michigan State, (44) Austin Peay, (45) Maryland, (46) UC Irvine, (47) Notre Dame, (48) Illinois and (50) Ohio State.
COMPOSITE NATIONAL RANKINGS (CNR) CRITERIA: 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 only are used 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:
• National Coaches Poll (USA Today/ESPN)
• National Collegiate Baseball Writers poll
• Baseball America poll, in conjunction with BA’s NCAA Tournament projection
• Collegiate Baseball magazine rankings
• Perfect Game preseason rankings, in conjunction with PG’s NCAA Tournament projection