CB360 College Baseball Composite National Rankings (3–18–16)

March 18, 2016
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Here’s a quick look at the updated CB360 Composite National Rankings, to be used in daily tracking of the Top–50 teams (primarily for the weekend of March 18–20).

The CNR formula has expanded to include the following 14 elements:
• National 
Coaches Poll (USA Today/ESPN; 54 total teams)
• National Collegiate Baseball Writers poll (55 total teams)
DIBaseball.com top-25 & other considered (32 total teams)
• Baseball America poll, in conjunction with updated projection of NCAA Tournament field (48 total teams)
• Collegiate Baseball magazine rankings (30 teams)
• Perfect Game top–25 rankings
ESPN Power Rankings (25 total teams)
Massey computerized rankings (top-60 teams)
Sagarin computerized rankings (top-60 teams)
RoundTable computerized rankings (top-60 teams)
Moore computerized rankings (top-60 teams)
DISportsNet computerized rankings (top-50 teams)
Projected season strength of schedule (per Massey; bonus points, max. 1.0)
• Assorted Conference preseason coaches polls (bonus points, max. 1.0)
> SEC … ACCPac-12Big 12Big TenBig West
AACMVCMt West … Sun BeltBig SouthColonialWCC
Southland … America East

CB360 Composite National Rankings #5  (March 18, 2016)
(rank), team – CNR pts (prev. weeks rank … preseason)
(1) Florida – 97.42  (1 … 1 … 1 … #1 preseason)
(2) Vanderbilt – 97.33  (2 … 2 … 2 … 2)
(3) Louisville – 96.08  (5 … 4 … 3 … 4)
(4) Texas A&M – 95.39  (3 … 3 … 4 … 3)
(5) Mississippi – 92.86  (9 … 13 … 19 … 31)
(6) North Carolina – 92.66  (6 … 7 … 15 … 23)
(7) TCU – 92.40  (7 … 6 … 10 … 11)
(8) Oregon State – 89.51  (4 … 5 … 12 … 8)
(9) Florida State – 89.50  (13 … 12 … 9 … 13)
(10) Miami – 87.51  (12 … 10 … 5 … 6)
(11) LSU – 86.91  (10 … 9 … 6 … 5)
(12) California – 83.62  (11 … 14 … 17 … 12)
(13) Mississippi State – 79.67  (20 … 19 … 29 … 2)
(14) Clemson – 77.06  (21 … – … – … –)
(15) South Carolina – 75.39  (19 … 16 … 30 … 29)
(16) BYU – 74.18  (41 … 40 … – … –)
(17) Michigan State – 73.63  (38 … 45 … – … –)
(18) North Carolina State – 72.20  (15 … 18 … 20 … 19)
(19) Florida Atlantic – 71.97  (23 … 23 … 25 … 46)
(20) Arkansas – 71.47  (14 … 11 … 14 … 18)
(21) Oregon – 71.22  (8 … 8 … 8 … 14)
(22) Missouri State – 70.99  (22 … 25 … 21 … 26)
(23) Cal State Fullerton – 69.04  (32 … 21 … 22 … 16)
(24) UC Santa Barbara – 68.88  (29 … 34 … 38 … 45)
(25) Virginia – 67.96  (16 … 15 … 7 … 7)
(26) Oklahoma State – 67.36  (30 … 30 … 24 … 10)
(27) Arizona – 67.08  (48 … – … 42 … –)
(28) UCLA – 66.25  (18 … 17 … 16 … 9)
(29) Southern Mississippi – 65.30  (43 … 37 … 41 … –)
(30) Michigan – 65.03  (25 … 26 … 18 … 27)
(31) Georgia Tech – 64.36  (17 … 20 … 23 … 39)
(32) Arizona State – 61.92  (– … – … 44 … 38)
(33) College of Charleston – 60.62  (44 … 44 … 37 … 37)
(34) Stanford –58.52  (37 … 29 … 33 … –)
(35) Louisiana-Lafayette – 57.02  (27 … 28 … 11 … 15)
(36) East Carolina – 56.74  (26 … 24 … 49 … –)
(37) Tennessee – 56.08  (46 … – … – … –)
(38) Long Beach State – 56.01  (40 … 48 … – … 49)
(39) Houston – 55.37  (31 … 27 … 13 … 17)
(40) Dallas Baptist – 55.06  (28 … 42 … 26 … 28)
(41) Texas Tech – 54.42  (35 … 31 … 36 … 35)
(42) Boston College – 54.29  (– … – … – … –)
(43) South Alabama – 53.87  (45 … 38 … 46 … –)
(44) Tulane – 52.315  (39 … 35 … 34 … 40)
(45) UNC Wilmington – 48.71  (34 … 39 … 48 … 50)
(46) Coastal Carolina – 48.69  (36 … 22 … 28 … 30)
(47) Alabama – 47.64  (24 … 32 … 43 … –)
(48) Cal State Northridge – 47.54  (– … – … – … –)
(49) Kentucky – 46.62  (– … – … 40 … 32)
(50) Southeastern Louisiana – 46.55  (– … – … – … –)

Next FiveUSC, Fresno State, Gonzaga, Georgia and Connecticut.

> Dropped Out of CNR Top–50 After Week–4:
(33) Fresno State – 59.77  (33 … 43 … – … –)
(42) Cal Poly – 53.91  (42 … 47 … – … –)
(47) Missouri – 51.11  (47 … 46 … 50 … 43)
(49) Texas – 48.04  (49 … 36 … 32 … 25)
(50) New Mexico – 46.70  (50 … 41 … – … –)

> Dropped Out of CNR Top–50 After Week–3:
(33) USC – 57.60  (33 … 31 … 20)  (has returned to current top–50)
(49) Rice – 49.30  (49 … 27 … 21)
(50) Oklahoma – 47.97  (50 … 45 … 34)

> Dropped Out of CNR Top–50 After Week–2:
(35) Maryland
(39) Indiana
(40) Kentucky
(42) Arizona (has returned to current top–50)
(44) Arizona State(has returned to current top–50)
(47) Notre Dame

> Dropped Out of Top–50 After Week–1:
(41) San Diego State
(42) Illinois
(44) UC Irvine
(47) Auburn
(48) Iowa
(49) Long Beach State (has returned to current top–50)

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