The most recent update of College Baseball 360’s exclusive Composite National Rankings (CNR) now includes 13 different elements factored into the CNR formula. front-page photo courtesy of Texas A&M
The CNR formula now breaks down as follows: six different polls/rankings (coaches, writers, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, Perfect Game & College Baseball Lineup) … four RPI-type calculations (NCAA RPI, Boyd Nation Pseudo-RPI, Warren Nolan RPI & Boyd Nation Iterative Strength Ratings) … and three NCAA field projections/listings (ESPN Bracketology, Perfect Game & SEbaseball.com).
Current #2 South Carolina (97.32) and #3 Vanderbilt (97.23) have virtually the same point total, likely the closest margin between top-5 teams in the three-year history of the CNR.
The CNR’s current top-10 includes three SEC teams and three from the ACC, plus two Pac-10 squads and one each from the Big 12 and Big West. Forecasting a hypothetical grouping of the 16 NCAA Tournament #1 seeds (based on the CNR), there would be four host teams from the ACC, three each out of the ACC and Big-12, and two Pac-10 (plus one each from the Big West, Conference USA, Mountain West Western Athletic).
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The CNR currently includes 13 ingredients (referenced below), with several other RPI-type raings – plus NCAA Tournament projections – set to be added to the CNR formula in the next few weeks.
Scroll to end of release for detailed description of the CNR, including direct links to current criteria.
CNR Contact: Pete LaFleur (pete@collegebaseball360.com)
CNR TOP-50 CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN (week-11)
SEC (10 … 3 top-10, 4 top-25) – #2 South Carolina, #3 Vanderbilt, #4 Florida, #21 Arkansas, #28 Auburn, #30 Georgia, #32 Mississippi State, #40 LSU, #42 Mississippi & #45 Alabama
ACC (7 … 3 top-10, 6 top-25) – #1 Virginia, #8 Georgia Tech, #9 Florida State, #11 North Carolina, #17 Miami, #22 Clemson & #31 North Carolina State
Pacific-10 (6 … 2 top-10, 5 top-25) – #5 Arizona State, #7 Oregon State, #18 Stanford, #24 California, #25 UCLA & #27 Arizona
Big 12 (5 … 1 top-10, 4 top-25) – #6 Texas A&M, #12 Texas, #16 Oklahoma, #20 Oklahoma State & #37 Kansas State
Conference USA (5 … 2 top-25) – #15 Southern Mississippi, #23 Rice, #29 East Carolina, #34 Central Florida & #50 UAB
2 Each – Atlantic Sun (#19 Stetson & #48 Jacksonville) … BIG EAST (#34 Connecticut & #43 St. John’s) … Big West (#10 Cal State Fullerton & #33 UC Irvine) … Southland (#36 Texas State & #47 Southeastern Louisiana) … Sunbelt (#26 Troy & #46 Florida International)
1 Each – Atlantic-10 (#49 Charlotte) … Big South (#41 Coastal Carolina … Mid-American (#39 Kent State) … Missouri Valley (#44 Creighton) … Mountain West (#14 TCU) … Southern (#38 Elon) … Western Athletic (#13 Fresno State)
BIGGEST JUMPS IN THE CNR – Central Florida (#47 to #34) … Connecticut (#46 to #34) … North Carolina State (#42 to #31) … Kent State (#50 to #39)
NEWCOMERS/RETURNERS TO THE CNR – #37 Kansas State … #43 St. John’s … #46 Florida International … #47 Southeastern Louisiana … #50 Alabama Birmingham (all but UAB were top-50 earlier this season)
DROPPED OUT OF THE CNR TOP-50 – #34 Gonzaga … #40 Cal State Bakersfield … #43 Baylor … #44 East Tennessee … #45 Texas Tech.
BIGGEST DROPS IN THE CNR – Creighton (#35 to #44) … Rice (#15 to #23) … LSU (#32 to #40) … Alabama (#37 to #45).
College Baseball 2011 Composite National Rankings #11 (CNR)
courtesy of CollegeBaseball360.com; April 27, 2011
RANK | TEAM | POINTS | WEEK-9 | WEEK-8 | Week-7 | Week-6 | Week-5 | Week-4 | Week-3 | Week-2 | Week-1 | 2011 Preseason | ||
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1 | Virginia | 99.33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||
2 | South Carolina | 97.32 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | ||
3 | Vanderbilt | 97.23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
4 | Florida | 96.55 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
5 | Arizona State | 94.25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | ||
6 | Texas A&M | 92.43 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | ||
7 | Oregon State | 92.22 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 30 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 44 | ||
8 | Georgia Tech | 90.96 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 23 | ||
9 | Florida State | 90.76 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | ||
10 | Cal State Fullerton | 89.37 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 8 | ||
11 | North Carolina | 88.00 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 30 | ||
12 | Texas | 87.63 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 6 | ||
13 | Fresno State | 85.55 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 31 | 32 | ||
14 | TCU | 84.55 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | ||
15 | Southern Mississippi | 84.42 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 28 | 38 | - | 41 | 45 | 46 | ||
16 | Oklahoma | 82.29 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
17 | Miami | 82.25 | 21 | 28 | 39 | 50 | 30 | 46 | 24 | 19 | 20 | |||
18 | Stanford | 79.61 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | ||
19 | Stetson | 78.97 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 36 | 37 | - | - | - | - | ||
20 | Oklahoma State | 78.02 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 41 | 40 | 38 | 44 | - | - | |||
21 | Arkansas | 75.57 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 29 | ||
22 | Clemson | 73.37 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | ||
23 | Rice | 73.11 | 15 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | ||
24 | California | 71.35 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 26 | 24 | ||
25 | UCLA | 70.26 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
26 | Troy | 70.20 | 33 | 20 | 26 | 30 | 37 | 3 | 44 | - | 47 | – | ||
27 | Arizona | 66.86 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | ||
28 | Auburn | 65.73 | 27 | 35 | 38 | 31 | 18 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 22 | ||
29 | East Carolina | 64.18 | 30 | 34 | 31 | 38 | 35 | 42 | - | 50 | 47 | – | ||
30 | Georgia | 62.78 | 29 | 29 | 34 | - | - | 50 | - | - | - | - | ||
31 | North Carolina State | 58.77 | 42 | 48 | ||||||||||
32 | Mississippi State | 58.29 | 36 | 38 | - | 33 | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
33 | UC Irvine | 58.04 | 28 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 28 | 28 | ||
34 | Central Florida | 57.99 | 47 | 40 | - | 34 | 38 | 45 | 41 | 43 | 45 | 47 | ||
35 | Connecticut | 57.01 | 46 | 45 | 44 | - | - | 29 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 16 | ||
36 | Texas State | 57.01 | 31 | 37 | 30 | 39 | 41 | - | - | - | - | |||
37 | Kansas State | 56.23 | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | 39 | 46 | 42 | 40 | ||
38 | Elon | 54.11 | 38 | 48 | 47 | 43 | - | 48 | - | - | - | - | ||
39 | Kent State | 53.88 | 50 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | ||
40 | LSU | 53.08 | 32 | 27 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 19 | ||
41 | Coastal Carolina | 52.75 | 41 | 44 | 42 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 21 | 21 | |||
42 | Mississippi | 52.56 | 39 | 42 | 33 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 37 | 32 | 38 | 43 | ||
43 | St. John's | 52.38 | - | - | - | 48 | - | - | - | 48 | 32 | 31 | ||
44 | Creighton | 52.22 | 35 | 49 | 48 | - | - | - | 42 | - | - | - | ||
45 | Alabama | 51.61 | 37 | 30 | 20 | 26 | - | - | 48 | 39 | 34 | 37 | ||
46 | Florida International | 51.15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | - | - | - | ||
47 | Southeastern Louisiana | 48.43 | - | 46 | - | - | 40 | 34 | - | 34 | - | - | ||
48 | Jacksonville | 48.27 | 48 | 50 | - | - | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
49 | Charlotte | 48.05 | 49 | 43 | 40 | - | - | - | 45 | 45 | 47 | – | ||
50 | Alabama Birmingham | 47.18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
COMPOSITE NATIONAL RANKINGS (CNR) CRITERIA: CB360′s 100-point Composite National Rankings formula currently is centered around 13 core ingredients and in upcoming weeks will include upwards of 20 different factors – ultimately combining a diverse collection of “experts” (ranging from coaches, various media, computer calculations and projections) – to help provide a preview of teams that could be in the running for the 2011 NCAA Championship field (hypothetically 50 teams, plus 14 others from lower-rated automatic-bid conferences – those teams will be projected in upcoming CNR updates).
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 RPI 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 currently 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.
Currently, the 13 polls/ratings listed below are averaged, with 40 points then are added to each total in order to yield the 100-point benchmark. The CB360 Composite National Rankings will add factors to the formula throughout the 2011 season, with the additions to include various RPI/power rankings, NCAA Tournament projections and a late-season bonus/penalty for record over the past-10 games.
Here are links to the 11 criteria currently used in the CNR:
• National Coaches Poll (USA Today/ESPN)
• National Collegiate Baseball Writers poll
• Baseball America poll
• Colllegiate Baseball magazine rankings
• Perfect Game rankings
• College Baseball Lineup rankings
• Official NCAA RPI
• Boyd’s World “Pseudo-RPI” (this page updated daily)
• Warren Nolan RPI (updated daily)
• Boyd’s World Iterative Strength Ratings (ISR; updated daily)
• ESPN Bracketology NCAA Tournament projection (4/27)
• SEbaseball.com NCAA field-of-64 (4/26)
• Perfect Game NCAA Tournament projection (4/27)