CB360 Composite National Rankings #13

May 12, 2011
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Quick Look At The May 11 Rankings …

The CB360 Composite National Rankings formula has expanded to 15 elements, now including: six polls/rankings; five different RPI-type calculations; and four NCAA Tournament field projections/lists.  front-page photo courtesy of Oregon State

The top-5 spots in the CNR remain unchanged, while current #6 Oregon State and #7 Florida State have swapped spots (the #8-9-10 teams also are in their same positions as the previous week). Using the CNR to project the hypothetical #1 seeds in the NCAAs (16), there would be five ACC teams, three from the SEC, two Pac-10, a pair from the Big 12, and one each from Conference USA, the Big West, the Mountain West and the Atlantic Sun.

CLICK HERE & then scroll down for previous CNR releases (which include full description, with links, for the CNR formula).

CNR Contact: Pete LaFleur (pete@collegebaseball360.com)

CNR TOP-50 CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN (week-13)
SEC (10 … 3 top-10, 4 top-25) – #2 Vanderbilt, #3 South Carolina, #4 Florida, #19 Arkansas, #29 Georgia, #30 Alabama, #35 Mississippi State#, 36 Auburn, #41 LSU & #44 Mississippi
ACC (7 … 3 top-10, 6 top-25) – #1 Virginia, #7 Florida State, #9 North Carolina, #10 Georgia Tech, #16 Clemson. #20 Miami & #42 North Carolina State
Big 12 (7 … 1 top-10, 4 top-25) – #8 Texas, #12 Texas A&M, #17 Oklahoma, #22 Oklahoma State, #46 Baylor, #47 Kansas State & #49 Texas Tech
Pacific-10 (6 … 2 top-10, 4 top-25) – #5 Arizona State, #6 Oregon State, #23 Stanford, #24 UCLA, #26 Arizona & #28 California
Conference USA
(4 … 2 top-25) – #11 Southern Mississippi, #18 Rice,  #37 East Carolina and #38 Central Florida
2 Each
– Atlantic Sun (#15 Stetson & #43 East Tennessee) … Big West (#13 Cal State Fullerton & #27 UC Irvine) … Southland (#42 Texas State & #43 Southeastern Louisiana) … Sunbelt (#31 Troy & #32 Florida International)
1 Each –  … Atlantic-10 (#48 Charlotte) … BIG EAST (#25 Connecticut) … Big South (#32 Coastal Carolina) … Mid-American (#30 Kent State) … Missouri Valley (#36 Creighton) … Southern (#40 Elon) … Mountain West (#14 TCU) … Western Athletic (#21 Fresno State)

BIGGEST JUMP IN THE CNR TOP-50 – Florida International (#39 to #32)

RETURNERS TO THE CNR TOP-50 – #43 East Tennessee State … #44 Mississippi  … #49 Texas Tech

DROPPED OUT OF THE CNR TOP-50 – #47 Gonzaga … #49 College of Charleston … #50 Florida Atlantic

BIGGEST DROPS IN THE CNR TOp-50) – Creighton (#36 to #45) … East Carolina (#29 to #37) … Fresno State (#14 to #21)

College Baseball 2011 Composite National Rankings #13 (CNR)
courtesy of CollegeBaseball360.com;  May 11, 2011

RANKTEAMPOINTSWEEK-11WEEK-10WEEK-9WEEK-8Week-7Week-6Week-5Week-4Week-3Week-2Week-12011 Preseason
1Virginia98.671111112411131415
2Vanderbilt97.39234332322234
3South Carolina95.30322444654579
4Florida95.24443223111122
5Arizona State94.3355128554867810
6Oregon State92.57778131920213036383944
7Florida State92.37691097753561012
8Texas91.498129111312710121166
9North Carolina90.42101165810141516212330
10Georgia Tech87.7898111098111920252423
11Southern Mississippi86.231315161815162838-414546
12Texas A&M85.69116766681317151514
12Cal State Fullerton85.6912105712111711710118
14TCU85.0915141917171315129943
15Stetson83.121619201923233637----
16Clemson82.791922252627221698897
17Oklahoma82.58181618151114963355
18Rice81.14222315242829272418181817
19Arkansas79.34212114142524261822262729
20Miami77.741717212839503046241920
21Fresno State76.8614131312109121419193132
22Oklahoma State75.69202017212441403844--
23Stanford69.97231826161415131715121213
24UCLA67.05272524252119202110411
25Connecticut66.462535464544--2928282016
26Arizona65.50262723222218191614171718
27UC Irvine62.70313328312928242623222828
28California62.61242422231821232324202624
29Georgia61.852830292934--50----
30Alabama59.87334537302026--48393437
31Troy59.1834263320263037344-47
32Florida International58.823946------49---
33Kent State58.2330395033-------42
34Coastal Carolina57.963241414442333132352121
35Mississippi State57.4445323638-3349-----
36Auburn56.76382827353831182721232222
37East Carolina56.072929303431383542-5047
38Central Florida56.0141344740-34384541434547
39Texas State55.6842363137303941----
40Elon54.02403838484743-48----
41LSU53.0935403227161710713141619
42North Carolina State52.2537314248
43East Tennessee51.82443235474239----
44Mississippi51.794239423337343237323843
45Creighton51.223644354948---42---
46Baylor51.0646-43474125252030313025
47Kansas State49.704437-----4439464240
48Southeastern Louisiana48.194347-46--4034-34--
49Texas Tech48.09454043-5037--
50Charlotte48.044849494340---454547

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COMPOSITE NATIONAL RANKINGS (CNR) CRITERIA: CB360′s 100-point Composite National Rankings formula currently is centered around 1t 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 15 polls/ratings/projections 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 15 criteria currently used in the CNR (all updated as of May 9-11):
• 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)
• Warren Nolan NPI (Nolan Power Index; updated daily)
• ESPN Bracketology NCAA Tournament projection
• SEbaseball.com NCAA field-of-64
• Perfect Game NCAA Tournament projection
Baseball America NCAA Tournament projection

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