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.
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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
RANK | TEAM | POINTS | WEEK-11 | WEEK-10 | 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 | 98.67 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||
2 | Vanderbilt | 97.39 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
3 | South Carolina | 95.30 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | ||
4 | Florida | 95.24 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
5 | Arizona State | 94.33 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | ||
6 | Oregon State | 92.57 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 30 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 44 | ||
7 | Florida State | 92.37 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | ||
8 | Texas | 91.49 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 6 | ||
9 | North Carolina | 90.42 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 30 | ||
10 | Georgia Tech | 87.78 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 23 | ||
11 | Southern Mississippi | 86.23 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 28 | 38 | - | 41 | 45 | 46 | ||
12 | Texas A&M | 85.69 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | ||
12 | Cal State Fullerton | 85.69 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 8 | ||
14 | TCU | 85.09 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | ||
15 | Stetson | 83.12 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 36 | 37 | - | - | - | - | ||
16 | Clemson | 82.79 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | ||
17 | Oklahoma | 82.58 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
18 | Rice | 81.14 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | ||
19 | Arkansas | 79.34 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 29 | ||
20 | Miami | 77.74 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 28 | 39 | 50 | 30 | 46 | 24 | 19 | 20 | |||
21 | Fresno State | 76.86 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 31 | 32 | ||
22 | Oklahoma State | 75.69 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 41 | 40 | 38 | 44 | - | - | |||
23 | Stanford | 69.97 | 23 | 18 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | ||
24 | UCLA | 67.05 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
25 | Connecticut | 66.46 | 25 | 35 | 46 | 45 | 44 | - | - | 29 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 16 | ||
26 | Arizona | 65.50 | 26 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | ||
27 | UC Irvine | 62.70 | 31 | 33 | 28 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 28 | 28 | ||
28 | California | 62.61 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 26 | 24 | ||
29 | Georgia | 61.85 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 34 | - | - | 50 | - | - | - | - | ||
30 | Alabama | 59.87 | 33 | 45 | 37 | 30 | 20 | 26 | - | - | 48 | 39 | 34 | 37 | ||
31 | Troy | 59.18 | 34 | 26 | 33 | 20 | 26 | 30 | 37 | 3 | 44 | - | 47 | – | ||
32 | Florida International | 58.82 | 39 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | - | - | - | ||
33 | Kent State | 58.23 | 30 | 39 | 50 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | ||
34 | Coastal Carolina | 57.96 | 32 | 41 | 41 | 44 | 42 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 21 | 21 | |||
35 | Mississippi State | 57.44 | 45 | 32 | 36 | 38 | - | 33 | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
36 | Auburn | 56.76 | 38 | 28 | 27 | 35 | 38 | 31 | 18 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 22 | ||
37 | East Carolina | 56.07 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 34 | 31 | 38 | 35 | 42 | - | 50 | 47 | – | ||
38 | Central Florida | 56.01 | 41 | 34 | 47 | 40 | - | 34 | 38 | 45 | 41 | 43 | 45 | 47 | ||
39 | Texas State | 55.68 | 42 | 36 | 31 | 37 | 30 | 39 | 41 | - | - | - | - | |||
40 | Elon | 54.02 | 40 | 38 | 38 | 48 | 47 | 43 | - | 48 | - | - | - | - | ||
41 | LSU | 53.09 | 35 | 40 | 32 | 27 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 19 | ||
42 | North Carolina State | 52.25 | 37 | 31 | 42 | 48 | ||||||||||
43 | East Tennessee | 51.82 | 44 | 32 | 35 | 47 | 42 | 39 | - | - | - | - | ||||
44 | Mississippi | 51.79 | 42 | 39 | 42 | 33 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 37 | 32 | 38 | 43 | |||
45 | Creighton | 51.22 | 36 | 44 | 35 | 49 | 48 | - | - | - | 42 | - | - | - | ||
46 | Baylor | 51.06 | 46 | - | 43 | 47 | 41 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 25 | ||
47 | Kansas State | 49.70 | 44 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | 39 | 46 | 42 | 40 | ||
48 | Southeastern Louisiana | 48.19 | 43 | 47 | - | 46 | - | - | 40 | 34 | - | 34 | - | - | ||
49 | Texas Tech | 48.09 | 45 | 40 | 43 | - | 50 | 37 | - | - | ||||||
50 | Charlotte | 48.04 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 43 | 40 | - | - | - | 45 | 45 | 47 | – |
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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