Here were the updated CB360 Composite National Rankings (CNR), following the first full week of the 2019 season. Three teams – [40] Oregon, [45] Tennessee & [47] South Alabama – joined the Top–50 for the first time in 2019, while [43] San Diego State climbed back into the Top–50. These four teams slipped out of the Top–50 in the CNR #3 update: [38] Indiana, [39] Miami, [48] Kentucky & [49] Saint Mary’s.
Plenty of info. about the CNR can be found on the 2019 CNR Preseason release (including historical lists/archive; also listing of the CNR formula elements, etc.).
… And here are CB360 Top–50 Scoreboard pages (the result listings also include games involving conference favorites for leagues outside the Top–50):
• Opening Week Top–50 Scoreboard (Feb. 15–18)
• Midweek Top–50 Scoreboard (Feb. 19–20)
• Weekend #2 Top–50 Scoreboard (Feb. 21–25)
• Midweek Top–50 Scoreboard (Feb. 26–28); page & link to be added
• Weekend #3 Top–50 Scoreboard (March 1–4); page & link to be added
CONFERENCE CALL – Here is the breakdown, by conference, of the current CNR top-50 (19 alone are from the SEC or ACC; and 14 of the top-25 are from those two leagues) … 31 (62%) are from the SEC/ACC/Big 12/Pac-12 … and 38 of the 50 (76%) are from these six leagues: SEC/ACC/B12/P12/BigTen/AAC:
• 11 SEC teams (2 top-4; 3 top-8; 6 top-16; 8 top-25) – (1) LSU…(3) Vanderbilt…(8) Ole Miss…(9) Mississippi State…(10) Florida…(11) Arkansas…(18) Georgia…(22) Auburn…(28) Texas A&M…(29) South Carolina & (45) Tennessee
• 8 ACC teams (1 top-8; 3 top-16; 6 top-25) – (6) North Carolina…(12) Florida State…(14) Clemson…(17) Louisville…(21) NC State…(23) Duke…(35) Wake Forest & (44) Georgia Tech.
• 7 Pac-12 teams (1 top-4; 3 top-8): –(4) UCLA…(5) Oregon State…(7) Stanford…(31) Arizona State…(32) Arizona…(38) Washington & (40) Oregon.
• 6 Big 12 teams (1 top-8; 3 top-16; 5 top-25): – (2) Texas Tech…(13) TCU…(15) Baylor…(20) Texas…(24) Oklahoma State & (46) Oklahoma.
• 3 Big Ten teams (1 top-25) – (25) Michigan…(27) Illinois & (39) Minnesota.
• 3 American Athletic Conf. teams – (26) East Carolina…(34) Houston & (37) Connecticut.
• 2 Sun Belt Conf. teams (1 top-25) – (16) Coastal Carolina & (47) South Alabama.
• 2 Big West teams (1 top-25) – (19) Cal State Fullerton & (36) UC Irvine.
• 2 Conference USA teams – (30) Southern Miss & (33) Louisiana Tech.
• 2 Missouri Valley Conf. teams –(41) Dallas Baptist & (48) Missouri State.
• 1 each (4 teams) … Southland (#42 Sam Houston State) … Mountain West (#43 San Diego State) … Big East (#49 St. John’s) …Atlantic Sun (#50 Stetson).
CB360’s CNR FORMULA currently includes the following 14 elements:
• National Coaches Poll (USA Today/ESPN; 55 total teams – preseason, first update next week)
• National Collegiate Baseball Writers poll (63 total teams)
• DIBaseball.com top-25, in conjunction with projected NCAA Tournament field (52 teams)
• Baseball America top-25 poll, , in conjunction with preseason projected NCAA Tournament field (56 teams)
• Collegiate Baseball magazine top-30 rankings
• Perfect Game top-25 rankings
• Massey computerized rankings (top-60 teams)
• Moore Power Rankings, computerized (top-60 teams)
• Mangels computerized rankings (top-60 teams)
• DISportsNet computerized rankings (preseason top-60 teams)
• Projected season strength of schedule (per Massey; bonus points, max. 1.0)
• Assorted Conference preseason coaches polls (bonus points, max. 1.0):
> SEC … ACC … Pac-12 … Big 12 … Big Ten … AAC … C-USA … Big West …
MVC … Sun Belt … A-Sun … Southland … Big East … Mt. West … Ohio Valley
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>> CB360 Composite Top-50 Rankings #3 (Feb. 28, 2019)
(rank) Team – voting pts (previous weeks)
1. LSU – 95.42 (1 … #1 in 2019 preseason CNR)
2. Texas Tech – 94.84 (6 … 4)
3. Vanderbilt – 93.20 (3 … 3)
4. UCLA – 91.72 (5 … 6)
5. Oregon State – 90.12 (2 … 2)
6. North Carolina – 89.67 (4 … 7)
7. Stanford – 89.45 (8 … 8)
8. Mississippi – 85.33 (11 … 10)
9. Mississippi State – 84.35 (12 … 13)
10. Florida – 83.25 (7 … 5)
11. Arkansas – 82.02 (10 … 11)
12. Florida State – 81.01 (9 … 12)
13. TCU – 80.20 (16 … 20)
14. Clemson – 79.59 (17 … 19)
15. Baylor – 78.68 (18 … 17)
16. Coastal Carolina – 76.23 (19 … 22)
17. Louisville – 76.13 (13 … 9)
18. Georgia – 75.35 (14 … 14)
19. Cal State Fullerton – 75.33 (22 … 21)
20. Texas – 73.80 (15 … 18)
21. North Carolina State – 72.75 (24 … 25)
22. Auburn – 72.53 (20 … 15)
23. Duke – 70.75 (25 … 26)
24. Oklahoma State – 70.71 (28 … 27)
25. Michigan – 68.95 (29 … 31)
26. East Carolina – 67.36 (21 … 16)
27. Illinois – 65.60 (43 … 45)
28. Texas A&M – 63.37 (26 … 28)
29. South Carolina – 61.38 (44 … 38)
30. Southern Mississippi – 60.69 (23 … 23)
31. Arizona State – 60.22 (40 … 49)
32. Arizona – 57.89 (27 … 29)
33. Louisiana Tech – 56.22 (35 … 42)
34. Houston – 56.02 (42 … 35)
35. Wake Forest – 55.73 (37 … 41)
36. UC Irvine – 55.70 (34 … 36)
37. Connecticut – 55.64 (30 … 34)
38. Washington – 55.33 (36 … 33)
39. Minnesota – 54.66 (33 … 24)
40. Oregon – 53.71 (– … –)
41. Dallas Baptist – 52.76 (31 … 40)
42. Sam Houston State – 52.16 (46 … 43)
43. San Diego State – 51.86 (– … 46)
44. Georgia Tech – 51.66 (32 … 32)
45. Tennessee – 51.35 (– … –)
46. Oklahoma – 50.71 (49 … –)
47. South Alabama – 49.85 (– … –)
48. Missouri State – 49.68 (41 … 30)
49. St. John’s – 48.97 (45 … 44)
50. Stetson – 48.91 (47 … 39)
– next five: Miami, Virginia Tech, Indiana, Fresno State & New Mexico State.
> Dropped Out of Top-50 After Week–2:
38. Indiana – 53.45 (38 … 37)
39. Miami – 53.10 (39 … –)
48. Kentucky – 49.47 (48 … 47)
49. Saint Mary’s – 49.40 (50 … –)
> Dropped Out of Top-50 After Opening Week:
46. San Diego State – 47.35 (46) … has returned to current Top–50
48. Tennessee Tech – 49.51 (48)
50. Florida Atlantic – 47.29 (50)