See information below for a quick rundown of the early-April update to the CB360 Composite National Rankings Top–50.
(As always, be sure to join CB360’s 25,000-plus Twitter followers for regular updates throughout the 2019 season, via @CB360updates.)
________________________
Note that 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.).
>> Update #2 | Update #3 | Update #4
Update #5 | Update #6 | Update #7
(see below for the season’s 8th set of rankings)
… And here were early-season 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 #1 Top–50 Scoreboard (Feb. 19–20)
• Weekend #2 Top–50 Scoreboard (Feb. 21–25)
• Midweek #2 Top–50 Scoreboard (Feb. 26–28)
• Weekend #3 Top–50 Scoreboard (March 1–4)
• Weekend #4 Top–50 Scoreboard (March 8–10)
________________________
• ENTERING & Exiting – Big East Conference contender Creighton (#44) is making its 2019 debut in the CNR Top–50, while [40] West Virginia and [48] Texas State are back among the Top–50 … And these three teams now find themselves on the outside of the CNR Top–50: Alabama, Virginia Tech and South Carolina.
_______________________
• These 15 teams were in the CB360 Preseason Top–50 but currently sit outside the Top–50:
(21) Cal State Fullerton
(24) Minnesota
(26) Duke
(29) Arizona
(30) Missouri State
(35) Houston
(38) South Carolina
(39) Stetson
(41) Wake Forest
(42) Louisiana Tech
(44) St. John’s
(46) San Diego State
(47) Kentucky
(48) Tennessee Tech
(50) Florida Atlantic
… and only 32 teams have remained within the CNR Top–50 all season (current Top–50 teams Southern Miss., Georgia Tech & Indiana have been in-and-out of the Top–50 this season).
______________________
CONFERENCE CALL – Here is the breakdown, by conference, of the current CNR top-50 (14 of the top-25 are from the SEC or ACC) … two-thirds (32) are from the SEC/ACC/Big 12/Pac-12 … and 47 of the 50 (82%) are from these 10 leagues: SEC/ACC/B12/P12/Big Ten/Big West/AAC/MVC/WCC/Sun Belt … the current Top–50 includes only 13 conferences represented:
• 11 SEC teams (2 top-8; 4 top-10; 7 top-16; 10 top-25) – (4) Vanderbilt…(7) Mississippi State…(9) Texas A&M…(10) Arkansas…(11) Georgia…(12) LSU…(13) Auburn…(23) Ole Miss…(24) Florida…(25) Tennessee & (39) Missouri
• 7 Pac-12 teams (3 top-4; 4 top-8): – (1) UCLA…(2) Stanford…(3) Oregon State…(5) Arizona State…(33) Washington…(34) Oregon & (50) California.
• 7 ACC teams (1 top-8; 3 top-16; 4 top-25) – (6) NC State…(14) Louisville…(16) Clemson…(17) North Carolina…(28) Georgia Tech…(45) Florida State & (47) Miami
• 7 Big 12 teams (1 top-8; 3 top-25): – (8) Texas Tech…(18) Texas…(21) Oklahoma State…(26) Oklahoma…(30) Baylor…(31) TCU & (40) West Virginia
• 4 Big Ten teams – (36) Illinois…(37) Indiana…(41) Nebraska & (42) Michigan
• 3 West Coast Conf. teams – (32) BYU…(38) Pepperdine & (48) San Diego
• 2 Big West teams (1 top-16; 2 top-25) – (15) UC Santa Barbara & (20) UC Irvine
• 2 American Athletic Conf. teams – (20) East Carolina & (27) Connecticut
• 2 Sun Belt Conf. teams – (22) Coastal Carolina & (48) Texas State
• 2 Missouri Valley Conf. teams – (29) Dallas Baptist & (35) Indiana State
• 1 each (3 teams) – Conference USA (#43 Southern Miss.) … Big East (#44 Creighton) … and Southland (#49 Sam Houston State).
___________________________
CB360’s CNR FORMULA currently includes the following 20 elements:
• National Coaches Poll (USA Today/ESPN; 43 total teams)
• National Collegiate Baseball Writers poll (50 total teams)
• DIBaseball.com top-25
• Baseball America top-25 poll
• Collegiate Baseball magazine top-30 rankings
• Perfect Game top-25 rankings
• Massey computerized rankings (top-60 teams)
• NCAA official RPI (top-60 teams)
• Boyd’s World Iterative Strength Ratings (top-60 teams)
• Warren Nolan ELO computerized rankings (top-60 teams)
• Donchess Inference computerized rankings (top-60 teams)
• Fleming TFS computerized rankings (top-60 teams)
• Kislanko computerized rankings (top-60 teams)
• Roundtable 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)
• Bennett Rank computerized rankings (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 … CAA … WCC
_______________________
>> CB360 Composite Top-50 Rankings #8 (April 3 2019)
(rank) Team – voting pts (previous weeks)
1. UCLA – 96.30 (1 … 2 … 4 … 3 … 4 … 5 … #6 in 2019 preseason CNR)
2. Stanford – 94.66 (2 … 3 … 2 … 2 … 7 … 8 … 8)
3. Oregon State – 94.57 (3 … 1 … 1 … 1 … 5 … 2 … 2)
4. Vanderbilt – 93.36 (4 … 9 … 5 … 7 … 3 … 3 … 3)
5. Arizona State – 92.12 (8 … 6 … 17 … 30 … 40 … 49)
6. North Carolina State – 90.17 (7 … 10 … 9 … 13 … 21 … 24 … 25)
7. Mississippi State – 88.42 (5 … 5 … 7 … 4 … 9 … 12 … 13)
8. Texas Tech – 87.02 (9 … 4 … 3 … 5 … 2 … 6 … 4)
9. Texas A&M – 86.47 (10 … 17 … 27 … 25 … 28 … 26 … 28)
10. Arkansas – 85.30 (6 … 7 … 12 … 15 … 11 … 10 … 11)
11. Georgia – 83.76 (12 … 13 … 22 … 23 … 18 … 14 … 14)
12. LSU – 83.02 (18 … 14 … 20 … 10 … 1 … 1 … 1)
13. Auburn – 80.60 (11 … 8 … 15 … 20 … 22 … 20 … 15)
14. Louisville – 80.53 (14 … 12 … 18 … 18 … 17 … 13 … 9)
15. UC Santa Barbara – 78.11 (20 … 22 … 23 … 44 … – … – … –)
16. Clemson – 77.88 (24 … 24 … 10 … 21 … 14 … 17 … 19)
17. North Carolina – 76.97 (16 … 19 … 17 … 6 … 6 … 4 … 7)
18. Texas – 76.81 (19 … 16 … 19 … 9 … 20 … 15 … 18)
19. UC Irvine – 75.91 (17 … 21 … 33 … 29 … 36 … 34 … 36)
20. East Carolina – 75.44 (21 … 29 … 32 … 34 … 26 … 21 … 16)
21. Oklahoma State – 73.41 (32 … 37 … 29 … 35 … 24 … 28 … 27)
22. Coastal Carolina – 72.43 (13 … 11 … 8 … 12 … 16 … 19 … 22)
23. Mississippi – 71.11 (23 … 18 … 14 … 14 … 8 … 11 … 10)
24. Florida – 71.00 (22 … 15 … 11 … 11 … 10 … 7 … 5)
25. Tennessee – 70.25 (27 … 23 … 13 … 16 … 45 … – … –)
26. Oklahoma – 65.68 (15 … 20 … 31 … 32 … 46 … 49 … –)
27. Connecticut – 65.30 (37 … 41 … 35 … 46 … 37 … 30 … 34)
28. Georgia Tech – 64.56 (36 … 44 … – … 48 … 44 … 32 … 32)
29. Dallas Baptist – 64.58 (29 … 39 … 28 … 37 … 41 … 31 … 40)
30. Baylor – 63.87 (31 … 42 … 40 … 22 … 15 … 18 … 17)
31. TCU – 63.68 (28 … 33 … 37 … 27 … 13 … 16 … 20)
32. BYU – 63.61 (42 … – … – … – … – … – … –)
33. Washington – 61.67 (25 … 27 … 44 … 28 … 38 … 36 … 33)
34. Oregon – 58.87 (39 … 31 … 21 … 31 … 40 … – … –)
35. Indiana State – 58.19 (30 … 26 … 24 … 38 … – … – … –)
36. Illinois – 57.88 (26 … 28 … 39 … 36 … 27 … 43 … 45)
37. Indiana – 55.20 (40 … 48 … – … 49 … – … 38 … 37)
38. Pepperdine – 54.08 (35 … 38 … 43 … – … – … – … –)
39. Missouri – 52.85 (49 … – … – … – … – … – … –)
40. West Virginia – 52.64 (– … 36 … – … – … – … – … –)
41. Nebraska – 52.09 (44 … 45 … – … – … – … – … –)
42. Michigan – 51.56 (46 … 35 … 36 … 24 … 25 … 29 … 31)
43. Southern Mississippi – 50.77 (34 … – … – … 47 … 30 … 23 … 23)
44. Creighton – 49.33 (– … – … – … – … – … – … –)
45. Florida State – 48.52 (33 … 25 … 16 … 8 … 12 … 9 … 12)
46. Texas State – 48.41 (– … – … – … 42 … – … – … –)
47. Miami – 48.29 (48 … 40 … 26 … 33 … – … 39 … –)
48. San Diego – 47.70 (38 … 32 … 30 … – … – … – … –)
49. Sam Houston State – 47.53 (43 … 50 … 45 … 43 … 42 … 46 … 43)
50. California – 47.25 (47 … – … – … – … – … – … –)
– next five: Liberty, New Mexico State, Florida Atlantic, Gonzaga & Loyola Marymount
> Dropped Out of Top-50 After Week–7:
41. Alabama – 51.60 (41 … 43 … 38 … – … – … – … –)
45. Virginia Tech – 48.07 (45 … 34 … 34 … – … – … – … –)
50. South Carolina – 45.37 (50 … 44 … 25 … 19 … 29 … 44 … 38)
> Dropped Out of Top-50 After Week–6:
36. West Virginia (36 … – … – … – … – … –) – has returned to Top–50
39. UCF (39 … – … – … – … – … –)
46. Saint Mary’s (46 … – … – … – … – … –)
47. Arizona (47 … – … 40 … 32 … 27 … 29)
> Dropped Out of Top-50 After Week–5:
41. Cal State Fullerton – 51.73 (41 … 30 … 19 … 22 … 21)
42. Duke – 50.97 (42 … 26 … 23 … 25 … 26)
46. Wright State – 49.12 (46 … – … – … – … –)
47. Penn – 49.06 ( 47 … – … – … – … –)
48. Louisiana Tech – 48.65 (48 … 39 … 33 … 35 … 42)
49. New Mexico State – 48.31 (49 … 41 … – … – … –)
50. Liberty – 47.93 (50 … – … – … – … –)
> Dropped Out of Top-50 After Week–4:
40. Arizona – 52.94 (40 … 32 … 27 … 29) – returned to Top–50 (now back out again)
42. Texas State – 52.70 (42 … – … – … –) – has returned to Top–50
45. Tulane – 50.53 (45 … – … – … –)
47. Southern Mississippi – 48.93 (47 … 30 … 23 … 23) – has returned to Top–50
48. Georgia Tech – 48.79 (48 … 44 … 32 … 32) – has returned to Top–50
t-49. Indiana – 48.34 (49 … – … 38… 37) – has returned to Top–50
t-49. Wake Forest – 48.34 (50 … 35 … 35 … 37 … 41)
> Dropped Out of Top-50 After Week–3:
34. Houston – 56.02 (34 … 42 … 35)
39. Minnesota – 54.66 (39 … 24)
43. San Diego State – 51.86 (43 … – … 46)
47. South Alabama – 49.85 (47 … – … –)
48. Missouri State – 49.68 (48 … 41 … 30)
49. St. John’s – 48.97 (49 … 45 … 44)
50. Stetson – 48.91 (50 … 47 … 39)
> Dropped Out of Top-50 After Week–2:
38. Indiana – 53.45 (38 … 37) – has returned to Top–50 (twice)
39. Miami – 53.10 (39 … –) – has returned to current Top–50
48. Kentucky – 49.47 (48 … 47)
49. Saint Mary’s – 49.40 (50 … –) – returned to Top–50 (now back out again)
> Dropped Out of Top-50 After Opening Week:
46. San Diego State – 47.35 (46) – returned to Top–50 (now back out again)
48. Tennessee Tech – 49.51 (48)
50. Florida Atlantic – 47.29 (50)