Quick Look At The May 4 Rankings…
The most-recent update of the CB360 Composite National Rankings (as of May 4) now includes a total of 14 elements in the CNR formula. Virginia holds down the top spot in the CNR for the fifth straight week, followed closely by the SEC power trio of Vanderbilt, South Carolina and Florida (any of those teams could move into the top position next week, due to their close proximity to the Cavaliers atop the CNR standings). front-page photo courtesy of Virginia
Two teams – Texas (to from #12 to #8) and North Carolina (#11 to #9) – have returned to the top-10 of the CNR, replacing Texas A&M (dropped from #6 to #11) and Cal State Fullerton (#10 to #12).
Surging Connecticut – which has won 14 of its past 15 games – climbed 10 spots in the CNR (#35 to #25), with other teams that made the biggest moves including: Kent State (#39 to #30), Coastal Carolina (#41 to #32) and Alabama (#45 to #33). Teams still in the top-50 that made the biggest drop from the previous week include: Mississippi State (#32 to #45), Auburn (#28 to #38) and Troy (#26 to #34).
The CNR formula now includes six polls/rankings, five different RPI-type calculations (most-recent addition is the Warren Nolan “NPI/Nolan Power Index”) and three NCAA Tournament listings/projections.
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CNR Contact: Pete LaFleur (pete@collegebaseball360.com)
CNR TOP-50 CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN (week-12)
SEC (9 … 3 top-10, 4 top-25) – #2 Vanderbilt, #3 South Carolina, #4 Florida, #21 Arkansas, #28 Georgia, #33 Alabama, #35 LSU, #38 Auburn & #45 Mississippi State
ACC (7 … 3 top-10, 6 top-25) – #1 Virginia, #6 Florida State, #9 North Carolina, #10 Georgia Tech,, #17 Miami, #19 Clemson & #37 North Carolina State
Pacific-10 (6 … 2 top-10, 4 top-25) – #5 Arizona State, #7 Oregon State, #23 Stanford, #24 California, #26 Arizona & #27 UCLA
Big 12 (6 … 1 top-10, 4 top-25) – #8 Texas, #11 Texas A&M, #18 Oklahoma, #20 Oklahoma State, #44 Kansas State & #46 Baylor
Conference USA (4 … 2 top-25) – #13 Southern Mississippi, #22 Rice, #29 East Carolina and #41 Central Florida
Sunbelt (3) – #34 Troy, #39 Florida International & #50 Florida Atlantic
2 Each – Big West (#12 Cal State Fullerton & #31 UC Irvine) … … Southern (#40 Elon and #49 College of Charleston) … Southland (#42 Texas State & #43 Southeastern Louisiana)
1 Each – Atlantic Sun (#16 Stetson) … Atlantic-10 (#48 Charlotte) … BIG EAST (#25 Connecticut) … Big South (#32 Coastal Carolina) … Mid-American (#30 Kent State) … Missouri Valley (#36 Creighton) … Mountain West (#15 TCU) … West Coast (#47 Gonzaga) … Western Athletic (#14 Fresno State)
BIGGEST JUMPS IN THE CNR TOP-50 – Connecticut (#35 to #25) … Kent State(#39 to #30) … Coastal Carolina (#41 to #32) … Alabama (#45 to #33).
NEWCOMERS/RETURNERS TO THE CNR TOP-50 – #46 Baylor … #47 Gonzaga … #49 College of Charleston … #50 Florida Atlantic (all four were top-50 earlier this season)
DROPPED OUT OF THE CNR TOP-50 – #42 Mississippi … #43 St. John’s … #48 Jacksonville … #50 UAB
BIGGEST DROPS IN THE CNR TOP-50 – Mississippi State (#32 to #45) … Auburn (#28 to #38) … Troy (#26 to #34)
College Baseball 2011 Composite National Rankings #12 (CNR)
courtesy of CollegeBaseball360.com; May 4, 2011
RANK | TEAM | POINTS | 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 | 98.01 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||
2 | Vanderbilt | 97.67 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
3 | South Carolina | 97.25 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | ||
4 | Florida | 96.49 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
5 | Arizona State | 93.49 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | ||
6 | Florida State | 92.17 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | ||
7 | Oregon State | 92.16 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 30 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 44 | ||
8 | Texas | 91.02 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 6 | ||
10 | Georgia Tech | 90.96 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 23 | ||
11 | North Carolina | 87.61 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 30 | ||
11 | Texas A&M | 85.79 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | ||
12 | Cal State Fullerton | 85.65 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 8 | ||
13 | Southern Mississippi | 83.83 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 28 | 38 | - | 41 | 45 | 46 | ||
14 | Fresno State | 83.42 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 31 | 32 | ||
15 | TCU | 82.15 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | ||
16 | Stetson | 81.70 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 36 | 37 | - | - | - | - | ||
17 | Miami | 81.59 | 17 | 21 | 28 | 39 | 50 | 30 | 46 | 24 | 19 | 20 | |||
19 | Oklahoma | 81.58 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
19 | Clemson | 81.58 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | ||
20 | Oklahoma State | 76.74 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 41 | 40 | 38 | 44 | - | - | |||
21 | Arkansas | 73.04 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 29 | ||
22 | Rice | 73.02 | 23 | 15 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | ||
23 | Stanford | 72.69 | 18 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | ||
24 | California | 71.17 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 26 | 24 | ||
25 | Connecticut | 66.73 | 35 | 46 | 45 | 44 | - | - | 29 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 16 | ||
26 | Arizona | 65.72 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | ||
27 | UCLA | 64.46 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
28 | Georgia | 63.08 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 34 | - | - | 50 | - | - | - | - | ||
29 | East Carolina | 59.55 | 29 | 30 | 34 | 31 | 38 | 35 | 42 | - | 50 | 47 | – | ||
30 | Kent State | 59.29 | 39 | 50 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | ||
31 | UC Irvine | 58.90 | 33 | 28 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 28 | 28 | ||
32 | Coastal Carolina | 58.72 | 41 | 41 | 44 | 42 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 21 | 21 | |||
33 | Alabama | 58.00 | 45 | 37 | 30 | 20 | 26 | - | - | 48 | 39 | 34 | 37 | ||
34 | Troy | 57.89 | 26 | 33 | 20 | 26 | 30 | 37 | 3 | 44 | - | 47 | – | ||
35 | LSU | 57.12 | 40 | 32 | 27 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 19 | ||
36 | Creighton | 56.59 | 44 | 35 | 49 | 48 | - | - | - | 42 | - | - | - | ||
37 | North Carolina State | 56.36 | 31 | 42 | 48 | ||||||||||
38 | Auburn | 56.00 | 28 | 27 | 35 | 38 | 31 | 18 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 22 | ||
39 | Florida International | 53.68 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | - | - | - | ||
40 | Elon | 53.42 | 38 | 38 | 48 | 47 | 43 | - | 48 | - | - | - | - | ||
41 | Central Florida | 53.33 | 34 | 47 | 40 | - | 34 | 38 | 45 | 41 | 43 | 45 | 47 | ||
42 | Texas State | 53.01 | 36 | 31 | 37 | 30 | 39 | 41 | - | - | - | - | |||
43 | Southeastern Louisiana | 52.65 | 47 | - | 46 | - | - | 40 | 34 | - | 34 | - | - | ||
44 | Kansas State | 52.53 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | 39 | 46 | 42 | 40 | ||
45 | Mississippi State | 51.37 | 32 | 36 | 38 | - | 33 | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
46 | Baylor | 50.68 | - | 43 | 47 | 41 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 25 | ||
47 | Gonzaga | 50.53 | - | 34 | 39 | 36 | 44 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
48 | Charlotte | 49.72 | 49 | 49 | 43 | 40 | - | - | - | 45 | 45 | 47 | – | ||
49 | College of Charleston | 48.80 | - | - | - | 45 | 42 | 31 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 26 | ||
50 | Florida Atlantic | 47.09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | 35 |
COMPOSITE NATIONAL RANKINGS (CNR) CRITERIA: CB360′s 100-point Composite National Rankings formula currently is centered around 14 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 14 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 14 criteria currently used in the CNR (all updated as of May 2-4):
• 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