The Feb. 28 CNR Presented By Dugouthats.com…
Following the first full week of the 2012 college baseball season, there was slight movement among the top-10 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings – as #1 Florida, #6 North Carolina and #7 Arkansas maintained their same spots, while others swapped positions: current #2 Stanford and #3 South Carolina, along with current #4 Rice and #5 Texas A&M.
Elsewhere in the CNR top-10, Georgia Tech bumped up from #9 to #8 (while Texas plummeted from #8 to #19) and LSU slipped from #10 to #13, with the new teams in the top-10 being Florida State (#11 to #9) and Miami (#12 to #10). The CNR top-10 now includes four teams from the ACC and three SEC (plus one each from the Pac-12, Conference USA and Big 12).
There are nine new teams in the CB360 top-50 – #32 Cal Poly, #33 Maryland, #37 Texas Tech, #42 Pepperdine, #43 Gonzaga, #45 Tulane, #47 Tennessee, #49 Southeastern Louisiana and co-#49 UNC Greensboro (replacing Dallas Baptist, Missouri State, FIU, Fresno State, Kent State, Coastal Carolina, UConn, Creighton and Troy) … see more info. below on the Feb. 28 CNR update …
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CNR TOP-50 CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN (after week-2)
SEC (9 … 3 top-10, 6 top-25) – #1 Florida, #3 South Carolina, #7 Arkansas, #12 Georgia, #13 LSU, #23 Mississippi, #35 Vanderbilt, #39 Mississippi State & #47 Tennessee
Pacific-12 (8 … 1 top-10, 6 top-25) – #2 Stanford, #11 Arizona, #16 Arizona State, #18 UCLA, #20 Oregon, #24 California, #29 Oregon State & #30 USC
ACC (7 … 4 top-10, 5 top-25) – #6 North Carolina, #8 Georgia Tech, #9 Florida State, #10 Miami, #14 Clemson, #27 Virginia & #33 Maryland
Big 12 (5 … 1 top-10, 4 top-25) – #5 Texas A&M, #17 Oklahoma, #19 Texas, #25 Baylor & #37 Texas Tech
Conference USA (5 … 1 top-10) – #4 Rice, #28 Central Florida, #38 East Carolina, #45 Tulane & #48 Southern Mississippi
Big West (3 … 1 top-25) – #15 Cal State Fullerton, #31 UC Irvine & #32 Cal Poly
BIG EAST (2 … 1 top-25) – #21 Louisville & #44 St. John’s
Southern Conference (2) – #34 College of Charleston & #46 Georgia Southern
West Coast (2) – #42 Pepperdine & #43 Gonzaga
1 Each – #22 TCU (Mt. West) … #26 Stetson (Atlantic Sun) … #36 Charlotte (Atlantic 10) … #40 Purdue (Big Ten) … Big South (#49 UNC Greensboro) … Southland (#49 Southeastern Louisiana) … Sun Belt (#41 Florida Atlantic)
BIGGEST JUMPS IN THE CNR TOP-50 – Oregon (#36 to #20) … USC (#39 to #30) … Mississippi (#31 to #23) … UCLA (#25 to #18)
NEWCOMERS TO THE CNR TOP-50 – #32 Cal Poly, #33 Maryland, #37 Texas Tech, #42 Pepperdine, #43 Gonzaga, #45 Tulane, #47Tennessee, #49 Southeastern Louisiana & co-#49 UNC Greensboro
DROPPED OUT OF THE CNR TOP-50 – #38 Dallas Baptist, #43 Fresno State, #44 UConn, #45 Coastal Carolina, #46 Kent State, #47 FIU, #48 Troy, #49 Missouri State & #50 Creighton
BIGGEST DROPS IN THE CNR TOP-50 – Vanderbilt (#18 to #35) … St. John’s (#28 to #44) … Southern Mississippi (#35 to #48) … Georgia Southern (#34 to #46) … Texas (#8 to #19) … TCU (#13 to #22) … Oregon State (#21 to #29) … UC Irvine (#24 to #31)
CLICK HERE for more information about the CB360 top-50 (Feb. 22 release)
COLLEGE BASBALL 360 COMPOSITE TOP-50
(updated after week-2, through games on Feb. 26, 2012)
Rank. Team … CNR Points (previous week)
1. Florida … 99.69 (1)
2. Stanford … 99.38 (3)
3. South Carolina … 98.10 (2)
4. Rice … 96.40 (5)
5. Texas A&M … 95.49 (4)
6. North Carolina … 93.89 (6)
7. Arkansas … 92.92 (7)
8. Georgia Tech … 90.35 (9)
9. Florida State … 89.41 (11)
10. Miami … 89.08 (12)
11. Arizona … 87.50 (14)
12. Georgia … 86.85 (15)
13. LSU … 84.41 (10)
14. Clemson … 83.43 (16)
15. Cal State Fullerton … 82.65 (20)
16. Arizona State … 80.38 (17)
17. Oklahoma … 77.93 (19)
18. UCLA … 75.61 (25)
19. Texas … 74.95 (8)
20. Oregon … 74.91 (36)
21. Louisville … 74.40 (23)
22. TCU … 71.61 (13)
23. Mississippi … 70.76 (31)
24. California … 68.46 (22)
25. Baylor … 68.25 (26)
26. Stetson … 67.72 (27)
27. Virginia … 64.20 (29)
28. Central Florida … 62.65 (30)
29. Oregon State … 61.37 (21)
30. USC … 60.96 (39)
31. UC Irvine … 59.70 (24)
32. Cal Poly … 59.63 (–)
33. Maryland … 58.86 (–)
34. College of Charleston … 58.75 (32)
35. Vanderbilt … 55.24 (18)
36. Charlotte … 55.20 (41)
37. Texas Tech … 54.86 (–)
38. East Carolina … 54.66 (33)
39. Mississippi State … 54.18 (37)
40. Purdue … 51.28 (40)
41. Florida Atlantic … 50.08 (–)
42. Pepperdine … 49.69 (–)
43. Gonzaga … 49.22 (–)
44. St. John’s … 48.07 (28)
45. Tulane … 47.45 (–)
46. Georgia Southern … 47.02 (34)
47. Tennessee … 46.80 (–)
48. Southern Mississippi … 46.35 (35)
49. Southeastern Louisiana … 44.95 (–)
49. UNC Greensboro … 44.95 (–)
COMPOSITE NATIONAL RANKINGS (CNR) CRITERIA: As the season progresses, CB360′s 100-point Composite National Rankings formula ultimately is centered around 15 core ingredients – plus a bonus/penalty factor based on record over final-10 games. The CNR combines a diverse collection of “experts” (ranging from coaches, various media, computer calculations and postseason projections) – to help provide a preview of teams that could be in the running for the 2012 NCAA Championship field (hypothetically 50 teams, plus 14 others from lower-rated automatic-bid conferences).
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 various RPI-type 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 are used only early in the season (SOS 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.
The polls/ratings/projections are averaged, with 40 points typically then added to each total in order to yield the 100-point benchmark. Early in the season (projected SOS) and late in the season (final-10 games), a maximum bonus/penalty of 0.3 (SOS) or 0.5 points (final-10) is factored into the formula (in that case, 39.7 or 39.5, rather than 40, is added to the poll/rating/projection avg.).
Here are links to the eight criteria currently used in the CNR, as of Feb. 22, 2012:
• National Coaches Poll (USA Today/ESPN), preseason/no update after opening week
• National Collegiate Baseball Writers poll
• Baseball America poll
• Colllegiate Baseball magazine rankings
• Perfect Game rankings
• College Baseball Lineup rankings, preseason/no update after opening week
• Boyd’s World preseason projected season strength-of-schedule (bonus points)