Here’s a quick look at the most recent update (prior to May 10-12 series) to the CB360 Composite National Rankings (CNR), featuring 14 total elements in the current formula – the usual five rankings/polls (coaches, writers, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, & Perfect Game) along with five mathematical-based listings: official NCAA RPI, WarrenNolan.com RPI and Nolan Power Rankings, BoydsWorld.com Pseudo RPI and Iterative Strength Ratings, plus the Massey Power Ratings, along with NCAA field-of-64 projections from BA, PG & SEbaseball.com. front-page photo courtesy of Troy
There are three newcomers/returners in the CNR top-50: (40) Coastal Carolina, (41) Seton Hall and (45) Maryland … replacing Central Arkansas, Arizona and Lamar.
The usual full release data for the week-13 CNR will be posted later. See the week-12 link below for detailed info. on the current CNR format and automated chart showing each team wek-by-week in the CNR.
CB360 Composite National Rankings (2013)
Preseason | Week-2 | Week-3 | Week-4 | Week-5 | Week-6 | Week-7
Week-8 | Week-9 | Week-10 | Week 11 | Week 12
COLLEGE BASEBALL 360 COMPOSITE TOP-50 (#13)
(updated after week-12, through games on May 5, 2013)
1. North Carolina (previous week – 1)
2. Vanderbilt (2)
3. LSU (3)
4. Cal State Fullerton (5)
5. Virginia (6)
6. Oregon State (4)
7. Florida State (9)
8. North Carolina State (8)
9. Oregon (7)
10. UCLA (12)
11. South Carolina (10)
12. Mississippi State (15)
13. Indiana (13)
14. Louisville (14)
15. Arizona State (11)
16. Clemson (16)
17. South Alabama (17)
18. Mississippi (18)
19. Virginia Tech (20)
20. Arkansas (22)
21. Kansas State (27)
22. Rice (21)
23. Troy (33)
24. Mercer (25)
25. Miami (29)
26. Georgia Tech (23)
27. Oklahoma (19)
28. Cal Poly (30)
29. Pittsburgh (44)
30. Campbell (31)
31. Oklahoma State (36)
32. Louisiana-Lafayette (32)
33. UNC Wilmington (26)
34. Florida (24)
35. New Mexico (34)
36. Kentucky (28)
37. South Florida (35)
38. Stanford (48)
39. Alabama (38)
40. Coastal Carolina (–)
41. Seton Hall (–)
42. Gonzaga (47)
43. Michigan State (43)
44. Austin Peay (45)
45. Maryland (–)
46. UC Irvine (42)
47. Notre Dame (41)
48. Illinois (46)
49. North Florida (39)
50. Ohio State (49)