The Collegiate Baseball 360 Composite National Rankings (CNR) has returned for its 17th season heading into 2025. CB360’s exclusive 100-point CNR formula currently includes 13 different elements – various “human” polls, computerized metrics, NCAA Tournament projections, conference preseason coaches polls & more – with the formula set to expand throughout the upcoming season (adding RPI etc.).
As expected, roughly half (26 teams) of the preseason top-50 come from the expanded Southeastern Conference (SEC; 15) or the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC; 11). Four other leagues have multiple teams in the preseason top-50: the Big 12 (8); the surging Sun Belt (4); the expanded Big Ten (3); and the Big West (2). The 13 total conferences represented in the 2025 preseason CNR top-50 include one team each from these leagues: Conference USA; American Athletic (AAC); West Coast (WCC); Big East; Coastal Athletic (CAA); and Missouri Athletic (MVC), along with independent Oregon State.
• CB360 Composite National Rankings
2025 Preseason Top-50:
~ points/max 100 … previous (5/23/24)
[1] Texas A&M 98.37 … 3
[2] Tennessee 97.41 … 1
[3] Virginia 94.65 … 9
[4] North Carolina 91.41 … 2
[5] LSU 90.77 … 26
[6] Florida State 89.92 … 7
[7] Georgia 89.32 … 8
[8] Clemson 88.83 … 4
[9] Duke 88.38 .., 15
[10] Arkansas 86.78 … 6
[11] Florida 85.46 … 32
[12] Oklahoma State 85.45 … 11
[13] Oregon State 85.20 … 10
[14] Wake Forest 85.19 … 13
[15] Vanderbilt 82.74 … 24
[16] North Carolina State 80.88 … 16
[17] Oregon 79.44 … 28
[18] Texas 79.32 … 22
[19] Mississippi State 78.79 … 17
[20] Dallas Baptist 75.69 … 31
[21] Arizona 75.36 … 21
[22] Kentucky 73.45 … 5
[23] UC Santa Barbara 73.36 … 18
[24] TCU 69.58 … 36
[25] Oklahoma 66.44 … 14
[26] East Carolina 64.84 … 12
[27] West Virginia 64.80 … 34
[28] UC Irvine 63.60 … 19
[29] Alabama 62.59 … 29
[30] Coastal Carolina 61.70 … 37
[31] Indiana 60.38 … -
[32] Nebraska 60.37 … 38
[33] Troy 59.96 … 33
[34] Auburn 59.46 … 44
[35] Southern Miss. 58.79 … 27
[36] South Carolina 58.65 … 23
[37] Georgia Tech 58.13 … 40
[38] Louisville 54.29 … 48
[39] Texas Tech 52.56 … -
[40] Virginia Tech 52.55 … 42
[41] San Diego 51.00 … 25
[42] UConn 50.83 … 49
[43] Stanford 49.60 … -
[44] College of Charleston 49.60 … 35
[45] Arizona State 48.17 … -
[46] UCF 48.06 … 39
[47] Kansas 47.12 … -
[48] Louisiana (Lafayette) 46.33 … 30
[49] Indiana State 45.57 … 20
[50] Ole Miss 45.45 … -
~ next-5, outside Preseason Top-50:
California
Kansas State
Miami
Fresno State
USC
~ ’25 Preseason Top-50 not in final 2024 Top-50 (5/23/24):
[31] Indiana
[39] Texas Tech
[43] Stanford
[45] Arizona State
[47] Kansas
[50] Ole Miss
~ in final ’24 Top-50 but not in ’25 preseason:
[33] Louisiana Tech
[41] California
[43] UNC Wilmington
[45] Illinois
[47] Northeastern
[50] Hawaii