College Baseball 360 Composite Top–50 Rankings #4 (3/8/18)

March 9, 2018
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Here’s a quick rundown of the current update to CB360’s exclusive Composite National Rankings Top–50, now featuring 14 different elements in the formula (tabulated after March 8 games).

Six teams entered the Top–50 this week: [36] Illinois, [39] UC Irvine, [41] Florida Atlantic, [43] Florida Gulf Coast, [47] Georgia State and [50] Purdue, while [35] Stetson is back in the Top–50 after a one-week absence. … The seven teams that have slipped outside the current Top–50 include: [29] South Carolina, [31] Miami. [36] Georgia, [38] Arizona, [40] Minnesota, [41] Connecticut and [48] Cal State Fullerton.

See the below links (plus text below) for more about the CNR Top–50:

>> Recent CB360 Top–50:  Week–3  |  Week–2
>> CLICK HERE  for CB360 Preseason Top–50 in-depth release

>> CB360 Top–50 Scoreboards:  Week–3  |  Week–2  |  Week–1
… also will be posting Top–50 week–4 scoreboard

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COMPOSITE NATIONAL RANKINGS (CNR) CRITERIA:  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 only are used 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 preseason conference coaches polls) and late in the season (final-10 games), a maximum bonus/penalty of 2.0 (SOS & conf. poll) or 0.5 points (final-10) is factored into the formula (in that case, 38.0, or 39.5, rather than 40, is added to the poll/rating/projection avg.).
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• CB360 Composite Top-50 #4 (March 8, 2018)
(rank) Team – voting pts  (previous)
1. Texas Tech – 98.04  (2–3–#3 in 2018 preseason CNR)
2. Oregon State – 97.09  (1–1–2)
3. Florida State – 94.43  (4–3–4)
4. Florida – 89.70  (3–2–1)
5. Mississippi – 88.62  (14–18–20)
6. Clemson – 87.77 (11–17–18)
7. Kentucky – 87.70  (8–7–8)
8. Stanford – 87.49 (9–8–11)
9. Arkansas – 86.62  (6–5–7)
11. Auburn – 86.55  (21–29–36)
11. UCLA – 85.78  (13–12–14)
12. Texas A&M – 84.20  (10–13–13)
13. Vanderbilt – 84.19  (5–10–12)
14. TCU – 83.56  (7–6–5)
15. Indiana – 82.08  (15–25–35)
16. Louisville – 76.72  (12–11–10)
17. Southern Mississippi – 75.96 (17–15–21)
18. Coastal Carolina – 75.59  (34–39–48)
19. North Carolina State – 72.97  (22–22–24)
20. North Carolina – 72.21  (20–9–6)
21. Texas – 70.59  (19–16–17)
22. LSU – 70.32  (16–14–9)
23. St. John’s – 69.48  (23–33–43)
24. Virginia – 62.21  (26–19–16)
25. UNLV – 61.64 (49–x–x)
26. Alabama – 60.24 (27–x–x)
27. South Alabama – 60.14  (18–20–22)
28. Oregon – 58.83 (45–x–x)
29. Mississippi State – 57.90  (37–32–19)
30.  Duke – 57.73  (35–41–47)
31. East Carolina – 57.47 (24–40–x)
32. Sam Houston State – 56.99 (28–30–30)
33. Georgia Tech – 56.59 (47–x–42)
34. Dallas Baptist – 56.58  (33–24–27)
35. Stetson – 55.93 (x–49–x)
36. Illinois – 55.83 (x–x–x)
37. Wichita State –54.47 (46–x–x)
38. San Diego State – 52.22  (39–38–50)
39. UC Irvine – 51.86 (x–x–x)
40. UCF (Central Florida) – 51.80  (44–37–32)
41. Florida Atlantic – 51.64 (x–x–x)
42. California – 51.52 (32–x–48)
42. Florida Gulf Coast – 51.52 (x–x–x)
44. Missouri – 51.23 (50–48–x)
45. San Diego – 50.84  (25–42–38)
46. Missouri State – 49.55  (43–31–29)
47. Georgia State – 48.68 (x–x–x)
48. Oklahoma – 47.28  (42–36–40)
49. Houston – 46.96  (30–26–23)
50. Purdue – 46.93 (x–x–x)
– next five: USC, Indiana State, South Carolina, Tennessee Tech & Arizona

• Dropped out Of CNR Top–50 after week–3:
29. South Carolina – 60.47  (29–28–26)
31. Miami – 57.39  (31–27–28)
36. Georgia – 54.56 (36–x–x)
38. Arizona – 52.41 (38–23–25)
40. Minnesota – 51.47 (40–x–x)
41. Connecticut – 50.96 (41–47–x)
48. Cal State Fullerton – 48.69  (48–21–15)

• Dropped out Of CNR Top–50 after week–2:
34. Long Beach State – 53.81  (34–31)
35. Louisiana-Lafayette – 52.90 (35–34)
43. West Virginia – 48.82  (43–33)
44. Oklahoma State – 48.33  (44–37)
45. Wake Forest – 47.77  (45–39)
46. Rice – 47.70  (46–46)
49. Stetson – 46.51 (49–x) … now back in Top–50
50. Michigan 46.34  (50–41)

• Dropped out Of CNR Top–50 after week–1:
42. Georgia Tech – 50.33 … now back in Top–50
44. Nebraska – 49.16
45. BYU – 48.43  
48. California – 47.43 … now back in Top–50

> These nine teams were in final 2017 regular-season CNR top-50 but not in 2018 preseason top-50:
(20) South Florida
(32) Baylor
(34) LMU
(37) Louisiana Tech
(38 Maryland
(39) Southeastern Louisiana
(41) New Mexico
(42) Old Dominion
(49) Washington

> These 15 teams were in the 2017 CNR preseason top-50 but not in 2018 preseason top-50:
East Carolina [2017 CNR preseason #18]
UC Santa Barbara [23]
Washington [24]
Maryland [31]
Arizona State [34]
Tulane [36]
UNC Wilmington [37]
Florida Atlantic [38]
Gonzaga [39]
New Mexico [41]
USC [44]
Oregon [47]
Wright State [48]
Southeastern Louisiana [49]
Cal Poly [50]

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