Monday, February 20, 2017

Composite of 5 major NCAA Division I polls, Feb. 20 (corrected)

Note: I found I apparently had used an incorrect NCBWA poll. Corrected numbers are below.

Each week during the regular season, CollegeBaseballInsider.com posts a composite poll of five national NCAA Division I rankings. In the table below, I've added PerfectGame.org to the mix for a six-ranking composite.

The USA TODAY coaches poll doesn't publish another poll until later in the season, but the other five polls offered updated rankings today.

TCU is No. 1 in all five rankings.

South Carolina is fifth, Clemson 21st and Coastal Carolina is 22nd.

There are seven ACC teams and six SEC teams in the composite Top 25 ranking. The +/- represents rise or fall from the preseason composite poll.


School +/-NCBWABBAUSATCBD1PGTotal
1.TCU2525NA252525125
2.Florida 2423NA232423117
3.LSU2322NA242124114
4.Florida State2224NA172322108
5.S. Carolina2021NA222221106
6.Oregon State2118NA211819 97
7.Vanderbilt1917NA201917  92
8.Louisville1820NA151620 89
9.Cal Fullerton +11519NA161414 78
10.N. Carolina +11712NA14171676
11.N.C. State +21614NA02012  62
12.La. Lafayette +11110NA101313 56
13.Arizona +3147NA19114  55
14.Virginia +31313NA13122 53
15.Mississippi +854NA121918  48
16.Washington  +629NA90936
17.Tex A&M +6110NA1110335
18.(tie) Tex Tech +385NA6150 34
18.(tie) E. Caro -9015NA0811 34
20.Miami -290NA185032
21.Clemson -9611NA44631
22.C. Carolina -778NA07022
23.(tie) OK State -406NA001521
24.(tie) Stanford -643NA06821
25.UNC Wilm. +139NA02014

     26. (tie) Alabama 12; 27. Texas 11; 28. Rice 10; 29. (tie) Houston 8. Sam Houston State 8; 31. Arizona State 7; 32. Long B 32. Long Beach State 5; 33. Dallas Baptist 3; 35. (tie) Georgia Tech 1; Maryland 1; 35. Wright State 1.

     Dropped out: Cal Santa Barbara (No. 23 preseason)

     Poll key: NCBWA -- National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association; BBA -- Baseball America; USAT -- USA TODAY coaches; CB -- Collegiate Baseball; D1 -- D1Baseball.com; PG -- PerfectGame.org

   Points are awarded on a descending scale, from 25 points for a first-place vote to 1 for a 25th-place vote. Some polls ranked more than 25 teams, but I kept it at the top 25 for consistency's sake. In the event of ties, the points are divided evenly among the tied teams.

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