Composite of 6 major NCAA Division I rankings, April 24

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.

Oregon State remained No. 1 in the rankings for the fifth week, followed by Louisville and North Carolina.

Clemson dropped from fourth to fifth behind TCU in the composite rankings. The Tigers were ranked No. 3 in two rankings, No. 4 in two, No. 5 in one and No. 6 in another.

South Carolina dropped two spots in 24th in the composite rankings. The Gamecocks are unranked in three of the six ratings.

Southern Conference leader Mercer made its first appearance in the composite Top 25 after its three-game sweep of The Citadel in Charleston.

There are eight SEC teams and five ACC teams in the composite Top 25 ranking. The +/- represents rise or fall from last week's composite rankings.

School +/-

NCBWA

BBA

USAT

CB

D1

PG

Total

1	Oregon State --	25	25	25	25	25	25	150
2	Louisville --	24	24	24	23	24	24	143
3	North Carolina --	21	23	22	22	22	23	133
4	TCU +2	23	22	21	24	21	21	132
5	Clemson -1	22	20	23	21	23	22	131
6	Texas Tech -2	20	19	20	20	18	20	117
7	Kentucky +4	19	16	19	17	20	18	109
8	Auburn +2	17	21	17	18	19	16	108
9	Florida +4	15	15	18	13	17	19	97
10	Miss. State +5	13	18	13	19	16	15	94
11	Virginia +3	18	14	16	14	12	17	91
12	Long Beach St. +6	12	17	11	10	15	13	78
13	Arizona -6	16	13	14	9	14	10	76
14	Arkansas -2	14	10	12	16	11	12	75
15	LSU -6	11	11	15	12	13	11	73
16	Cal. Fullerton -8	9	12	10	8	10	9	58
17	St. John's +3	10	4	8	15	8	0	45
18	Michigan -2	8	3	9	1	9	6	36
T19	Wake Forest -2	7	9	7	3	5	3	34
T19	Stanford +9	6	8	6	0	6	8	34
T21	Houston --	5	6	3	0	3	14	31
T21	Maryland +6	2	5	2	11	4	7	31
23	Texas A&M +2	3	7	4	0	7	0	21
24	South Carolina -2	0	0	5	5	0	2	12
25	Mercer +3	4	2	0	0	0	5	11

26. Louisiana Lafayette 8; 27. Gonzaga 7; 28. (tie) South Florida 4; Vanderbilt 4; 30. Southern Mississippi 3; 31. (tie) San Diego 2; West Virginia 2.

Dropped out:  Oklahoma (No. 23 last week); West Virginia (24); San Diego (T-25).

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.