/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/53326335/baseball.0.0.jpg)
Following a three-game sweep of then-No. 9 ECU, Ole Miss baseball jumped eight spots from its preseason ranking of No. 22 up to No. 14 in our composite rankings.
What are the composite rankings, you ask? It's a ranking system that averages the top polls from around the country in order to provide one, unified top 25. Each week, we'll combine the polls from D1 Baseball, Baseball America and Perfect Game (and once it resumes later in the season, the USA Today Coaches Poll).
At No. 14, the Rebels are only the fifth-highest ranked club from the SEC. Florida, LSU, South Carolina and Vandy (all of which won their opening series) still hold four of the top eight spots. Texas A&M, which was unranked preseason, becomes the sixth SEC team in the top 25 after blasting Bowling Green by a combined score of 50-7 during a three-game sweep in College Station.
Composite rank | Team | Composite avg. | Rank | D1 Baseball | Baseball America | Perfect Game | |
1 | TCU | 1 | 1 | TCU | TCU | TCU | |
2 | Florida | 2.67 | 2 | Florida | Florida St. | LSU | |
3 | Florida St. | 3 | 3 | Florida St. | Florida | Florida | |
4 | LSU | 3.67 | 4 | South Carolina | LSU | Florida St. | |
5 | South Carolina | 4.67 | 5 | LSU | South Carolina | South Carolina | |
6 | Louisville | 7.33 | 6 | NC State | Louisville | Louisville | |
7 | Oregon St. | 7.67 | 7 | Vanderbilt | Cal St. Fullerton | Oregon St. | |
8 | Vanderbilt | 8.33 | 8 | Oregon St. | Oregon St. | Ole Miss | |
9 | Cal St. Fulleron | 10.33 | 9 | North Carolina | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt | |
10 | NC State | 10.67 | 10 | Louisville | Washington | North Carolina | |
11 | North Carolina | 11 | 11 | Texas Tech | ECU | Oklahoma St. | |
12 | UL Lafayette | 14 | 12 | Cal St. Fulleron | NC State | Cal St. Fullerton | |
13 | ECU | 14.67 | 13 | UL Lafayette | Virginia | UL Lafayette | |
14 | Ole Miss | 15.67 | 14 | Virginia | North Carolina | NC State | |
15 | Virginia | 17 | 15 | Arizona | Clemson | ECU | |
16 | Arizona | 18.67 | 16 | Texas A&M | UL Lafayette | Texas | |
17 | Clemson | 19 | 17 | Ole Miss | Georgia Tech | Washington | |
17 | Washington | 19 | 18 | ECU | Coastal Carolina | Stanford | |
19 | Stanford | 20.33 | 19 | Coastal Carolina | Arizona | Houston | |
20 | Texas Tech | 20.67 | 20 | Stanford | Oklahoma St. | Clemson | |
21 | Coastal Carolina | 22.33 | 21 | Miami | Texas Tech | Rice | |
22 | Texas A&M | 23 | 22 | Clemson | Ole Miss | Arizona | |
23 | Rice | 24.67 | 23 | Rice | Stanford | Texas A&M | |
23 | Houston | 24.67 | 24 | UNC Wilmington | UCSB | Virginia | |
25 | Georgia Tech | 25.67 | 25 | Houston | Wright St. | Maryland |