I'm trying to get some source data, as there's not a whole lot out there
and easily accessible. It's been on the list of things I'd like to look
at for a while now.

Collegiate Baseball has their preseason polls since 1999 available on
their website
(http://www.baseballnews.com/polls/divI/archives/index.htm). In those
six years, the pre-season #1 team has never won the College World
Series. The highest ranked team to win the CWS was Rice in 2003
(preseason #4). The lowest ranked team to win the CWS was Texas in 2002
(preseason #15).

I'll write something up online or in the newsletter if I can find enough
data to do a reasonable study.

--Jeremy Mills
jwmills@...

SABRscouts@... wrote:

> Has anyone here researched the validity of preseason polls; ie which
> is the
> better predictor when looking back at season's end, etc?? Below are
> links to
> the three biggest.
>
> Rod Nelson
>
>
> Baseball America Top 25
> http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/leagues/NCAA/top25.html
>
> Sports Weekly/ESPN Top 25
> http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/baseball/usatpoll.htm
>
> Collegiate Baseball Top 30
> http://www.baseballnews.com/polls/divI/currentpolldivI.htm
>
>
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