LSU Baseball Gets Another Top 12 Ranking In Preseason Poll
Let's talk college baseball folks. The season doesn't start until mid February but all the preseason polls are coming out and the LSU Tigers baseball team are landing in the top 12 or higher so far in every poll.
Yesterday, the 'Baseball America' poll came out and the Tigers have received the number 11 ranking in the 2016 preseason poll. The Tigers whoever are also ranked inside the top 10 in a bunch of other polls that were released earlier this month.
LSU was ranked #5 by Perfect Game, and #7 by D1Baseball.com and the Collegiate Baseball preseason college baseball polls.
Last month, LSU was also ranked #7 last month in the Collegiate Baseball newspaper preseason poll.
The Ragin' Cajuns of Louisiana Lafayette baseball team also made the 'Baseball America' poll coming in at #13. Here is the current 'Baseball America' poll released yesterday.
Baseball America Preseason Top 25
1, Florida, 44-24, 3
2, Louisville, 47-18, 10
3, Texas A&M, 50-14, 13
4, Virginia, 44-24, 1
5, Oregon State, 39-19, NR
6, Miami, 50-17, 6
7, Vanderbilt, 51-21, 2
8, California, 36-21, 22
9, Oklahoma State, 38-20, 19
10, UCLA, 45-16, 7
11, LSU, 54-12, 5
12, Houston, 43-20, 18
13, UL-Lafayette, 42-23, 16
14, Oregon, 38-25, NR
15, Michigan, 39-25, NR
16, USC, 39-21, 20
17, Florida State, 44-21, 15
18, TCU, 51-15, 4
19, NC State, 36-23, NR
20, Mississippi State, 24-30, NR
21, Oklahoma, 34-27, NR
22, Cal State Fullerton, 39-25, 9
23, Coastal Carolina, 39-21, NR
24, Ole Miss, 30-28, NR
25, Kentucky, 30-25, NR
LSU will start the 2016 season against Cincinnati on February 19th at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge.