LSU Baseball Ranked 7th In Two Preseason Polls

College football just ended and college basketball is in the thick of their season but it's never to early to talk about college baseball.  Yesterday we found out that the LSU Tigers baseball team have been ranked in the top 10 in two preseason polls.

LSU is ranked # 7 in the D1 Baseball.com poll released yesterday.  This is the second top 10 ranking of the 2016 preseason.

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 poll.  They are a preseason # 18.  Here is the current poll released yesterday.

D1Baseball.com Preseason Top 25
1, Florida, 52-18, 3
2, Louisville, 47-18, 8
3, Vanderbilt, 51-21, 2
4, Texas A&M, 50-14, 10
5, Oregon State, 39-18, 23
6, Miami, 50-17, 6
7, LSU, 54-12, 5
8, Oklahoma State, 38-20, 17
9, California, 36-21, NR
10, N.C. State, 36-23, 24
11, UCLA, 45-16, 12
12, Southern California, 39-21, 21
13, Virginia, 44-24, 1
14, Oregon, 38-25, NR
15, Mississippi State, 24-30, NR
16, North Carolina, 34-24, NR
17, South Carolina, 32-25, NR
18, UL-Lafayette, 42-23, 16
19, TCU, 51-15, 4
20, Florida State, 44-21, 14
21, Cal State Fullerton, 39-25, 7
22, Houston, 43-20, 22
23, Texas, 30-27, NR
24, Coastal Carolina, 39-21, NR
25, Arkansas, 40-25, 9

Source:lsusports.net

The LSU Tigers baseball team will begin their 2016 season on Friday, Feb. 19th against Cincinnati in Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge.  First pitch is at 7:00 p.m.