LSU Is No. 1 In The Collegiate Baseball Preseason Rankings

LSU is ranked No. 1 in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper preseason poll.

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The Tigers, winners of six national titles, will field its best ball club since 2017 when LSU finished second at the College World Series.

LSU’s last title came 10 seasons ago in 2009. Entering that spring, LSU was also ranked No. 1 by Collegiate Baseball.

Five returning position player starters are back and six superb pitchers.

Plus, key players return after sitting out virtually all last season because of injuries. Read more.

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Rank - Team (Final 2018 Record) - Points
1. Louisiana St. (39-27) 496
2. Vanderbilt (35-27) 495
3. UCLA (38-21) 494
4. Texas Tech. (45-20) 491
5. Stanford (46-12) 488
6. Florida (49-21) 487
7. Oregon St. (55-12-1) 485
8. North Carolina (44-20) 482
9. Louisville (45-19) 480
10. Florida St. (43-19) 479
11. Mississippi (48-17) 476
12. Coastal Carolina (43-19) 473
13. Georgia (39-21) 471
14. Texas (42-23) 468
15. Clemson (47-16) 467
16. Oklahoma St. (31-26-1) 464
17. Georgia Tech. (31-21) 462
18. Cal. St. Fullerton (36-25) 460
19. Texas Christian (33-23) 457
20. Duke (45-18) 453
21. Baylor (37-21) 450
22. N.C. State (42-18) 446
23. Auburn (43-23) 445
24. Missouri St. (40-17) 442
25. Arkansas (48-21) 439

LSU's baseball season starts on Friday, February 15.