LSU No. 2 In D1 Baseball Preseason Poll

D1 Baseball unveiled their preseason poll this week and ranked LSU at No. 2 behind Vanderbilt. Per LSUSports.net:

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BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU is No. 2 in the 2019 D1 Baseball preseason poll released Monday, marking the Tigers’ third designation among the Top 2 in preseason rankings.

LSU was rated No. 1 earlier this winter in the Collegiate Baseball and Perfect Game preseason polls.

LSU completed its fall practice session in November, and the team will begin preseason workouts on January 25. The Tigers open the 2019 season at 7 p.m. on Friday, February 15, versus Louisiana-Monroe in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

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Complete Poll:
Rank, Team, 2018 Record, 2018 Final Rank,
1. Vanderbilt, 35-27, 18
2. LSU, 39-27, NR
3. Texas Tech, 45-20, 6
4. Louisville, 45-19, NR
5. UCLA, 38-21, 23
6. Florida, 49-21, 3
7. North Carolina, 44-20, 5
8. Oregon State, 55-12,-1 1
9. Georgia, 39-21, 19
10. Ole Miss, 48-17, 15
11. East Carolina, 44-18, NR
12. Stanford, 46-12, 17
13. Florida State, 43-19, 21
14. Mississippi State, 39-29, 4
15. Baylor, 37-21, NR
16. Arkansas, 48-21, 2
17. Michigan, 33-21, NR
18. Oklahoma State, 31-26-1, NR
19. TCU, 33-23, NR
20. Wake Forest, 25-32, NR
21. Coastal Carolina, 43-19, NR
22. Auburn, 43-23, 13
23. Texas, 42-23, 7
24. Clemson, 47-16, 20
25. Cal State Fullerton, 36-25, 16