LSU baseball team adds another preseason Top 10 ranking to its growing resume’

LSU is ranked No. 10 in the 2022 Baseball America preseason Top 25, marking the Tigers’ fourth Top 10 appearance in a preseason poll.

LSU’s previously released preseason rankings are No. 3 by Collegiate Baseball, No. 4 by Perfect Game and No. 8 by D1 Baseball.

The Tigers are engaged in groups workouts and conditioning drills, and LSU’s first official team practice is scheduled for Friday afternoon. The 2022 season begins on February 18, when LSU plays host to Maine in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

LSU is one of eight Southeastern Conference teams appearing in the Baseball America 2022 preseason Top 25, along with No. 2 Vanderbilt, No. 3 Mississippi State, No. 6 Florida, No. 8 Arkansas, No. 9 Ole Miss, No. 14 Georgia and No. 17 Tennessee.

Texas, who will face LSU on March 5 at Minute Maid Park in Houston, is No. 1 in the Baseball America ranking.

2022 Baseball America Preseason Top 25

1. Texas
2. Vanderbilt
3. Mississippi State
4. Notre Dame
5. Virginia
6. Florida
7. Stanford
8. Arkansas
9. Mississippi
10. LSU
11. Oregon State
12. Florida State
13. Arizona
14. Georgia
15. East Carolina
16. North Carolina State
17. Tennessee
18. UC Irvine
19. Oklahoma State
20. Nebraska
21. Georgia Tech
22. UCLA
23. Texas Tech
24. Old Dominion
25. Miami