The LSU Tigers are ranked No. 2 in the 2025 Baseball America Preseason Poll, released by the major baseball publication on Monday.
Texas A&M tops the preseason poll, followed by LSU, Tennessee, Arkansas, Virginia, Florida State, Florida, Clemson, Oregon State, and Duke to round out the Top 10. Five of the top 10 teams are from the Southeastern Conference.
Other SEC teams in the Baseball America poll are No. 11 Georgia, No. 14 Texas, No. 15 Vanderbilt, No. 18 Mississippi State, and No. 19 Kentucky.
LSU will play 16 games in the 2025 regular season against top 25 programs, including 15 SEC games and a February 26 matchup with No. 21 Dallas Baptist at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.
LSU, which has been ranked in the Top 3 nationally of two other major baseball polls, will open the 2025 season at 2 p.m. CT on Friday, February 14, when the Tigers play host to Purdue Fort Wayne in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. You can listen to the action on ESPN 103.7 Lafayette and 104.1 Lake Charles.
2025 Baseball America Preseason Poll (* – indicates 2025 LSU regular season opponent)
1 Texas A&M *
2 LSU
3 Tennessee *
4 Arkansas *
5 Virginia
6 Florida State
7 Florida
8 Clemson
9 Oregon State
10 Duke
11 Georgia
12 North Carolina
13 Oklahoma State
14 Texas
15 Vanderbilt
16 North Carolina State
17 Wake Forest
18 Mississippi State *
19 Oregon
20 Kentucky
21 Dallas Baptist *
22 Arizona
23 UC Santa Barbara
24 UC Irvine
25 Indiana