The LSU Tigers are No. 3 in the 2025 USA Today Baseball Coaches Preseason Poll released this week.
Texas A&M tops the poll, followed by Tennessee, LSU, Virginia, Arkansas, Florida State, Oregon State, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida in the Top 10.
Other SEC teams appearing in the poll are No. 13 Texas, No. 18 Vanderbilt, No. 19 Mississippi State, No. 24 Kentucky, and No. 25 Oklahoma.
Jay Johnson’s squad will play 19 games in the regular season against teams ranked in the USA Today Preseason Top 25, including 18 SEC games and a February 26 matchup with No. 21 Dallas Baptist at Globe Life Field.
LSU, which has been ranked No. 2 by Perfect Game and by Baseball America, and No. 3 by D1 Baseball, opens 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.
2025 USA Today Coaches Preseason Poll (2024 record in parentheses)* – indicates 2025 LSU regular season opponent
1 Texas A&M (53-15) *
2 Tennessee (60-13) *
3 LSU (43-23)
4 Virginia (46-17)
5 Arkansas (44-16) *
6 Florida State (49-17)
7 Oregon State (45-16)
8 North Carolina (48-16)
9 Georgia (43-17)
10 Florida (36-30)
11 Clemson (44-16)
12 Duke (40-20)
13 Texas (36-24) *
14 Oregon (40-20)
15 Wake Forest (38-22)
16 North Carolina State (38-23)
17 Oklahoma State (42-19)
18 Vanderbilt (38-23)
19 Mississippi State (40-23) *
20 Arizona (36-23)
21 Dallas Baptist (45-15) *
22 UC Santa Barbara (44-14)
23 TCU (33-21)
24 Kentucky (46-15-1)
25 Oklahoma (40-21) *
25 Troy (37-22)