LSU NO. 4 IN BASEBALL AMERICA POLL
LSU is No. 4 in the 2017
Baseball America preseason poll released Monday, marking the Tigers’
fourth Top 5 preseason ranking. LSU is No. 2 in the Collegiate Baseball
and Perfect Game preseason polls, and the Tigers are No. 5 in the D1
Baseball preseason ranking. LSU is one of three
Southeastern Conference teams appearing in the 2017 Baseball America
preseason Top 10, along with No. 3 Florida and No. 5 South Carolina.
SEC representative Vanderbilt also appears in the Top 25 at No. 11. TCU,
which LSU will face on March 3 at Minute Maid Park in Houston, is No. 1
in the Baseball America poll. LSU’s other non-conference opponents
appearing in the poll are No. 13 Louisiana-Lafayette, No. 24 Maryland
and No. 25 Texas Tech. The Tigers begin preseason practice
Friday at 3:15 p.m. in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. LSU opens
the 2017 season at 7 p.m. on Friday, February 17 when the Tigers play
host to Air Force. 2017 Baseball America Preseason Poll 1.
TCU
2. Florida
State
3.
Florida
4. LSU 5.
South
Carolina
6. East
Carolina
7.
Louisville
8. Cal State
Fullerton
9. Oregon
State
10.
Clemson
11.
Vanderbilt
12.
Washington
13. Louisiana-Lafayette 14. North Carolina State 15.
Coastal
Carolina
16.
Virginia
17. North
Carolina
18. Oklahoma
State
19. UC Santa Barbara 20. Long Beach State 21.
Georgia
Tech
22.
Arizona
23.
Stanford
24.
Maryland
25. Texas
Tech
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