BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU is No. 9 in the 2021 USA Today preseason poll released Thursday, marking the Tigers' third Top 10 preseason ranking.
LSU is No. 7 in the Collegiate Baseball poll and No. 10 in the Baseball America rankings that have been released in prior weeks. The Tigers will begin the season ranked among the Top 10 teams in the nation for the ninth time in 10 years.
The Tigers begin preseason workouts last Friday, and LSU opens the 2021 season at 7 p.m. on February 19 versus Air Force in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.