3 in the 2022 Collegiate Baseball newspaper preseason poll released Monday, marking the 10th time in 11 seasons the Tigers will begin the year among the Top 10 teams in the nation.
LSU wrapped up fall practice last month, and the Tigers will report back to campus in January to begin preseason workouts.
“I thought our work during fall practice was very productive; our players did a great job of being very coachable and buying in to the process of how we operate,” said coach Jay Johnson, who is in his first season at LSU after leading Arizona to the College World Series in two of the past five seasons.
LSU is one of 10 Southeastern Conference teams appearing in the Collegiate Baseball 2022 preseason Top 50, along with No.