LSU is ranked No. 1 in the 2023 Perfect Game preseason poll and is one of eight Southeastern Conference teams appearing in the top 25, including No. 2 Tennessee, No. 4 Arkansas, No. 6 Ole Miss, No. 8 Florida, No. 10 Texas A&M, No. 11 Vanderbilt, and No. 17 Auburn. The top 10 teams in the poll are as follows:
- LSU
- Tennessee
- Stanford
- Arkansas
- Wake Forest
- Ole Miss
- Louisville
- Florida
- Miami
- Texas A&M
Junior centerfielder Dylan Crews was named Perfect Game’s Preseason Player of the Year and Collegiate Baseball’s 2023 Preseason Player of the Year. He batted .349 last season with 11 doubles, four triples, 22 homers, 72 RBI, and 73 runs, leading the SEC in runs scored and ranking among the top players in the league in various categories.
Meanwhile, this marked the LSU’s second top ranking in the past two weeks. The Tigers also received the top spot in the Collegiate Baseball newspaper preseason poll released on December 20.
The Tigers will begin full-squad preseason practice on January 27 and will kick off their 2023 season on February 17 with a game against Western Michigan at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.
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Perfect Game 2023 Preseason Top 25
Rank Team (2022 Final Record)
- LSU (40-22)
- Tennessee (57-9)
- Stanford (47-18)
- Arkansas (46-21)
- Wake Forest (41-19-1)
- Ole Miss (42-23)
- Louisville (42-21-1)
- Florida (42-24)
- Miami (40-20)
- Texas A&M (44-20)
- Vanderbilt (39-23)
- UCLA (40-24)
- North Carolina (42-22)
- TCU (38-22)
- Virginia Tech (45-14)
- Texas Tech (39-22)
- Auburn (43-22)
- Oklahoma State (42-22)
- Virginia (39-19)
- Oregon (36-25)
- NC State (36-21)
- Maryland (48-14)
- Oregon State (48-18)
- Texas (47-22)
- Southern Miss (47-19)
