Overall Record: 36-16
SEC: 17-10
Last Week’s Results (5-0)
May 11 (Wed., Game 1) – at Notre Dame (W, 1-0 – 11 innings)
May 11 (Wed., Game 2) – at Notre Dame (W, 3-2 – 7 innings
May 13 (Fri.) – at Tennessee (W, 2-1)
May 14 (Sat.) – at Tennessee (W, 11-3)
May 15 (Sun.) – at Tennessee (W, 10-7)
This Week’s Schedule
May 17 (Tue.) – NORTHWESTERN STATE, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
May 19 (Thu.) – FLORIDA, 6:30 p.m. CT (ESPNU)
May 20 (Fri.) – FLORIDA, 6 p.m. CT (SEC Network)
May 21 (Sat.) – FLORIDA, 3:30 p.m. CT (ESPNU)
Notes on the Tigers
LSU is No. 12 in this week’s RPI rankings as the Tigers play their final four regular-season games of the week beginning Tuesday versus Northwestern State and concluding with a three-game series against top-ranked Florida this weekend in Baton Rouge … LSU is 17-10 in the SEC, tied for third place with Ole Miss in the SEC West and just one game behind division leaders Texas A&M and Mississippi State, who have 18-9 league marks … the Tigers are also only 1.5 games behind Florida (18-8) in the overall SEC standings … LSU was 5-0 in its games last week, which were all on the road … LSU swept a doubleheader at Notre Dame on Wednesday before recording a three-game SEC series sweep at Tennessee … the Tigers have won eight straight games, including six in a row in SEC play … the sweep of Tennessee was LSU’s third SEC sweep this season, marking the first time the Tigers have recorded three league sweeps since 2013, when LSU posted four sweeps … second baseman Cole Freeman batted .455 (5-for-11) in LSU’s five games last week with one triple, one homer, three RBI, four runs and one stolen base … Freeman also walked seven times and recorded a .684 on-base percentage … Freeman batted .571 (4-for-7) in the Tennessee series with one triple, one homer, three RBI, four runs, four walks and a .750 on-base percentage … designated hitter Bryce Jordan batted .455 (5-for-11) against Tennessee with one homer, two RBI and two runs … LSU batted .304 (31-for-102) in the three games against the Vols with two doubles, two triples, four homers and four stolen bases … the LSU pitching staff limited Tennessee to a .235 (23-for-98) average while recording 18 strikeouts … during LSU’s eight-game win streak, the pitching staff has a 2.71 ERA while allowing a .237 opponent batting average and one home run … sophomore right-hander Alex Lange defeated the Volunteers on Friday night, limiting the Vols to one run on four hits in eight innings with seven strikeouts … junior right-hander Hunter Newman earned his fifth save of the season in relief of Lange on Friday night, retiring the side in order in the ninth, including two strikeouts … junior right-hander Russell Reynolds picked up his first career save in Saturday’s win over Tennessee, firing 3.2 scoreless innings while allowing one run on three hits with one strikeout … junior right-hander Riley Smith made his first career start on Wednesday in Game 2 at Notre Dame, and he recorded his first career LSU win, limiting the Irish to four hits in six scoreless innings with four strikeouts.
Baseball America Top 25
Rank, Team, Record, Previous
1, Florida, 43-9, 1
2, Texas A&M, 39-11, 2
3, Mississippi State, 37-14, 3
4, Miami, 40-9, 4
5, Texas Tech, 38-13, 5
6, Ole Miss, 39-13, 6
7, Louisville, 42-10, 9
8, LSU, 36-16, 11
9, Virginia, 33-18, 15
10, South Carolina, 38-13, 8
11, Tulane, 35-15, 18
12, Vanderbilt, 37-15, 12
13, Southern Miss, 36-15, 19
14, Florida State, 33-17, 7
15, TCU, 34-14, 10
16, Rice, 32-16, 14
17, Florida Atlantic, 34-15, 17
18, Cal State Fullerton, 32-17, 22
19, N.C. State, 32-17, 13
20, Oklahoma State, 32-17, 16
21, Minnesota, 33-15, NR
22, Coastal Carolina, 36-15, NR
23, Clemson, 34-18, 23
24, Bryant, 39-10, NR
25, Long Beach State, 31-18, NR
Dropped out: (20) Washington, (21) Arizona, (24) UC Santa Barbara, (25) Creighton
Baseball Coaches Poll
Rank, Team (First-Place Votes), Record, Points, Previous
1, Florida (28), 43-9, 748, 1
2, Texas A&M (2), 39-11, 716, 2
3, Miami, 40-9, 673, 3
4, Mississippi State, 37-14-1, 664, 4
5, Louisville, 42-10, 647, 5
6, Mississippi, 39-13, 578, 11
7, Texas Tech, 38-13, 517, 10
8, LSU, 36-16, 503, 13
9, Vanderbilt, 37-15, 500, 7
10, South Carolina, 38-13, 483, 8
11, Texas Christian, 34-14, 425, 9
12, Florida State, 33-17, 418, 6
13, Virginia, 33-18, 401, 14
14, North Carolina State, 32-17, 339, 12
15, Oklahoma State, 32-17, 231, 15
16, Tulane, 35-15, 200, 29
17, Florida Atlantic, 34-15, 152, 16
18, Clemson, 34-18, 141, 24
19, Southern Mississippi, 36-15, 133, 26
20, North Carolina, 32-19, 132, 22
21, Rice, 32-16, 128, 21
21, Coastal Carolina, 36-15, 128, 23
23, UL-Lafayette, 33-19, 127, 28
24, Minnesota, 33-15, 95, 33
25, Georgia Tech, 33-18, 85, 25
Schools Dropped Out
No. 17 Oregon State, No. 18 UC-Santa Barbara, No. 19 Michigan, No. 20 Arizona.
Others Receiving Votes
Cal State Fullerton 82; Arizona State 78; UC-Santa Barbara 66; Oregon State 62; Bryant 49; Arizona 47; Michigan 26; Creighton 23; Kent State 22; North Carolina-Wilmington 17; Navy 16; Indiana 11; Long Beach State 11; Fresno State 11; Dallas Baptist 10; Washington 9; California 7; Charleston 7; Ohio State 7; South Alabama 6; Gonzaga 5; East Carolina 4; Brigham Young 4; Michigan State 4; Duke 1; Wright State 1.
NCBWA Top 30
Rank, School, Record, Previous
1, Florida, 43-9, 1
2, Texas A&M, 39-11, 2
3, Mississippi State, 37-14-1, 3
4, Miami, 40-9, 4
5, Louisville, 42-10, 5
6, Ole Miss, 39-13, 9
7, Vanderbilt, 37-15, 7
8, Texas Tech, 38-13, 11
9, LSU, 36-16, 13
10, South Carolina, 38-13, 10
11, Florida State, 33-17, 6
12, Virginia, 33-18, 14
13, TCU, 34-14, 8
14, N.C. State, 32-17, 12
15, Oklahoma State, 32-17, 15
16, Clemson, 34-18, 22
17, North Carolina, 32-19, 20
18, Southern Miss, 36-15, 23
19, Louisiana, 33-19, 21
20, UC Santa Barbara, 32-15-1, 16
21, Florida Atlantic, 34-15, 18
22, Tulane, 35-15, 29
23, Coastal Carolina, 36-15, 26
24, Oregon State, 30-18, 17
25, Georgia Tech, 33-18, 24
26, Michigan, 34-16, 19
27, Cal State Fullerton, 32-17, –
28, Rice, 32-16, 27
29, Arizona, 32-18, 25
30, Arizona State, 31-17, –
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama State (34-15), Bryant (39-10), BYU (34-14), California (28-18), Creighton (33-13), Dallas Baptist (34-16), Duke (31-21), East Carolina (31-19-1), Fresno State (35-18), Gonzaga (30-15), Houston (31-20), Kent State (39-11), Long Beach State (31-18), Louisiana Tech (34-16), Michigan State (33-15), Minnesota (33-15), Navy (40-13-1), Ohio State (35-16-1), Sam Houston State (33-19), Seattle (33-18), South Alabama (37-16), Southeastern Louisiana (36-15), St. Mary’s (27-22), UNC Wilmington (35-13), Utah (20-25), Wake Forest (31-20), Washington (28-18), Wright State (38-14)., , ,
Dropped out: Creighton (28), Washington (30).
Perfect Game Top 25
Rank, Team, Record, Previous
1, Florida, 43-9, 1
2, Texas A&M, 39-11, 2
3, Mississippi State, 37-14-1, 3
4, Miami, 40-9, 4
5, Louisville, 42-10, 6
6, Mississippi, 39-13, 9
7, Texas Tech, 38-13, 10
8, South Carolina, 38-13, 8
9, LSU, 36-16, 22
10, Tulane, 35-15, 15
11, Vanderbilt, 37-15, 7
12, Oklahoma State, 32-17, 13
13, UNC Wilmington, 35-13, 14
14, Virginia, 33-18, NR
15, Texas Christian, 34-14, 12
16, Bryant, 39-10, 18
17, Florida State, 33-17, 5
18, Southern Miss, 36-15, 19
19, NC State, 32-17, 11
20, Coastal Carolina, 36-15, 21
21, Florida Atlantic, 34-15, 17
22, Rice, 32-16, 20
23, Clemson, 34-18, 23
24, Cal State Fullerton, 32-17, NR
25, Minnesota, 33-15, NR
Dropped Out: Michigan (16), Arizona (24), UC Santa Barbara (25).
D1Baseball.com Top 25
Rank, Team, Overall Record, Previous Rank
1, Florida, 43-9, 1
2, Texas A&M, 39-11, 2
3, Miami (Fla.), 40-9, 3
4, Mississippi State, 37-14, 4
5, Louisville, 42-10, 6
6, Texas Tech, 38-13, 7
7, Ole Miss, 39-13, 8
8, Virginia, 33-18, 12
9, Florida State, 33-17, 5
10, LSU, 36-16, 16
11, South Carolina, 38-13, 9
12, Vanderbilt, 37-15, 11
13, NC State, 32-17, 10
14, Tulane, 35-15, 15
15, Rice, 32-16, 13
16, TCU, , 34-14, 14
17, Southern Miss, 90, 36-15, NR
18, Cal State Fullerton, 32-17, NR
19, Clemson, 34-18, NR
20, Coastal Carolina, 36-15, 20
21, Oklahoma State, 32-17, 18
22, Georgia Tech, 33-18, 19
23, Washington, 28-18, 17
24, Minnesota, 33-15, 25
25, Florida Atlantic, 34-15, 23
Dropped Out
21, East Carolina, 31-19
22, Arizona, 32-18
24, Oregon State, 30-18
Others Considered
Arizona State
Bryant
Dallas Baptist
Kent State
UL-Lafayette