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LSU is ranked No. 2 in the 2026 D1 Baseball preseason poll released Monday, representing the Tigers’ second Top 2 ranking this month. LSU is No. 1 in the Perfect Game Baseball preseason poll released last week.
Head coach Jay Johnson, who has directed the Tigers to the 2023 and 2025 National Championships in his four-season LSU tenure, enters his fifth season with a very talented squad that has 19 returning players and 20 newcomers on its roster.
Sophomore outfielder Derek Curiel is a first-team selection, sophomore pitcher Casan Evans was voted to the second team, and senior pitcher Zac Cowan was named to the third team.