March 31 Baseball National Rankings, Report

Overall Record: 26-3
SEC: 7-2

Last Week’s Results (4-0)
March 25 (Tue.) – UL LAFAYETTE (W, 17-4 – 7 innings)
March 27 (Thu.) – MISSISSIPPI STATE (W, 8-6)
March 28 (Fri.) – MISSISSIPPI STATE (W, 2-1)
March 29 (Sat.) – MISSISSIPPI STATE (W, 17-8)

This Week’s Schedule
April 1 (Tue.) – LOUISIANA TECH, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network+)
April 4 (Thu.) – at Oklahoma, 6 p.m. CT (ESPN2)
April 5 (Fri.) – at Oklahoma, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network+)
April 6 (Sat.) – at Oklahoma, 2 p.m. CT (SEC Network+)

Tigers Update
• LSU’s 26-3 overall record is its best through 29 games since the 2013 season, when the Tigers posted a 27-2 mark through 29 games … LSU’s 7-2 SEC record this season is its best conference mark through nine games since the 2013 team logged an 8-1 league record.

• LSU is No. 1 in the SEC and No. 3 in the nation in batting average with a .338 mark … the Tigers also lead the league in hits (324) and doubles (71), and LSU is No. 4 in the nation in hits and No. 5 in doubles … LSU is No. 2 in the SEC and No. 3 in the nation in on-base percentage (.456) and No. 3 in the league and No. 4 in the nation in runs scored (289) … the LSU pitching staff is No. 4 in the SEC in strikeouts (333) and No. 4 in the league in opponent batting average (.216) … LSU is No. 5 in the nation in strikeouts pitched per nine innings (12.2).

• LSU first baseman Jared Jones is No. 2 in the SEC in hits (46), No. 3 in RBI (45), No. 3 in total bases (86), No. 5 in batting average (.404), No. 5 in runs scored (37), No. 5 in home runs (10), No. 5 in doubles (10) and No. 6 in slugging percentage (.754) … leftfielder Derek Curiel is No. 2 in the SEC in walks (29), No. 3 in on-base percentage (.555), No. 4 in batting average (.408), No. 4 in runs (38) and No. 6 in hits (42)

• Junior right-hander Anthony Eyanson defeated Mississippi State on Friday, working 5.0 innings and limiting the Bulldogs to just one unearned run on five hits with three walks and 12 strikeouts … Eyanson’s 12 Ks represented the most by an LSU pitcher in an SEC game this season and the most by any SEC pitcher in last weekend’s league games … he increased his season strikeouts total to 58, and he is No. 5 in the SEC in strikeouts and No. 6 in the league in strikeouts per nine innings (14.11) … Eyanson improved to 4-0 this season, and he has a 3.89 ERA with 11 walks and 58 strikeouts in 37.0 innings.

• Junior second baseman Daniel Dickinson helped lead LSU to four wins in four games last week, batting .375 (6-for-16) with two doubles, one homer, seven RBI and five runs … in the Tigers’ three-game sweep of Mississippi State, Dickinson hit .385 (5-for-13) with one double, one homer, six RBI and three runs … with LSU trailing Mississippi State, 6-2, in the fifth inning of Game 1 on Thursday, Dickinson launched a two-out, two-strike, three-run homer to narrow the deficit to 6-5 and spark the Tigers’ 8-6 comeback victory … he was 3-for-5 in Saturday’s win over the Bulldogs with a double, three RBI and two runs … he is hitting .362 this season with nine doubles, seven homers, 35 RBI and 36 runs … Dickinson is No. 6 in the SEC in on-base percentage (.531), No. 7 in the league in runs scored and No. 8 in RBI.

• Freshman right-hander Casan Evans earned his fifth save of the season on Friday versus Mississippi State, working a career-long 4.0 innings to preserve a 2-1 LSU victory … Evans entered the game with a runner at first base and nobody out in the sixth inning with the Tigers holding a 2-1 advantage, and he blanked the Bulldogs for the remainder of the contest, allowing just two hits with three walks and six strikeouts … he fired a career-high 72 pitches in the outing and lowered his cumulative ERA to 0.90 … Evans is 1-0 this season with five saves in nine appearances, and he has recorded eight walks and 34 strikeouts in 20.0 innings … his total of five saves this season ranks No. 4 in the SEC.

Check back for updates as polls are released on March 31, 2025.

Team	Baseball America	D1Baseball	Perfect Game	Coaches	NCBWA
Tennessee	1	1	1	1	1
Arkansas	2	2	3	2	2
Texas	3	5	5	5	6
Georgia	4	3	2	3	3
LSU	5	7	7	6	5
Florida State	6	4	6	4	4
Clemson	7	6	4	7	7
Alabama	8	8	8	8	8
Oklahoma	9	10	9	9	10
Ole Miss	10	9	16	10	13
North Carolina	11	19	23	14	12
Oregon State	12	11	13	11	9
UC Irvine	13	12	12	13	11
Louisville	14	18	–	18	22
Auburn	15	16	14	17	21
Vanderbilt	16	23	21	20	17
UCLA	17	14	10	15	14
Wake Forest	18		24	23	18
Dallas Baptist	19	17	17	19	19
Troy	20	20	18	21	20
Oregon	21	15	15	12	15
Arizona	22	–	20	–	24
Kansas	23	–	–	–	–
Southern Miss	24	13	–	16	16
Virginia Tech	25	–	–	–	–
Coastal Carolina	–	21	19	24	25
Kansas State	–	22	–	–	–
Arizona State	–	24	25	–	–
Georgia Tech	–	25	22	22	–
West Virginia			11	25	23