May 5 Baseball National Rankings, Report

Overall Record: 38-11
SEC: 15-9

Last Week’s Results (2-2)
April 29 (Tue.) – SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (W, 15-2 – 7 innings)
May 3 (Sat., Game 1) – at Texas A&M (L, 1-3)
May 3 (Sat., Game 2) – at Texas A&M (W, 2-1)
May 4 (Sun.) – at Texas A&M (L, 4-6)

This Week’s Schedule
May 6 (Tue.) – GRAMBLING STATE, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
May 9 (Fri.) – ARKANSAS, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
May 10 (Sat.) – ARKANSAS, 5:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network)
May 11 (Sun.) – ARKANSAS, 3 p.m. CT (SEC Network)

Tigers Update
• The Tigers are 15-9 in the SEC and are tied for third place in the league standings with Georgia … Texas (19-5) leads the league race, and Arkansas (17-7) is in second place with two conference weekends remaining.

• Junior right-hander Anthony Eyanson fired a brilliant complete-game three hitter on Saturday night in a 2-1 victory at Texas A&M … Eyanson limited the Aggies to just one run on three hits in 9.0 innings with one walk and 14 strikeouts … he allowed only one Texas A&M hitter to advance beyond second base … Eyanson retired the first nine Texas A&M batters in order, and he did not allow a hit until the fifth inning … he retired seven of the last eight Aggies he faced to complete the outing … Eyanson threw a total of 112 pitches, including 80 pitches for strikes.

• Junior first baseman Jared Jones’ solo homer on Saturday at Texas A&M increased his career total 58 home runs, and he is tied with outfielder Dylan Crews (2021-23) for fourth place on the LSU all-time homers list … infielder Trey McClure (1996-99) is No. 3 with 59 HR, catcher Brad Cresse (1997-2000) is No. 2 with 78 HR, and first baseman Eddy Furniss (1995-98) is No. 1 with 80 HR.

• LSU junior first baseman Jared Jones is No. 3 in the SEC in total bases (130), No. 3 in home runs (16), No. 4 in RBI (60), No. 4 in hits (68) and No. 10 in slugging percentage (.667) … freshman outfielder Derek Curiel is No. 5 in the SEC in doubles (15), No. 5 in walks (39), No. 5 in on-base percentage (.482), No. 6 in hits (66) and No. 7 in the SEC in batting average (.361).

• LSU sophomore left-hander Kade Anderson is No. 2 in the SEC in strikeouts (114) and No. 2 in the league in innings pitched (70.2) … junior right-hander Anthony Eyanson is No. 3 in the SEC in strikeouts with 105 Ks, and he is No. 4 in innings pitched (68.1) … junior second baseman Daniel Dickinson is No. 6 in the SEC in on-base percentage (.479).

• Freshman right-hander Mavrick Rizy delivered his most impressive SEC relief outing this season on Saturday at Texas A&M, firing 1.2 scoreless and hitless innings with one walk and four strikeouts, needing only 22 pitches to record five outs.

Check back for updates as polls are released on May 5, 2025.

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