March 2 Baseball National Rankings, Report

Overall Record: 11-2

Last Week’s Results (3-2)
Feb. 24 (Tue.) – McNEESE (L, 6-7)
Feb. 27 (Fri.) – DARTMOUTH (W, 5-2)
Feb. 28 (Sat.) – NORTHEASTERN (W, 3-1)
March 1 (Sun.) – DARTMOUTH (W, 3-0)
March 2 (Mon.) – NORTHEASTERN (L, 10-13)

This Week’s Schedule
March 4 (Wed.) – at UL Lafayette, 6 p.m. CT (ESPN +)
March 6 (Fri.) – SACRAMENTO STATE, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
March 7 (Sat.) – SACRAMENTO STATE, 6 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
March 8 (Sun.) – SACRAMENTO STATE, 1 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)

Tigers Update
• Second-ranked LSU posted a 3-2 mark in its five games over the past week with two wins over Dartmouth, a victory over Northeastern and losses to McNeese and Northeastern.

• Coach Jay Johnson earned his 200th win at LSU when the Tigers defeated Northeastern, 3-1, on Saturday in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field … Johnson, the 2023 and 2025 National Coach of the Year who is in fifth season with the Tigers, currently has a 201-79 (.718) mark at LSU, and he is 518-251 (.674) overall in 14 seasons as a collegiate head coach.

• Sophomore right-hander William Schmidt fired 7.1 shutout innings to earn a win over Dartmouth on Sunday … the outing was the longest of Schmidt’s career, as he limited Dartmouth to no runs on four hits with no walks and an career-high nine strikeouts … Schmidt threw 95 pitches – 63 for strikes – and he retired the first 12 batters that he faced before allowing the leadoff hitter in the fifth inning to reach base … he then retired nine of the next 13 batters to complete the outing … only two Dartmouth baserunners advanced as far as second base while Schmidt was on the mound.

• Junior right-hander Cooper Moore defeated Northeastern on Saturday, limiting the Huskies to one run on three hits in 7.2 innings with one walk and 10 strikeouts … Moore improved to 3-0 on the season, and he has a 2.33 ERA in 19.1 innings with two walks and 27 strikeouts.

• Junior right-hander Gavin Guidry delivered a brilliant relief outing on Friday to earn a win over Dartmouth … Guidry worked the final 3.2 innings of the contest, blanking Dartmouth on one hit with no walks and five strikeouts … Guidry is 3-0 this season with a 0.00 ERA and one save in 9.0 innings (four appearances), and he has allowed just three hits with no walks and 16 strikeouts.

• Sophomore right-hander Deven Sheerin delivered two dominant relief outings last week versus McNeese and Northeastern, working a total of 3.0 scoreless innings with no hits, no walks and five strikeouts … Sheerin earned the save in Saturday’s win over Northeastern, pitched the final 1.1 innings with three strikeouts … in five appearances this season, Sheerin has worked 6.1 scoreless innings and has not allowed a hit while recording two walks and 13 strikeouts.

• Junior right-hander Jaden Noot earned his second career save and preserved the shutout in LSU’s 3-0 win over Dartmouth on Sunday … Noot struck out the final Dartmouth hitter with two runners on base in the top of the ninth inning … Noot also worked a shutout inning versus McNeese last Tuesday with no hits, no walks and one strikeout.

 

Team	Baseball America	D1Baseball	Perfect Game	Coaches	NCBWA
UCLA	1	1	1	1	1
LSU	2	2	2	2	2
Mississippi St.	3	4	4	4	5
Georgia Tech	4	5	3	5	4
Texas	5	3	5	3	3
Auburn	6	7	6	7	7
North Carolina	7	8	11	6	6
Georgia	8	11	12	10	12
Arkansas	9	6	9	9	8
Oklahoma	10	12	13	14	14
Virginia	11	–	15	–	25
Southern Miss	12	10	8	11	11
TCU	13	17	–	T-21	20
Florida	14	9	7	8	9
Clemson	15	14	19	12	10
NC State	16	13	14	13	13
Ole Miss	17	–	–	–	–
Florida St.	18	20	16	15	15
Tennessee	19	19	17	19	19
Texas A&M	20	22	–	20	18
West Virginia	21	23	24	–	21
USC	22	–	20	25	–
Miami (Fla.)	23	24	–	T-21	23
Coastal Carolina	24	16	–	17	16
Oregon St.	25	18	21	18	22
Oregon	–	–	10	23	24
UTSA	–	25	18	–	–
UC Santa Barbara	–	–	22	–	–
Wake Forest	–	15	23	16	17
Kentucky	–	21	25	24	–