We are less than a month away from the beginning of the 2022 college baseball season and the LSU Tigers are among the top 10 teams in the country.
New baseball head coach Jay Johnson is preparing to lead this team back to Omaha and the College World Series. Last season their dream was cut short by the Tennessee Volunteers in the Super Regional.
After signing the No. 1 recruiting class in 2022, the Tigers are ready to defend their turf and make another run at a national championship. LSU hasn’t returned to the CWS since 2017. Johnson led the Arizona Wildcats to Omaha last year.
Per the LSU Tigers’ release:
LSU is ranked No. 10 in the 2022 Baseball America preseason Top 25, marking the Tigers’ fourth Top 10 appearance in a preseason poll.
LSU’s previously released preseason rankings are No. 3 by Collegiate Baseball, No. 4 by Perfect Game, and No. 8 by D1 Baseball.
The Tigers are engaged in groups workouts and conditioning drills, and LSU’s first official team practice is scheduled for Friday afternoon. The 2022 season begins on February 18, when LSU plays host to Maine in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Texas Longhorns |
| 2 | Vanderbilt Commodores |
| 3 | Mississippi State Bulldogs |
| 4 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
| 5 | Virginia Cavaliers |
| 6 | Florida Gators |
| 7 | Stanford Cardinal |
| 8 | Arkansas Razorbacks |
| 9 | Mississippi Rebels |
| 10 | LSU Tigers |
| 11 | Oregon State Beavers |
| 12 | Florida State Seminoles |
| 13 | Arizona Wildcats |
| 14 | Georgia Bulldogs |
| 15 | East Carolina Pirates |
| 16 | North Carolina State Wolfpack |
| 17 | Tennessee Volunteers |
| 18 | UC Irvine Anteaters |
| 19 | Oklahoma State Cowboys |
| 20 | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
| 21 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |
| 22 | UCLA Bruins |
| 23 | Texas Tech Red Raiders |
| 24 | Old Dominion Monarchs |
| 25 | Miami Hurricanes |