LSU is No. 1 in the Perfect Game Preseason Poll.
The Tigers were not in the final poll for Perfect Game after being eliminated in the 2018 Corvallis Regional.
Defending national champion Oregon State was second, followed by Vanderbilt, UCLA and Texas Tech.
LSU was one of eight SEC teams in the poll. There were five teams from the ACC, four from the Big 12, three from the Pac-12, two from the American, and single entries from the Big Ten, Big West and Sun Belt.
Perfect Game also released its Preseason All-America Team.
Rk Team ’18 Record ’18 Rk 2018 Finish
1 LSU 39-27 NR Corvallis Regional
2 Oregon State 55-12-1 1 College World Series Champions
3 Vanderbilt 35-27 24 Nashville Super Regional
4 UCLA 38-21 NR Minneapolis Regional
5 Texas Tech 45-20 5 College World Series
6 North Carolina 44-20 4 College World Series
7 Stanford 46-12 10 Stanford Regional
8 Louisville 45-19 NR Lubbock Regional
9 Florida 49-21 3 College World Series
10 Mississippi 48-17 9 Oxford Regional
11 East Carolina 44-18 21 Greenville Regional
12 Baylor 37-21 NR Stanford Regional
13 Arkansas 48-21 2 College World Series Runner-up
14 Florida State 43-19 17 Tallahassee Regional
15 Auburn 43-23 15 Gainesville Super Regional
16 TCU 33-23 NR Did not make postseason
17 Mississippi State 39-29 7 College World Series
18 Oklahoma State 31-26-1 NR Deland Regional
19 Michigan 33-21 NR Did not make postseason
20 Connecticut 37-22-1 22 Conway Regional
21 NC State 42-18 20 Raleigh Regional
22 Georgia 39-21 19 Athens Regional
23 UC Irvine 32-24 NR Did not make postseason
24 Clemson 47-16 12 Clemson Regional
25 Coastal Carolina 43-19 NR Conway Regional
Others receiving consideration: Texas A&M, Minnesota, Cal State Fullerton