LSU got its highest preseason ranking yet when the USA Today coaches' poll released Thursday put the Tigers at No. 9.
That has them behind three other SEC programs, including unanimous No. 1 Florida.
Other SEC schools ahead of LSU in the coaches poll are No. 6 Arkansas and No. 8 Kentucky. Behind the Tigers are No. 10 Vanderbilt, No. 11 Texas A&M, No. 15 Mississippi State and No. 19 Ole Miss.
That's eight SEC schools in the top 19.
To have so many SEC schools bunched together in the preseason polls is not unusual; the D1Baseball.