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EspañolBATON ROUGE – Somehow going 3-1 this week has not been a performance that has inspired a lot of enthusiasm for LSU baseball.
The Tigers (11-1) dropped their first contest of the young 2026 college baseball season, losing 7-6 to McNeese State in a midweek game at Alex Box Stadium this past Tuesday. Was that enough to drop LSU in this week's USA TODAY College Baseball Coaches Poll this week?
With UCLA sweeping three SEC teams over the weekend at a neutral site at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, LSU's losing to McNeese was cause for it to fall one spot to No. 2 in this week's coaches' rankings.
LSU is set to play five games over the next week starting with Northeastern at Alex Box Stadium Monday night (6:30 p.m. CT, SEC Network+), before traveling to face Louisiana Wednesday night then returning home for a three-game set with Sacramento State Friday through Sunday.
LSU baseball in USA TODAY Coaches Poll
- UCLA (9-2)
- LSU (11-1)
- Texas (11-0)
- Mississippi State (11-1)
- Georgia Tech (11-1)
- North Carolina (11-1)
- Auburn (9-2)
- Florida (11-1)
- Arkansas (9-3)
- Georgia (10-2)
- Southern Miss (10-1)
- Clemson (10-1)
- North Carolina State (10-1)
- Oklahoma (10-2)
- Florida State (8-2)
- Wake Forest (11-1)
- Coastal Carolina (7-4)
- Oregon State (6-4)
- Tennessee (8-3)
- Texas A&M (10-1)
- TCU (6-5)
- Miami (10-2)
- Oregon (10-1)
- Kentucky (9-2)
- USC (11-0)
Cory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow his Tigers coverage on Twitter: @ByCoryDiaz. Got questions regarding LSU athletics? Send them to Cory Diaz at [email protected].
This article originally appeared on Lafayette Daily Advertiser: Where LSU baseball sits in polls after suffering 1st loss 2026 season