LSU is just over a week away from beginning its national title defense, and while coach Jay Johnson’s team lost a pair of studs in Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews, as well as several other key contributors, it has retooled this offseason.
The Tigers enter the year as a preseason unanimous top-five team as they return stars like Tommy White and Thatcher Hurd and added one of the top transfer portal classes in the nation to go with an elite recruiting class.
However, the path won’t be easy. The SEC is loaded again, as always, and the media picked the Tigers to finish second in the West division this season behind another team the media is quite high on.
Here are the full preseason SEC media standings. Note: First-place votes are indicated by parentheses.
SEC East
Chris Jones-USA TODAY Sports
Points: 19
2023 Record: 30-24 (10-20 SEC)
No. 6 – Georgia Bulldogs
Cyndi Chambers/ Gainesville Sun
Points: 36
2023 Record: 29-27 (11-19 SEC)
No. 5 – Kentucky Wildcats
Syndication: The Daily Advertiser
Points: 44
2023 Record: 40-21 (16-14 SEC)
No. 4 – South Carolina Gamecocks
Gary Cosby Jr.-The Tuscaloosa News
Points: 50
2023 Record: 42-21 (16-13 SEC)
No. 3 – Vanderbilt Commodores (1)
Syndication: The Knoxville News-Sentinel
Points: 73
2023 Record: 42-20 (19-11 SEC)
No. 2 – Tennessee Volunteers (2)
Syndication: The Knoxville News-Sentinel
Points: 75
2023 Record: 44-22 (16-14 SEC)
No. 1 – Florida Gators (11)
Dylan Widger-USA TODAY Sports
Points: 88
2023 Record: 54-17 (20-10 SEC)
SEC West
No. 7 – Mississippi State Bulldogs
Syndication: The Knoxville News-Sentinel
Points: 23
2023 Record: 27-26 (9-21 SEC)
No. 6 – Ole Miss Rebels
Syndication: The Clarion-Ledger
Points: 32
2023 Record: 25-29 (6-24 SEC)
Cyndi Chambers/ Gainesville Sun
Points: 46
2023 Record: 34-23-1 (17-13 SEC)
No. 4 – Alabama Crimson Tide
Syndication: Tuscaloosa News
Points: 47
2023 Record: 43-21 (16-14 SEC)
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Publish date : 2024-02-08 21:01:49
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