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LSU Baseball (14-7) has dropped out of all the major College Baseball polls after last weekend's series loss to Vanderbilt.

National Rankings:

Perfect Game: NR (Last Week: No. 17)

D1 Baseball.com: NR ( No. 13)

Baseball America: NR (No. 13)

USA Today Coaches Poll: TBA (No. 13)

Current SEC Baseball Standings

LSU Baseball Report – March 16, 2026
Overall Record: 14-7 SEC: 1-2


Last Week’s Results (2-2):
March 10 (Tue.) – CREIGHTON (W, 8-4)
March 13 (Fri.) – at Vanderbilt (L, 12-13)
March 14 (Sat.) – at Vanderbilt (L, 3-11)
March 15 (Sun.) – at Vanderbilt (W, 16-9)

This Week’s Schedule:
March 17 (Tue.) – GRAMBLING STATE, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
March 19 (Thu.) – OKLAHOMA, 7 p.m. CT (ESPNU)
March 20 (Fri.) – OKLAHOMA, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
March 21 (Sat.) – OKLAHOMA, 2 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)

Tigers Update:

-LSU junior rightfielder Jake Brown hit .467 (7-for-15) in four games last week with two doubles, three homers, 11 RBI, six runs and one stolen base ... in the Tigers' SEC series at Vanderbilt, Brown batted .455 (5-for-11) with one double, two homers, nine RBI and four runs ... he tied his career high with six RBI in Sunday's win at Vanderbilt, delivering a three-run homer, a two-run single and a sacrifice fly ... Brown is hitting .419 this season with seven doubles, 11 homers, 37 RBI, 25 runs and five steals.

-Freshman catcher Omar Serna Jr. collected eight RBI in three games last week … he blasted his first career collegiate home run, a grand slam, on Tuesday night versus Creighton to erase a 4-2 fifth-inning deficit and lift the Tigers to an 8-4 win … he logged four RBI while playing in two games of the Vanderbilt series, delivering an two-run single on Saturday night, and a sacrifice fly and an RBI single on Sunday.

-Senior leftfielder Chris Stanfield returned to the LSU starting lineup for the Vanderbilt series, and he batted .400 (4-for-10) in three games with four runs, one RBI, three walks and a .538 on-base percentage … Stanfield was forced to miss 16 games after suffering a hand injury in the second game of the season on February 14 versus Milwaukee.

-Sophomore catcher Cade Arrambide hit .385 (5-for-13) in the Vanderbilt series with two doubles, three RBI, five runs and a .467 on-base percentage … in Sunday’s 16-9 win over the Commodores, Arrambide was 2-for-5 with one double, three RBI and two runs scored.

-Junior shortstop Steven Milam served as the Tigers’ leadoff hitter for all three games of the Vanderbilt series, and he batted .357 (5-for-14) with one double, one RBI, seven runs, one walk, one hit-by-pitch and a .438 on-base percentage … Milam has not committed an error through 21 games this season, posting a 1.000 fielding percentage in 62 chances.

-Sophomore right-hander Deven Sheerin posted relief wins over Creighton on Tuesday night and over Vanderbilt on Sunday … Sheerin worked 2.1 scoreless innings versus Creighton to earn his first career LSU win, allowing just one hit with one walk and four strikeouts … he earned his first career SEC win at Vanderbilt on Sunday, working 2.1 innings and allowing two earned runs on two hits with one walk and four strikeouts … the outing marked Sheerin’s first career appearance in an SEC game.

-Junior left-hander Santiago Garcia earned his first career LSU save on Tuesday versus Creighton, working 2.2 scoreless innings with one hit, no walks and four strikeouts … Garcia made his first career appearance in an SEC game on Sunday at Vanderbilt, and he recorded three strikeouts in 1.0 inning of relief.

-Senior right-hander Zac Cowan pitched brilliantly in relief on Friday night at Vanderbilt, logging 3.1 scoreless innings with one hit, no walks and five strikeouts.

(Release via LSU Athletics)
Filed Under: LSU Baseball
Originally published on TigerDroppings.com
22 Comments
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LSUGOAT211 hours
AS WELL THEY SHOULD HAVE....
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DrSteveBrule10 hours
I'm glad this happened. This is what this team needs. They need to find that spark, and they will. It may not be this weekend or the next, or even the one after that, but I expect that no later than the halfway point of the season they will figure it out and go on a tear.
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CallmeSteveo10 hours
Nobody cares about rankings in march. Boys bounced back if the curveball didn’t hang on Friday we win the series. Some of you fellas should go touch some grass.
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southsidedell6 hours
Cope
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CallmeSteveo5 hours
Or have an understanding of how actual sports work not on a PlayStation.
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MyTooScents11 hours
Being competitive in Omaha every other year is exceptional. Most would concur. As I see Jay retiring with 6-8 nattys at LSU
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redfish9910 hours
Legit.
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subMOA10 hours
It's so nice to read the comments on here- LSU's fan base is behind Coach Johnson and the team....much unlike what we see with football!
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Srobi144 hours
Well jay is probably the best in the business and has 2 Nattys with one last year. It has been a while since the football team was good. 2019 and before that 2011, or 2012.
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uptowntiger8426 min
Number 1 or 2 coming into the season to out of the poll after the 1st weekend of SEC play. Pathetic! I dont want to hear about its baseball. Good teams dont lose that many games to mid week opponents.
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LesnarF57 hours
I'm still upset about that Friday night game. I believe we start to come together as a team starting this week.
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theOG4 hours
Maybe next week after Oklahoma gives them the belt.
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Load Toad37 min
I am not disappointed. I rather have this adversity happen earlier in season instead of late in season. Johnson needs see who will show up play ball on weekends.
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FLTech3 hours
LSU is a football school so who cares?
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Genestealer556 hours
No kidding
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NASA_ISS_Tiger9 hours
Dropping out of the polls this early in the season is a good way to light a fire to get the train back on track. Once it's back rolling, they gotta keep that momentum up though....margin for error gets smaller every series.
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SanFranTiger10 hours
LSU Softball soon to follow
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conman4 hours
Doesn’t matter now.
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SWAT9 hours
But we still have Scott Long to tell us how great they are daily.
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NASA_ISS_Tiger7 hours
You need to go back and read Dandy Don again. First thing he says on the 15Mar2026 is exactly opposite of what you think he said.
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Cajun7511 hours
Hmmmm....something's wrong when you have as much top talent as this team has from the recent years of recruiting.
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TwoDatBait11 hours
yes, its called turnover and takes time to gel as a new team. Hopefully, LSU is on the way up
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