BATON ROUGE — LSU is ranked No. 11 on the preseason AP Top 25 Poll. 

The first AP Poll ahead of the 2026-27 season featured the Tigers alongside eight other ranked SEC teams, the most of any conference. The second-most featured conference is the Big Ten, which has eight teams on the preseason rankings.

LSU is playing five teams ranked in the Top 25 in this preseason's poll. 

The full list can be found below: 

1. Ohio State
2. Oregon
3. Georgia
4. Notre Dame
5. Texas
6. Indiana
7. Miami
8. Texas A&M
9. Ole Miss
10. Oklahoma
11. LSU
12. Texas Tech
13. Alabama
14. BYU
15. USC
16. Michigan
17. Washington
18. Penn State
19. SMU
20. Tennessee
21. Utah
22. Iowa
23. Houston
24. Louisville
25. Missouri

LSU was previously placed at No. 13 on the Coaches Poll.