Tigers Get 63 of Possible 66 votes

BATON ROUGE, La (FOX44) - If the coaches in the SEC are correct, fans will see significant improvement from this year's LSU Baseball team. LSU is predicted to win the 2011 SEC Western Division title just one year after the Tigers finished fifth place. LSU opens its season on Friday against Wake Forest in Alex Box Stadium at 7 p.m. LSU is ranked No. 15 in the USA Today/ESPN and Collegiate Baseball preseason polls.

Western Division
    Team                Pts.    SEC Rec/Last Year's Finish
1) LSU                   63           14-16 / 5th
2) Arkansas           49          18-12 / 2nd
3) Auburn               46           20-10 / 1st
4) Ole Miss            40           16-14 / 3rd
5) Alabama            33           15-15 / 4th
6) Miss. State        17            6-24 / 6th

Eastern Division
     Team                Pts.   SEC Rec/Last Year's Finish
1) Florida                66            22-8/1st
2) Vanderbilt           55            16-12 / 3rd
3) S. Carolina          48            21-9 / 2nd
4) Kentucky            33            13-17 / 4th
5) Georgia              26            5-23 / 6th
6) Tennessee         17            12-18 / 5th