[LSU Tigers News]

BATON ROUGE -- LSU has picked up another lofty preseason ranking as The Sporting News has tabbed the Tigers as its No. 2 preseason pick heading into the 2007 season.

The Tigers, who open their third season under Les Miles on Thursday, Aug. 30 against Mississippi State in Starkville, has also been ranked No. 2 in Blue Ribbon Yearbook’s preseason poll.

LSU returns 15 starters and 46 letterwinners from last year’s squad that posted an 11-2 overall mark, beat Notre Dame, 41-14, in the Sugar Bowl, and finished the season ranked No. 3 in the nation.

The Sporting News picked Southern Cal as its top-ranked team, with LSU, Michigan, West Virginia and Florida rounding out the top five. Other LSU opponents in the top 25 include Virginia Tech at No. 7 and Auburn at No. 16.

Football Ranked No. 2 by 'The Sporting News'

[Lefty Noob]

Impressive... is LSU really supposed to be that good this season, or are they being overrated by the Sporting News?

[simple simon]

i vote overrated they lost Russell how good is the kid replacing him ?

seems Russell was the team last year

[Lefty Noob]

Flynn pushed Russell during the spring last year, and the year before that he has an amazing performance in the bowl game. So they should be OK at the quarterback position. What I'm wondering is how they replace both of their top two wideouts, not to mention a great safety like Landry.

[LSU Tigers News]

BATON ROUGE -- LSU picked up another top five preseason ranking on Tuesday as Street and Smith's College Football 2007 Yearbook has ranked the Tigers No. 4 in the nation in its preseason edition, which hit the news stands on Tuesday.

Football Ranked No. 4 by 'Street and Smith’s'