LSU Shreveport Baseball is the #1 Team in the Country

While the MLB season is getting ready to kick off, the college baseball season is in full swing. Teams like the LSU Shreveport Pilots have already played over 20 games this season. In those games, the LSU Shreveport Pilots have actually been pretty good. No, check that, REALLY good.

Right now, the LSU Shreveport Pilots are 26-0 on the year, after last night's 10-1 road win over Texas Wesleyan. That 9-run winning margin is very "on brand" for the Pilots this year. They have recently won games with final scores of 17-7, 15-1, 15-4, 10-1, and 12-0. Those games have all happened in the month of March.

But the rest of the Pilots' schedule is full of games with similar scores. Their offense has been incredible this year. In those 26 games, the team has scored 241 runs, for an average of about 9 runs per game. With a team ERA of 2.60, that means this team is averaging wins by at least 7 runs on the season.

All of that, leads to this...LSU Shreveport have been named the #1 team across the country in the NAIA Rankings.

The team is ranked at #1 by Play NAIA for the first time since 2012, and is looking to return to the NAIA World Series this year. Right now, they Pilots are just over halfway through their season, and if they keep up a pace similar to this, they will have to be considered the favorites.

The Pilots got all 19 first place votes in the latest rankings, with Tennessee Wesleyan being named 2nd in the country.

Watch out, because LSUS is pitching well, hitting well, and are hungry for the NAIA World Series. So keep an eye on baseball in Shreveport.