BATON ROUGE — LSU women's basketball is entering the 2026-27 season ranked No. 9 in the preseason AP Poll.

It marks the sixth consecutive season in which the Tigers have been ranked inside the top-10 at any point. The streak of six consecutive seasons with time spent inside the top-10 is tied for the longest in program history, per LSU Athletics.

In terms of conference play, LSU is the fourth-highest ranked; South Carolina landed at No. 1, Texas is ranked No. 6 and Vanderbilt is ranked No. 8.

A total of seven teams are ranked in the preseason poll, with Kentucky, Ole Miss and Oklahoma being the other teams. The full poll is available here.

The Tigers have two exhibition games on Oct. 22 and Oct. 29, both of which are free for fans to attend in the PMAC. LSU will officially open its season on Nov. 2 at home against Southeastern Louisiana.