None of these opponents with the exception of last night vs Rice were ranked, that does not mean they still won't be tough. LSU was picked ahead of MSU in the SEC preseason rankings.
I did find it interesting that the announcer last night said that we were playing without our best right outside hitter (Lauryn Hill who is out with injury) and she was being replaced by one of our Left Outside hitters (Celeste Darling) and Celeste played fantastic last night. I don't know the status of Hill (coming back), but man if she would come back before conference play, this team could even be better, depth wise.