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2025 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

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2025 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams16
FormatDouble bye single elimination
Finals site
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPN2
2025 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Texas ‍‍‍ 22 8   .733 42 12   .778
No. 5 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 20 10   .667 43 12   .782
No. 1 LSU  ‍‍‍ 19 11   .633 42 13   .764
No. 9 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 19 11   .633 39 16   .709
No. 10 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 18 12   .600 42 15   .737
No. 8 Auburn  ‍‍‍ 17 13   .567 38 18   .679
No. 17 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 16 14   .533 38 18   .679
No. 21 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 16 14   .533 43 15   .741
No. 23 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 16 14   .533 41 16   .719
No. 15 Florida  ‍‍‍ 15 15   .500 38 20   .655
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 15 15   .500 34 21   .618
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 14 16   .467 35 19   .648
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 29 24   .547
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 11 19   .367 30 25   .545
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 6 24   .200 28 29   .491
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 3 27   .100 16 39   .291
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 22, 2025[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament is the postseason baseball tournament for the Southeastern Conference for the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The tournament is being held from May 20–25 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama.[2] The tournament champion will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

This is the 26th consecutive year and 28th overall that the event has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.

Format and seeding

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All 16 members of the SEC will participate in the event; the previous format included 12 of the conference's 14 teams.[3] Teams were seeded based on conference record. The top 4 seeds earned a double-bye to the quarterfinals, and seeds 5–8 earned a bye to the second round. The tournament will be conducted in a single-elimination format. This is the first year of this format.[4]

Seed School W–L Pct GB Tiebreaker
1 Texas 22–8 .733
2 Arkansas 20–10 .667 2
3 LSU 19–11 .633 3 10–5 vs. common opponents
4 Vanderbilt 19–11 .633 3 9–6 vs. common opponents
5 Georgia 18–12 .600 4
6 Auburn 17–13 .567 5
7 Ole Miss 16–14 .533 6 6–3 vs. common opponents
8 Tennessee 16–14 .533 6 5–4 vs. common opponents, 2–1 vs. Alabama
9 Alabama 16–14 .533 6 3–6 vs. common opponents, 1–2 vs. Tennessee
10 Florida 15–15 .500 7 2–1 vs. Mississippi State
11 Mississippi State 15–15 .500 7 1–2 vs. Florida
12 Oklahoma 14–16 .467 8
13 Kentucky 13–17 .433 9
14 Texas A&M 11–19 .367 11
15 South Carolina 6–24 .200 16
16 Missouri 3–27 .100 19

Bracket

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First round
May 20 & 21
SEC Network
Second round
May 21 & 22
SEC Network
Quarterfinals
May 22 & 23
SEC Network
Semifinals
May 24
SEC Network
Championship
May 25
ESPN2
1Texas5
8Tennessee158Tennessee712
9Alabama49Alabama108Tennessee
16Missouri14Vanderbilt
4Vanderbilt6
5Georgia212Oklahoma1
12Oklahoma512Oklahoma3
13Kentucky1
2Arkansas2
7Ole Miss37Ole Miss5
10Florida1110Florida17Ole Miss
15South Carolina33LSU
3LSU4
6Auburn214Texas A&M3
11Mississippi State014Texas A&M3
14Texas A&M9

Source:[5]

Schedule

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Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Tuesday, May 20
1 9:30 am No. 9 Alabama vs. No. 16 Missouri 4−1 SECN 6,525
2 1:00 pm No. 12 Oklahoma vs. No. 13 Kentucky 5−1
3 4:30 pm No. 10 Florida vs. No. 15 South Carolina 11−3 7,242
First round/Second round – Wednesday, May 21
4 9:30 am No. 11 Mississippi State vs. No. 14 Texas A&M 0−9 SECN 7,242
5 1:00 pm No. 8 Tennessee vs. No. 9 Alabama 15−10
6 4:30 pm No. 5 Georgia vs. No. 12 Oklahoma 2–3
7 8:00 pm No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 10 Florida 3–1
Second round/Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 22
8 11:00 am No. 6 Auburn vs. No. 14 Texas A&M 2–3 SECN
9 3:00 pm No. 1 Texas vs. No. 8 Tennessee 5–712
10 6:30 pm No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 12 Oklahoma 6–1
Quarterfinals – Friday, May 23
11 3:00 pm No. 2 Arkansas vs. No. 7 Ole Miss SECN
12 6:30 pm No. 3 LSU vs. No. 14 Texas A&M
Semifinals – Saturday, May 24
13 12:00 pm No. 8 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt SECN
14 3:30 pm Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12
Championship – Sunday, May 25
15 2:00 pm Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 14 ESPN2
Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

References

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  1. ^ "2025 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
  2. ^ "Baseball Championship". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  3. ^ "'25 SEC baseball tourney to include all 16 teams". ESPN.com. February 1, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  4. ^ Wilson, Mike. "SEC announces new baseball tournament format for 2025 with Texas, Oklahoma joining". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  5. ^ "2025 SEC Baseball Tournament Bracket". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved March 26, 2025.