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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
ChampionsVanderbilt (5th title)
Winning coachTim Corbin (4th title)
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPN2
2025 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Texas ‍‍‍y 22 8   .733 44 14   .759
No. 6 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 20 10   .667 48 14   .774
No. 3 LSU ‍‍‍y 19 11   .633 48 15   .762
No. 2 Vanderbilt ‍‍y 19 11   .633 43 18   .705
No. 10 Georgia ‍‍‍y 18 12   .600 43 17   .717
No. 9 Auburn ‍‍‍y 17 13   .567 41 20   .672
No. 15 Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 16 14   .533 43 21   .672
No. 16 Tennessee ‍‍‍y 16 14   .533 46 19   .708
No. 24 Alabama ‍‍‍y 16 14   .533 41 18   .695
No. 17 Florida ‍‍‍y 15 15   .500 39 22   .639
Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 15 15   .500 36 23   .610
Oklahoma ‍‍‍y 14 16   .467 37 22   .627
Kentucky ‍‍‍y 13 17   .433 31 26   .544
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 11 19   .367 30 26   .536
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 June 14, 2025[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

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

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

Format and seeding

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All 16 members of the SEC participated 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 was conducted in a single-elimination format. This was 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
9Alabama49Alabama108Tennessee0
16Missouri14Vanderbilt107
4Vanderbilt6
5Georgia212Oklahoma1
12Oklahoma512Oklahoma34Vanderbilt3
13Kentucky17Ole Miss2
2Arkansas2
7Ole Miss37Ole Miss5
10Florida1110Florida17Ole Miss2
15South Carolina33LSU0
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 10,135
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. 7 Ole Miss vs No. 2 Arkansas 5–2 SECN 13,627
12 6:30 pm No. 14 Texas A&M vs No. 3 LSU 3–4
Semifinals – Saturday, May 24
13 12:00 pm No. 8 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt 0–107 SECN 14,775
14 3:30 pm No. 7 Ole Miss vs No. 3 LSU 2–0
Championship – Sunday, May 25
15 2:00 pm No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 7 Ole Miss 3–2 ESPN2 13,518
Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

References

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  1. ^ "2025 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved June 14, 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.