2024 Southeastern Conference softball tournament

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2024 Southeastern Conference
softball tournament
Teams13
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Finals site
TelevisionSEC Network
ESPN2
2024 Southeastern Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 Tennessee ‍‍‍ 19 5 0   .792 40 10 0   .800
No. 8 Florida ‍‍y 17 7 0   .708 46 12 0   .793
No. 9 Texas A&M ‍‍‍ 15 9 0   .625 40 13 0   .755
No. 16 Arkansas ‍‍‍ 14 10 0   .583 36 16 0   .692
No. 11 Missouri ‍‍‍ 13 11 0   .542 43 15 0   .741
No. 10 LSU ‍‍‍ 12 12 0   .500 40 15 0   .727
No. 14 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 12 12 0   .500 39 16 0   .709
No. 17 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 12 12 0   .500 33 18 0   .647
No. 20 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 10 14 0   .417 33 17 0   .660
Auburn ‍‍‍ 9 15 0   .375 27 19 1   .585
South Carolina ‍‍‍ 8 16 0   .333 34 22 0   .607
Kentucky ‍‍‍ 8 16 0   .333 30 22 0   .577
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 7 17 0   .292 31 25 0   .554
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 5, 2024[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today[2]

The 2024 Southeastern Conference Softball Tournament, will be played for the 2024 Southeastern Conference softball season, is the postseason softball tournament that determined the 2024 champion of the Southeastern Conference. It will be held at Jane B. Moore Field in Auburn, Alabama from May 7–11, 2024.[3] The winner of the tournament, will earn the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All 12 tournament games will be televised, the earlier 9 games on the SEC Network and the semifinals and the championship game on ESPN2.[4]

Format[edit]

All thirteen teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then will play a single-elimination tournament, with the top four seeds receiving a single bye, and the bottom two playing the first-round game on May 9. The 13 team format has been the same since 2019.[5][6]

Record vs. conference opponents[edit]

Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

Source: 2024 SEC softball game results, 2024 SEC softball schedule

Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU Team SR SW
ALA 10–14 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 . . . 3–0 . 1–2 1–2 ALA 1–7 1–0
ARK 14–10 2–1 2–1 . 2–1 . 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 . . ARK 6–2 0–0
AUB 9–15 2–1 1–2 . . 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 0–3 AUB 2–6 0–1
FLA 17–7 2–1 . . 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 . 2–1 . 3–0 FLA 7–1 2–0
UGA 12–12 2–1 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 2–1 3–0 . 1–2 . UGA 3–5 1–0
KEN 8–16 2–1 . 2–1 0–3 2–1 0–3 . . . 1–2 0–3 1–2 KEN 3–5 0–3
LSU 12–12 . 1–2 1–2 1–2 . 3–0 . 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 3–0 LSU 2–6 2–0
MSU 12–12 . 2–1 . 1–2 2–1 . . 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 MSU 4–4 0–0
MIZZ 13–11 . 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 . 3–0 0–3 . MIZZ 5–3 1–1
MISS 7–17 0–3 2–1 2–1 . 0–3 . 2–1 1–2 . 0–3 . 0–3 MISS 3–5 0–4
SCAR 8–16 . 1–2 . 1–2 . 2–1 . 1–2 0–3 3–0 0–3 0–3 SCAR 2–6 1–3
TENN 19–5 2–1 . 2–1 . 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 . 3–0 . TENN 8–0 3–0
TAMU 15–9 2–1 . 3–0 0–3 . 2–1 0–3 2–1 . 3–0 3–0 . TAMU 6–2 3–2
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU Team SR SW

Updated for entire regular season. [1][7]Tie brkrs: MSU>UGA & MSU>LSU ARK common. UGA>LSU MIZZ common. SCAR>KEN head to head.

Bracket[edit]

First Round
Tuesday, May 9
Second Round
Wednesday, May 10
Quarterfinals
Thursday, May 11
Semifinals
Friday, May 12
Championship
Saturday, May 13
1 Tennessee 1
8 LSU 2
8 LSU 314
9 Alabama 2
8 LSU 1
5 Missouri 28
4 Arkansas 1
5 Missouri 3
5 Missouri 3
12 Kentucky 2 13 Ole Miss 1
13 Ole Miss 7 5 Missouri 1
2 Florida 6
3 Texas A&M 3
11 South Carolina 2
6 Mississippi State 4
11 South Carolina 8
3 Texas A&M 3
2 Florida 7
2 Florida 9
7 Georgia 4
7 Georgia 614
10 Auburn 5

Schedule[edit]

Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
First Round – Tuesday, May 7
1 7:00 p.m. No. 12 Kentucky vs. No. 13 Ole Miss 2−7 SEC Network 1905
Second Round – Wednesday, May 8
2 11:00 a.m. No. 8 LSU vs. No. 9 Alabama 3−214 SEC Network 2086
3 3:28 p.m. No. 5 Missouri vs. No. 13 Ole Miss 3−1
4 6:00 p.m. No. 7 Georgia vs. No. 10 Auburn 6-514
5 10:06 p.m. No. 6 Mississippi State vs. No. 11 South Carolina 4−8
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 9
6 6:00 p.m. No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 8 LSU 1−2 SEC Network 2042
7 9:07 p.m. No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 5 Missouri 1−3
Quarterfinals – Friday, May 10
8 11:32 a.m. No. 2 Florida vs. No. 7 Georgia 9−4 SEC Network 2130
9 2:23 p.m. No. 3 Texas A&M vs. No. 11 South Carolina 3−2
Semifinals – Friday, May 10
10 5:04 p.m. No. 8 LSU vs. No. 5 Missouri 1−28 ESPN2 1998
11 8:00 p.m. No. 2 Florida vs. No. 3 Texas A&M 7−3
Championship – Saturday, May 11
12 5:00 p.m. No. 5 Missouri vs. No. 2 Florida 1−6 ESPN2 2094
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[8][9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "2024 Standings". secsports.com. Southeastern Conference. May 11, 2024. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Softball Coaches Poll". NFCA. May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  3. ^ "Auburn to host the 2024 SEC Softball Tournament". NCAA. May 11, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  4. ^ "Batter Up! SEC Network Showcases More than 100 SEC Baseball and Softball Games in 2024". ESPN. February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  5. ^ "Championships - Softball". Southeastern Conference. August 3, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  6. ^ "2023 SEC softball: Bracket, schedule, scores, TV times for the tournament". NCAA. August 3, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  7. ^ "2024 SEC Softball Schedule Announced". SEC Sports. September 20, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  8. ^ "2024 SEC Softball television schedule announced". Southeastern Conference. January 31, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  9. ^ "2024 SEC softball: Bracket, schedule, scores, TV times for the tournament". NCAA. May 5, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2024.