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 9 0   .816
No. 8 Florida ‍‍‍ 17 7 0   .708 43 12 0   .782
No. 9 Texas A&M ‍‍‍ 15 9 0   .625 39 12 0   .765
No. 16 Arkansas ‍‍‍ 14 10 0   .583 36 15 0   .706
No. 11 Missouri ‍‍‍ 13 11 0   .542 40 14 0   .741
No. 10 LSU ‍‍‍ 12 12 0   .500 38 14 0   .731
No. 14 Georgia ‍‍‍ 12 12 0   .500 38 15 0   .717
No. 17 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 12 12 0   .500 33 17 0   .660
No. 20 Alabama ‍‍‍ 10 14 0   .417 33 16 0   .673
Auburn ‍‍‍ 9 15 0   .375 27 18 1   .598
South Carolina ‍‍‍ 8 16 0   .333 33 21 0   .611
Kentucky ‍‍‍ 8 16 0   .333 30 21 0   .588
Ole Miss ‍‍‍ 7 17 0   .292 30 24 0   .556
† – 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
prev winner
8 LSU
9 Alabama
prev winner
prev winner
4 Arkansas
prev winner
5 Missouri
12 Kentucky prev winner
13 Ole Miss prev winner
prev winner
3 Texas A&M
prev winner
6 Mississippi State
11 South Carolina
prev winner
prev winner
2 Florida
prev winner
7 Georgia
10 Auburn

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 SEC Network
Second Round – Wednesday, May 8
2 11:00 a.m. No. 8 LSU vs. No. 9 Alabama SEC Network
3 2:00 p.m. No. 5 Missouri vs. Winner of Game 1
4 5:00 p.m. No. 7 Georgia vs. No. 10 Auburn
5 8:00 p.m. No. 6 Mississippi State vs. No. 11 South Carolina
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 9
6 11:00 a.m. No. 1 Tennessee vs. Winner of Game 2 SEC Network
7 2:00 p.m. No. 4 Arkansas vs. Winner of Game 3
8 5:00 p.m. No. 2 Florida vs. Winner of Game 4
9 8:00 p.m. No. 3 Texas A&M vs. winner of Game 5
Semifinals – Friday, May 10
10 4:00 p.m. Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner ESPN2
11 6:30 p.m. Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner
Championship – Saturday, May 11
12 5:00 p.m. Game 10 winner vs. Game 11 winner ESPN2
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[8][9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Weekly Release" (PDF). ESPN. May 6, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 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.