2024 Southeastern Conference softball tournament

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 on the SEC Network.[4]

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. 3 Tennessee ‍‍‍ 14 4 0   .778 33 8 0   .805
No. 10 Texas A&M ‍‍‍ 15 6 0   .714 37 9 0   .804
No. 12 Florida ‍‍‍ 12 6 0   .667 37 10 0   .787
No. 15 Arkansas ‍‍‍ 11 7 0   .611 32 12 0   .727
No. 11 Georgia ‍‍‍ 10 8 0   .556 36 11 0   .766
No. 6 LSU ‍‍‍ 11 10 0   .524 35 10 0   .778
No. 18 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 9 9 0   .500 30 13 0   .698
No. 14 Missouri ‍‍‍ 8 10 0   .444 35 13 0   .729
No. 17 Alabama ‍‍‍ 8 10 0   .444 31 12 0   .721
No. 21 Kentucky ‍‍‍ 7 11 0   .389 29 16 0   .644
South Carolina ‍‍‍ 6 12 0   .333 30 17 0   .638
Auburn ‍‍‍ 6 12 0   .333 24 15 1   .613
Ole Miss ‍‍‍ 3 15 0   .167 25 22 0   .532
‡ – Tournament champion
As of April 23, 2024[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today[2]

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 8–10 1–2 5/05 1–2 1–2 1–2 . . . 3–0 . 4/28 1–2 ALA 1–5 1–0
ARK 11–7 2–1 2–1 . 2–1 . 4/28 1–2 2–1 5/05 2–1 . . ARK 5–1 0–0
AUB 6–12 5/05 1–2 . . 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 4/28 . 1–2 0–3 AUB 1–5 0–1
FLA 12–6 2–1 . . 4/28 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 . 2–1 . 5/05 FLA 5–1 1–0
UGA 10–8 2–1 1–2 . 4/28 1–2 . 5/05 2–1 3–0 . 1–2 . UGA 3–3 1–0
KEN 7–11 2–1 . 2–1 0–3 2–1 0–3 . . . 4/28 5/05 1–2 KEN 3–3 0–2
LSU 11–10 . 4/28 1–2 1–2 . 3–0 . 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 3–0 LSU 2–5 2–0
MSU 9–9 . 2–1 . 1–2 5/05 . . 4/28 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 MSU 3–3 0–0
MIZZ 8–10 . 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 . 2–1 4/28 . 5/05 0–3 . MIZZ 3–3 0–1
MISS 3–15 0–3 5/05 4/28 . 0–3 . 2–1 1–2 . 0–3 . 0–3 MISS 1–5 0–4
SCAR 6–12 . 1–2 . 1–2 . 4/28 . 1–2 5/05 3–0 0–3 0–3 SCAR 1–5 1–2
TENN 14–4 4/28 . 2–1 . 2–1 5/05 2–1 2–1 3–0 . 3–0 . TENN 6–0 2–0
TAMU 15–6 2–1 . 3–0 5/05 . 2–1 0–3 2–1 . 3–0 3–0 . TAMU 6–1 3–1
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU Team SR SW

Updated for all games through Apr 22,2024. [1][7]Tie brkrs: MIZZ>ALA FLA common. AUB>SCAR TENN common.

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 softball
prev winner
8 softball
9 softball
prev winner
prev winner
4 softball
prev winner
5 softball
12 softball prev winner
13 softball prev winner
prev winner
3 softball
prev winner
6 softball
11 softball
prev winner
prev winner
2 softball
prev winner
7 softball
10 softball

Schedule edit

Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
First Round – Tuesday, May 7
1 7:00 p.m. No. 13 seed vs. No. 12 seed SEC Network
Second Round – Wednesday, May 8
2 11:00 a.m. No. 11 seed vs. No. 6 seed SEC Network
3 2:00 p.m. No. 10 seed vs. No. 7 seed
4 5:00 p.m. Game 1 winner vs. No. 5 seed
5 8:00 p.m. No. 9 seed vs. No. 8 seed
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 9
6 11:00 a.m. Game 2 winner vs. No. 3 seed SEC Network
7 2:00 p.m. Game 3 winner vs. No. 2 seed
8 5:00 p.m. Game 4 winner vs. No. 4 seed
9 8:00 p.m. Game 5 winner vs. No. 1 seed
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]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Weekly Release" (PDF). ESPN. April 23, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Softball Coaches Poll". NFCA. April 23, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 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 September 17, 2023.
  8. ^ "2024 SEC Softball television schedule announced". Southeastern Conference. January 31, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.