2024 Southeastern Conference softball season

The 2024 SEC softball season began play Thursday, February 8, and conference play begins on Friday, March 8.[4][5] The 2024 Southeastern Conference softball tournament takes place May 7–11 at Jane B. Moore Field in Auburn, Alabama.[6] Vanderbilt University is the only full member of the Southeastern Conference to not sponsor a softball program.[7]

2024 SEC Softball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoftball
Number of teams13
Regular Season
Tournament
2024 Southeastern Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 3 Tennessee ‍†‍‍ 19–5–0 .79244–12–0 .786
No. 7 Florida ‍‍‡‍y 17–7–0 .70853–14–0 .791
No. 9 Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 15–9–0 .62544–15–0 .746
No. 16 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 14–10–0 .58337–18–0 .673
No. 10 Missouri ‍‍‍y 13–11–0 .54248–18–0 .727
No. 11 LSU ‍‍‍y 12–12–0 .50044–17–0 .721
No. 14 Georgia ‍‍‍y 12–12–0 .50043–19–0 .694
No. 18 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 12–12–0 .50034–20–0 .630
No. 19 Alabama ‍‍‍y 10–14–0 .41738–20–0 .655
Auburn ‍‍‍y 9–15–0 .37529–21–1 .578
South Carolina ‍‍‍y 8–16–0 .33336–24–0 .600
Kentucky ‍‍‍y 8–16–0 .33331–24–0 .564
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 7–17–0 .29231–27–0 .534
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 2, 2024[1][2]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today[3]

SEC preseason poll

The head coaches SEC preseason poll was released on January 25, 2024. Each head coach votes on a scale of 12 points for first place down to 1 point for last place, 12th. Each coach only votes for 12 teams, since they can not vote for their own team. Tennessee was picked to finish 1st, with six 1st place votes. Georgia was 2nd with six 1st place votes. Florida, while only 7th in the poll, got the remaining single, 1st place vote.[8][9]

Preseason poll
Predicted finish Team
1Tennessee
2Georgia
3LSU
4Arkansas
5Auburn
6Alabama
7Florida
8Texas A&M
9South Carolina
10Kentucky
11Missouri
12Ole Miss
13Mississippi State

Record vs. conference opponents

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

2024 SEC softball records

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

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUTeamSRSW
ALA10–141–21–21–21–21–2...3–0.1–21–2ALA1–71–0
ARK14–102–12–1.2–1.2–11–22–11–22–1..ARK6–20–0
AUB9–152–11–2..1–22–1.1–21–2.1–20–3AUB2–60–1
FLA17–72–1..2–13–02–12–11–2.2–1.3–0FLA7–12–0
UGA12–122–11–2.1–21–2.1–22–13–0.1–2.UGA3–51–0
KEN8–162–1.2–10–32–10–3...1–20–31–2KEN3–50–3
LSU12–12.1–21–21–2.3–0.1–21–2.1–23–0LSU2–62–0
MSU12–12.2–1.1–22–1..1–22–12–11–21–2MSU4–40–0
MIZZ13–11.1–22–12–11–2.2–12–1.3–00–3.MIZZ5–31–1
MISS7–170–32–12–1.0–3.2–11–2.0–3.0–3MISS3–50–4
SCAR8–16.1–2.1–2.2–1.1–20–33–00–30–3SCAR2–61–3
TENN19–52–1.2–1.2–13–02–12–13–0.3–0.TENN8–03–0
TAMU15–92–1.3–00–3.2–10–32–1.3–03–0.TAMU6–23–2
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUTeamSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. [1][10]Tie brkrs: MSU>UGA & MSU>LSU ARK common. UGA>LSU MIZZ common. SCAR>KEN head to head.

National rankings

The SEC has had 12 of 13 softball teams ranked in the top 25 of all three polls, at some point, and finished with 8 or 9 in all polls. From the previous polls to the final polls, Florida went up 4 or 5 places in two of the three polls. Alabama rose 11 or 12 in all three polls. Tennessee dropped 6 or 7 in all three. Missouri went down 3 in two. Arkansas dropped 13 or 14 in two. Mississippi State fell 3 or 11 to not ranked in two. All others changes were less than 3 places. All games listed were in the NCAA Division I softball tournament culminating in the Women's College World Series (WCWS). Rankings and not ranked opponents are from the ESPN/USA poll at the time of the game. All 13 SEC teams played in that tournament.

  • Florida went 3–0 in their regional and 2–1 in their super regional against all not ranked, then 3–2 in the WCWS winning over #4 Oklahoma State, #18 Alabama, and #2 Oklahoma, while losing to #1 Texas and #2 Oklahoma.
  • Alabama went 3–0 in their regional against all not ranked and 2–1 over #3 Tennessee in Tennessee's super regional, then 1–2 in the WCWS beating #7 Duke, and losing to #5 Florida and #6 UCLA.
  • Tennessee was 3–0 in their regional against all not ranked then lost their super regional 1–2 to #18 Alabama.
  • Missouri went 4–1 beating #15 Washington, otherwise playing not ranked, then lost their super regional 1–2 to #7 Duke.
  • Arkansas lost their regional 1–2 losing once to #19 Arizona, otherwise playing not ranked.
  • Mississippi State was 1–2 in #8 Stanford's regional, losing to Stanford, others being not ranked.

[1][2]

NFCA/USA Today

The 14th poll will be after the conference tournaments and before the NCAA tournament. The 15th poll, after the NCAA tournament, will be the final poll. See 2024 NCAA Division I softball rankings#NFCA/USA Today also.

Week0123456789101112131415
FLA1716141313101010109101211873FLA
ALA1211101011141313141214171720198ALA
TENN2259887464433239TENN
TAMU––1817171312111311111089910TAMU
MIZZ–141114121115121114131413111011MIZZ
LSU1412643226567610101112LSU
UGA643575533791114141414UGA
ARK16151515182018201917161515161618ARK
MSU––2524242120171616171820171821MSU
KEN2518161623–––––242124–––KEN
SCAR23201722222323222223––––––SCAR
AUB1925––252525–––––––––AUB
MISS––––––––––––––––MISS

[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][3]

D1Softball

The 13th poll will be after the end of the regular season, before the conference tournaments, then the 14th poll, after the NCAA tournament, will be the final poll. See 2024 NCAA Division I softball rankings#D1Softball also.

Week01234567891011121314
FLA20232018141110101079131283FLA
ALA11121212121515171817181922208ALA
TENN335999857653329TENN
LSU1796332586888131210LSU
TAMU25251621231712111713119101111TAMU
MIZZ–1111151312161311161014151013MIZZ
UGA65348774991410141315UGA
ARK1818151622191719141113128922ARK
MSU––212217181816161517171915–MSU
SCAR222018232023––––––24––SCAR
KEN–14131425–––––2423–––KEN
AUB19––––––––––––––AUB
MISS–––––––––––––––MISS

[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]

ESPN/USA Softball Collegiate

The 14th poll will be after the conference tournaments and before the NCAA tournament. The 15th poll, after the NCAA tournament, will be the final poll. See 2024 NCAA Division I softball rankings#ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 also.

Week0123456789101112131415
FLA18191615131010910910129753FLA
ALA1411101110151514151315171620186ALA
TENN2258997444433339TENN
TAMU2425171819171412141212118101210TAMU
LSU151275323776771391011LSU
MIZZ–15131312111613111513141512912MIZZ
UGA64336553389912141313UGA
ARK12131416202017201914141311131117ARK
MSU––2023232120171617171819172022MSU
KEN–181514212323–––23222425––KEN
SCAR22211822222225–2525––––––SCAR
AUB2024242525–––––––––––AUB
MISS––––––––––––––––MISS

[41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56]

All-SEC teams

On May 10, SEC officials announced their softball awards for the 2024 season. Jocelyn Erickson of Florida was selected as Player of the Year, Karlyn Pickens of Tennessee was named Pitcher of the Year, and Keagan Rothrock of Florida was Freshman of the Year, and Karen Weekly of Tennessee was chosen as the Coach of the Year.[57]

The All-SEC Teams consist of 21 student-athletes on the First Team, 21 student-athletes on the Second Team, and a nine-member All-Defensive Team:

All-SEC First Team

All-SEC Second Team

SEC All-Defensive Team

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