2024 Southeastern Conference softball tournament

The 2024 Southeastern Conference Softball Tournament, played for the 2024 Southeastern Conference softball season, was the postseason softball tournament that determined the 2024 champion of the Southeastern Conference. It was held at Jane B. Moore Field in Auburn, Alabama from May 7–11, 2024.[4] As the tournament winner, Florida earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All 12 tournament games were televised, the earlier nine games on the SEC Network and the semifinals and the championship game on ESPN2.[5]

2024 Southeastern Conference
softball tournament
Teams13
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsFlorida (6th title)
Runner-upMissouri
Winning coachTim Walton (6th title)
MVPSkylar Wallace (Florida)
TelevisionSEC Network
ESPN2
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]

Format

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.[6][7]

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][8]Tie brkrs: MSU>UGA & MSU>LSU ARK common. UGA>LSU MIZZ common. SCAR>KEN head to head.

Bracket
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
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 1,905
Second Round – Wednesday, May 8
2 11:00 a.m. No. 8 LSU vs. No. 9 Alabama 3−214 SEC Network 2,086
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 2,042
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 2,130
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 1,998
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 2,094
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[9][10]

References
  1. "2024 Standings". secsports.com. Southeastern Conference. June 2, 2024. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  2. "2024 NCAA Division I Softball Official Bracket". NCAA. May 13, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  3. "2024 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Softball Coaches Poll". NFCA. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  4. "Auburn to host the 2024 SEC Softball Tournament". NCAA. May 11, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  5. "Batter Up! SEC Network Showcases More than 100 SEC Baseball and Softball Games in 2024". ESPN. February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  6. "Championships - Softball". Southeastern Conference. August 3, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  7. "2023 SEC softball: Bracket, schedule, scores, TV times for the tournament". NCAA. August 3, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  8. "2024 SEC Softball Schedule Announced". SEC Sports. September 20, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  9. "2024 SEC Softball television schedule announced". Southeastern Conference. January 31, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
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