2024 Southeastern Conference softball season

2024 SEC Softball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoftball
Number of teams13
Regular Season
Tournament
Softball seasons
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2024 Southeastern Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 3 Tennessee ‍†‍‍ 19 – 5 – 0   .792 44 – 12 – 0   .786
No. 7 Florida ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 7 – 0   .708 53 – 14 – 0   .791
No. 9 Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 15 – 9 – 0   .625 44 – 15 – 0   .746
No. 16 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 14 – 10 – 0   .583 37 – 18 – 0   .673
No. 10 Missouri ‍‍‍y 13 – 11 – 0   .542 48 – 18 – 0   .727
No. 11 LSU ‍‍‍y 12 – 12 – 0   .500 44 – 17 – 0   .721
No. 14 Georgia ‍‍‍y 12 – 12 – 0   .500 43 – 19 – 0   .694
No. 18 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 12 – 12 – 0   .500 34 – 20 – 0   .630
No. 19 Alabama ‍‍‍y 10 – 14 – 0   .417 38 – 20 – 0   .655
Auburn ‍‍‍y 9 – 15 – 0   .375 29 – 21 – 1   .578
South Carolina ‍‍‍y 8 – 16 – 0   .333 36 – 24 – 0   .600
Kentucky ‍‍‍y 8 – 16 – 0   .333 31 – 24 – 0   .564
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 7 – 17 – 0   .292 31 – 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]

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]

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

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][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.

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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.

Week 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
FLA 17 16 14 13 13 10 10 10 10 9 10 12 11 8 7 3 FLA
ALA 12 11 10 10 11 14 13 13 14 12 14 17 17 20 19 8 ALA
TENN 2 2 5 9 8 8 7 4 6 4 4 3 3 2 3 9 TENN
TAMU – – 18 17 17 13 12 11 13 11 11 10 8 9 9 10 TAMU
MIZZ – 14 11 14 12 11 15 12 11 14 13 14 13 11 10 11 MIZZ
LSU 14 12 6 4 3 2 2 6 5 6 7 6 10 10 11 12 LSU
UGA 6 4 3 5 7 5 5 3 3 7 9 11 14 14 14 14 UGA
ARK 16 15 15 15 18 20 18 20 19 17 16 15 15 16 16 18 ARK
MSU – – 25 24 24 21 20 17 16 16 17 18 20 17 18 21 MSU
KEN 25 18 16 16 23 – – – – – 24 21 24 – – – KEN
SCAR 23 20 17 22 22 23 23 22 22 23 – – – – – – SCAR
AUB 19 25 – – 25 25 25 – – – – – – – – – AUB
MISS – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – MISS

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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.

Week 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
FLA 20 23 20 18 14 11 10 10 10 7 9 13 12 8 3 FLA
ALA 11 12 12 12 12 15 15 17 18 17 18 19 22 20 8 ALA
TENN 3 3 5 9 9 9 8 5 7 6 5 3 3 2 9 TENN
LSU 17 9 6 3 3 2 5 8 6 8 8 8 13 12 10 LSU
TAMU 25 25 16 21 23 17 12 11 17 13 11 9 10 11 11 TAMU
MIZZ – 11 11 15 13 12 16 13 11 16 10 14 15 10 13 MIZZ
UGA 6 5 3 4 8 7 7 4 9 9 14 10 14 13 15 UGA
ARK 18 18 15 16 22 19 17 19 14 11 13 12 8 9 22 ARK
MSU – – 21 22 17 18 18 16 16 15 17 17 19 15 – MSU
SCAR 22 20 18 23 20 23 – – – – – – 24 – – SCAR
KEN – 14 13 14 25 – – – – – 24 23 – – – KEN
AUB 19 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – AUB
MISS – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – MISS

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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.

Week 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
FLA 18 19 16 15 13 10 10 9 10 9 10 12 9 7 5 3 FLA
ALA 14 11 10 11 10 15 15 14 15 13 15 17 16 20 18 6 ALA
TENN 2 2 5 8 9 9 7 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 9 TENN
TAMU 24 25 17 18 19 17 14 12 14 12 12 11 8 10 12 10 TAMU
LSU 15 12 7 5 3 2 3 7 7 6 7 7 13 9 10 11 LSU
MIZZ – 15 13 13 12 11 16 13 11 15 13 14 15 12 9 12 MIZZ
UGA 6 4 3 3 6 5 5 3 3 8 9 9 12 14 13 13 UGA
ARK 12 13 14 16 20 20 17 20 19 14 14 13 11 13 11 17 ARK
MSU – – 20 23 23 21 20 17 16 17 17 18 19 17 20 22 MSU
KEN – 18 15 14 21 23 23 – – – 23 22 24 25 – – KEN
SCAR 22 21 18 22 22 22 25 – 25 25 – – – – – – SCAR
AUB 20 24 24 25 25 – – – – – – – – – – – AUB
MISS – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – MISS

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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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