2022 Southeastern Conference softball season

2022 SEC Softball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoftball
Number of teams13
Regular Season
ChampionsArkansas
Tournament
ChampionsArkansas
  Runners-upMissouri
Softball seasons
2022 Southeastern Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 9 Arkansas ‍†‍‡‍y 19 – 5   .792 48 – 11   .814
No. 17 Alabama  ‍‍‍y 16 – 8   .667 44 – 13   .772
No. 20 Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 15 – 8   .652 41 – 18   .695
No. 5 Florida  ‍‍‍y 13 – 11   .542 49 – 19   .721
No. 21 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y 13 – 11   .542 37 – 19   .661
LSU  ‍‍‍y 13 – 11   .542 34 – 23   .596
No. 23 Missouri  ‍‍‍y 12 – 11   .522 38 – 22   .633
No. 22 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 12 – 12   .500 43 – 18   .705
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 12 – 12   .500 41 – 19   .683
No. 24 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 11 – 13   .458 40 – 17   .702
No. 19 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 10 – 14   .417 37 – 27   .578
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 6 – 18   .250 31 – 28   .525
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 3 – 21   .125 26 – 30   .464
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 9, 2022[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today[2]

The 2022 SEC softball season began play Thursday, February 10, and conference play began on Thursday, March 11. The 2022 Southeastern Conference softball tournament was May 10–14 at Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium in Gainesville, Florida. Arkansas played Missouri in the tournament final, winning by a score of 4–0. Vanderbilt University is the only full member of the Southeastern Conference to not sponsor a softball program.

SEC preseason poll

The head coaches SEC preseason poll was released on January 31, 2022. 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. Alabama was picked to finish 1st, with seven 1st place votes. Florida was 2nd with three 1st place votes, Arkansas 3rd with three, and Tennessee 4th with the remaining one 1st place votes.[3]

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

Record vs. conference opponents

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

2022 SEC softball records

Source: 2022 SEC softball game results, 2022 SEC softball schedule

Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU Team SR SW
ALA 16–8 . . 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 . 3–0 . 1–2 ALA 6–2 2–0
ARK 19–5 . 3–0 3–0 . 2–1 2–1 . . 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 ARK 8–0 3–0
AUB 11–13 . 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 . 2–1 . . 2–1 0–3 3–0 AUB 4–4 1–2
FLA 13–11 1–2 0–3 2–1 . . 2–1 2–1 . 3–0 . 1–2 2–1 FLA 5–3 1–1
UGA 12–12 1–2 . 1–2 . . 1–2 . 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 UGA 4–4 0–0
KEN 13–11 1–2 1–2 2–1 . . 3–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 . . KEN 5–3 1–1
LSU 13–11 2–1 1–2 . 1–2 2–1 0–3 2–1 . . 3–0 . 2–1 LSU 5–3 1–1
MSU 10–14 0–3 . 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 . 1–2 . MSU 2–6 1–1
MIZZ 12–11 1–2 . . . 1–2 3–0 . 1–2 0–3 3–0 0–2 3–0 MIZZ 3–5 2–1
MISS 12–12 . 1–2 . 0–3 2–1 1–2 . 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–1 . MISS 4–4 2–2
SCAR 3–21 0–3 0–3 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 0–3 . 0–3 0–3 . . SCAR 0–8 0–5
TENN 15–8 . 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 . . 2–1 2–0 1–2 . 3–0 TENN 5–3 2–0
TAMU 6–18 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 . 0–3 . . 0–3 TAMU 1–7 0–3
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU Team SR SW

Updated for entire regular season.[4][5]Tiebrkrs: KEN&FLA>LSU KEN>FLA hd–hd. MISS>UGA hd–hd.

National rankings

In the final rankings the Southeastern Conference had 8 or 9 teams ranked in the top 25 in three of the major polls. Of the 13 teams in the SEC, 12 went to the NCAA tournament.

  • Florida went up in the rankings to become the highest ranked SEC team. Florida lost to the number 1 seed Arkansas in the 2022 SEC softball tournament semifinal, but was the only SEC team to make the Women's College World Series (WCWS) where they went 1–2.
  • Arkansas dropped in the polls, after winning the SEC tournament, but losing in their Super Regional, falling just short of the WCWS.
  • Alabama dropped 9 or 10 places in the final polls, losing their only game in the SEC tournament and was eliminated in their NCAA tournament Regional falling just short of a Super Regional.
  • Mississippi State rose in the rankings from being unranked, going 1–1 in the SEC tournament and winning a Regional in the NCAA tournament.
  • Tennessee dropped in the rankings, going 1–1 in the SEC tournament and also losing their Super Regional.
  • Kentucky lost their only SEC tournament game, and lost a Regional.
  • Georgia dropped 4 or less in the polls.
  • Missouri finished 22nd or 23rd, having made the finals of the SEC tournament and going 1–2 in a Regional.
  • Auburn dropped in the polls, going 0–1 in the SEC tournament, and 1–2 in a Regional.
  • LSU, going 0–1 in the SEC tournament and 0–2 in a Regional, dropped out of all three rankings.
  • Ole Miss, going 1–1 in the SEC Tournament and 2–2 in a Regional, dropped out of all three rankings.
  • Texas A&M also lost a Regional.
  • South Carolina did not play in the NCAA tournament.[6][7]

NFCA/USA Today

See 2022 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 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 7 9 8 9 10 12 12 5 FLA
ARK 8 10 10 11 12 12 10 10 10 7 7 7 5 4 4 9 ARK
ALA 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 3 2 5 6 5 7 17 ALA
MSU – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 19 MSU
TENN 22 18 17 18 18 15 15 13 12 15 15 13 14 13 13 20 TENN
KEN 19 16 12 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 9 11 13 14 15 21 KEN
UGA 12 13 15 16 15 16 17 15 15 14 14 15 16 18 19 22 UGA
MIZZ 11 17 16 15 14 18 21 24 24 – – – 24 24 20 23 MIZZ
AUB – – 21 20 20 19 18 17 17 19 18 16 15 17 17 24 AUB
LSU 14 21 24 22 21 20 22 20 21 21 21 19 19 20 22 – LSU
MISS – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – MISS
SCAR – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – SCAR
TAMU – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – TAMU

[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][2]

D1Softball

See 2022 NCAA Division I softball rankings#D1Softball also.

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

[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]

ESPN/USA Softball Collegiate

See 2022 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 5 4 4 4 4 6 6 7 6 9 9 10 11 13 14 5 FLA
ARK 9 10 8 11 11 10 8 9 9 6 6 5 5 5 4 8 ARK
ALA 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 2 2 6 8 7 8 17 ALA
TENN 16 15 17 17 18 14 14 11 11 14 14 12 12 10 10 19 TENN
MSU – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 20 MSU
KEN 20 19 14 13 12 11 13 12 12 12 12 14 15 14 15 21 KEN
MIZZ 12 17 19 8 8 17 19 25 25 – – 25 23 22 17 22 MIZZ
UGA 19 18 18 18 19 21 21 18 16 13 13 15 18 18 19 23 UGA
AUB – – 21 20 20 19 18 17 17 19 18 16 15 17 17 24 AUB
LSU 14 21 24 22 21 20 22 20 21 21 21 19 19 20 22 – LSU
MISS – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – MISS
SCAR – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – SCAR
TAMU – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – TAMU

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