The 2020 SEC softball season began with practices in January 2020, followed by the start of the 2020 NCAA Division I softball season in February. Conference will start in March 2020 and will conclude in May, followed by the 2020 Southeastern Conference softball tournament at Rhoads Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in May. Vanderbilt University is the only full member of the Southeastern Conference to not sponsor a softball program.

Preseason

SEC preseason poll The SEC preseason poll was released on January 15, 2020.

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

Head coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and SEC records are from time at current school. Team Head coach Previous job Season at school Overall record SEC record SEC titles SEC Tournament titles NCAA Regionals NCAA Super Regionals Women's College World Series National ChampionshipsAlabama Alabama (asst.) 22nd 1083–303 417–151 6 4 21 17 12 1Arkansas Maryland 5th 128–100 32–64 0 0 3 1 0 0Auburn James Madison 3rd 80–38 21–26 0 0 2 0 0 0Florida Wichita State 15th 727–152 260–75 7 4 14 12 10 2Georgia Southern Miss 20th 902–340 306–197 2 1 18 10 4 0Kentucky Western Kentucky 13th 432–277 140–161 0 0 11 7 1 0LSU FIU 9th 360–155 110–85 0 0 8 6 4 0Mississippi State Mississippi State (AHC) 1st 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 0Missouri Hofstra 2nd 35–25 12–12 0 0 1 0 0 0Ole Miss Ole Miss (asst.) 1st 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 0South Carolina North Carolina (AHC) 10th 310–211 77–145 0 0 7 1 0 0Tennessee Karen and Ralph Weekly Chattanooga 19th 893-276–2 299-163–1 1 2 16 11 7 0Texas A&M Utah 24th 907–442–2 72–91 0 0 20 7 3 0

Conference matrix AlabamaArkansasAuburnFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyLSUMiss. StateMissouriOle MissS. CarolinaTennesseeTexas A&Mvs. Alabama – 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0vs. Arkansas0–0 – 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0vs. Auburn0–00–0 – 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0vs. Florida0–00–00–0 – 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0vs. Georgia0–00–00–00–0 – 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0vs. Kentucky0–00–00–00–00–0 – 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0vs. LSU0–00–00–00–00–00–0 – 0–00–00–00–00–00–0vs. Miss. State0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0 – 0–00–00–00–00–0vs. Missouri0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0 – 0–00–00–00–0vs. Ole Miss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00-0 – 0–00–00–0vs. South Carolina0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0 – 0–00–0vs. Tennessee0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0 – 0–0vs. Texas A&M0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00-00–00–00–0 – Total0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0

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