2026 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

The 2026 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Southeastern Conference for the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The tournament was held from May 19–24 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The tournament champion, Georgia, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

This was the twenty-seventh consecutive year and twenty-ninth overall that the event was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.

Format and seeding All 16 members of the SEC have or will participate in the event. Teams will be seeded based on conference record. The top 4 seeds will earn a double-bye to the quarterfinals, and seeds 5–8 will earn a bye to the second round. The tournament will be conducted in a single-elimination format. This is the second year of this format.

SeedSchoolW–LPctGB No. 1Tiebeaker1 Georgia 23–7 .767 –2 Texas 19–10 .655 3.53 Texas A&M 18–11 .621 4.54 Alabama 18–12 .600 5 3–0 vs. Florida5 Florida 18–12 .600 5 0–3 vs. Alabama6 Auburn 17–13 .567 6 2–1 vs. Arkansas7 Arkansas 17–13 .567 6 1–2 vs. Auburn8 Mississippi State 16–14 .533 79 Ole Miss 15–15 .500 82–1 vs. Tennessee10 Tennessee 15–15 .500 81–2 vs. Ole Miss11 Oklahoma 14–16 .467 92–1 vs. Vanderbilt12 Vanderbilt 14–16 .467 91–2 vs. Oklahoma13 Kentucky 13–17 .433 1014 LSU 9–21 .300 1415 South Carolina 7–23 .233 1616 Missouri 6–24 .200 17 For the first time at the college level, the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) will be in use for all games in the tournament. Each team will begin the game with three challenges, and challenges may be requested by the pitcher, catcher, or batter.

Bracket

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Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Tuesday, May 1919:30 amNo. 9 Ole Miss vs. No. 16 Missouri 8–10SECN 6,74822:00 pmNo. 12 Vanderbilt vs. No. 13 Kentucky 8–535:35 pmNo. 10 Tennessee vs. No. 15 South Carolina 11–6 7,61748:55 pmNo. 11 Oklahoma vs. No. 14 LSU 2–6Second round – Wednesday, May 2059:30 amNo. 8 Mississippi State vs. No. 16 Missouri 12–27SECN 8,352612:45 pmNo. 5 Florida vs. No. 12 Vanderbilt 8–374:30 pmNo. 7 Arkansas vs. No. 10 Tennessee 8–4 14,46188:10 pmNo. 6 Auburn vs. No. 14 LSU 3–1Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 21912:00 pmNo. 1 Georgia vs. No. 8 Mississippi State 5–3SECN 11,146103:30 pmNo. 4 Alabama vs. No. 5 Florida3–138Quarterfinals – Friday, May 22114:30 pmNo. 2 Texas vs. No. 7 Arkansas 1–8SECN 13,105128:25 pmNo. 3 Texas A&M vs. No. 6 Auburn 0–7Semifinals – Saturday, May 231312:00 pmNo. 1 Georgia vs. No. 5 Florida 8–7SECN 14,919144:55 pmNo. 7 Arkansas vs. No. 6 Auburn 2–1Championship – Sunday, May 24153:45 pmNo. 1 Georgia vs. No. 7 Arkansas11–17ABC/SECN 9,320Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Game results

First Round

Second Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

All–Tournament Team Position Player Team P Gabe Gaeckle Arkansas P Andreas Alvarez Auburn C Daniel Jackson Georgia DH Noah Sullivan Mississippi State 1B Brennan Hudson Georgia 2B Chris Rembert Auburn 3B Ethan Surowiec Florida SS Camden Kozeal ArkansasOF Blake Cyr Florida Kenny Ishikawa Georgia Rylan Lujo MVP in bold Source:

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