2025 SEC Tournament Preview: Georgia, Auburn, Ole Miss, Tennessee

The 2025 Southeastern Conference Tournament runs May 20–25 in Hoover, Ala. at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. The SEC championship game will air May 25 on ESPN2 at 3 p.m. EDT, with all games from the first round through the semifinals broadcast on SEC Network. The NCAA Tournament Selection Monday Show airs May 26 on ESPNU at 12 p.m. EDT.

Hoover Met can seat 10,800 fans and expand beyond 16,000 with patio, banquet, and grassy areas. It includes 12 suites and formerly hosted the Double-A Birmingham Barons, an affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. The SEC Tournament has been held at Hoover Met every year since 1999, with prior editions there in 1990 and 1996.

Five SEC teams have won the National Championship and SEC Tournament in the same season: LSU (2009, 2023), South Carolina (2010, 2011), Vanderbilt (2014, 2019), Florida (2017), and Tennessee (2024). Tennessee was also the first No. 1 ranked team to win the national title since Miami in 1999.

Four SEC teams reached the 2024 College World Series—Tennessee, Kentucky, Texas A&M, and Florida—joining ACC contenders NC State, North Carolina, Florida State, and Virginia.

Oklahoma and Texas are making their SEC Tournament debuts in 2025. Texas secured its first SEC regular season title.

The SEC announced its 2025 baseball awards on Monday, May 19. Arkansas shortstop Wehiwa Aloy was named SEC Player of the Year, Tennessee’s Liam Doyle earned Pitcher of the Year honors, and Texas head coach Jim Schlossnagle was recognized as SEC Coach of the Year in his debut season. Read more about the award winners and All-SEC selections here.

Past SEC Tournament champions and regular season standings are listed at SECSports.com. Individual player stat leaders can be found here

The D1Baseball.com Top 25 Rankings published on May 19 feature No. 1 LSU, No. 3 Texas, No. 5 Arkansas, No. 8 Auburn, No. 9 Vanderbilt, No. 10 Georgia, No. 15 Florida, No. 17 Mississippi, No. 21 Tennessee, and No. 23 Alabama. See how they compare to the latest World Baseball Network College Baseball Rankings released May 19.

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2025 SEC Baseball Standings

Conference Record Weighs Before Overall 

1. Texas (22-8) (42-11) 
2. Arkansas (20-10) (43-12) 
3. LSU (19-11) (42-13) 
4. Vanderbilt (19-11) (39-16) 
5. Georgia (18-12) (42-14) 
6. Auburn (17-13) (38-17) 
7. Ole Miss (16-14) (37-18) 
8. Tennessee (16-14) (41-15)
9. Alabama (16-14) (40-15)
10. Florida (15-15) (37-19)
11. MIssissippi State (15-15) (34-20) 
12. Oklahoma (14-16) (33-19) 
13. Kentucky (13-17) (29-23) 
14. Texas A&M (11-19) (28-25) 
15. South Carolina (6-24) (28-28)
16. Missouri (3-27) (16-38) 

2025 SEC Baseball Tournament Schedule 

Tuesday-Sunday, May 20-25. Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover, Ala.

All Game Start Times Are Eastern Daylight Time

*Second Game Of Each Session Will Begin Approximately 30 Minutes After The Conclusion Of First Game  

 Tuesday, May 20 – First Round        

Game 1: No. 9 Alabama vs. No. 16 Missouri – 10:30 a.m. – SECN

*Game 2: No. 12 Oklahoma vs. No. 13 Kentucky – 1:30 p.m. – SECN

Game 3: No. 10 Florida vs. No. 15 South Carolina – 5:30 p.m. – SECN 

*Game 4: No. 11 Mississippi State vs. No. 14 Texas A&M – 9 p.m. – SECN 

 Wednesday, May 21 – Second Round         

Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. No. 8 Tennessee – 10:30 a.m. – SECN 

*Game 6: Winner Game 2 vs. No.5 Georgia  – 1:30 p.m.  – SECN 

Game 7: Winner Game 3 vs. No. 7 Ole Miss – 5:30 p.m. – SECN 

*Game 8: Winner Game 4 vs. No. 6 Auburn – 9 p.m. – SECN

 Thursday, May 22 – Quarterfinals  

Game 9:  Winner Game 5 vs. No. 1 Texas – 4 p.m. – SECN 

*Game 10: Winner Game 6 vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt – 7 p.m. – SECN 

 Friday, May 23 – Quarterfinals        

Game 11:  Winner Game 7 vs. No. 2 Arkansas – 4 p.m. – SECN

*Game 12: Winner Game 8 vs. No. 3 LSU – 7 p.m. – SECN 

 Saturday, May 24 – Semifinals       

Game 13:  Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10 –  1 p.m. – SECN 

*Game 14: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12 – 4 p.m.- SECN 

 Sunday, May 25 – Championship Game    

Game 15:  Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 14 – 3 p.m. – ESPN2

SEC MLBPipeline.com Top 150 Draft Prospects 

No. 7 – OF – Jace LaViolette – Texas A&M 

No. 8 – RHP – Kyson Witherspoon – Oklahoma 

No. 9 – LHP – Kade Anderson – Louisiana State 

No. 10 – LHP – Liam Doyle – Tennessee 

No. 16 – 2B – Gavin Kilen – Tennessee 

No. 20 – OF/C – Ike Irish – Auburn 

No. 24 – SS – Wehiwa Aloy – Arkansas 

No. 28 – OF – Max Belyeu – Texas 

No. 33 – RHP – Riley Quick – Alabama 

No. 35 – 1B/3B – Andrew Fischer – Tennessee 

No. 36 – OF/3B – Ethan Petry – South Carolina 

No. 44 – LHP – Zach Root – Arkansas 

No. 54 – SS/3B – Dean Curley – Tennessee 

No. 55 – RHP – A.J. Russell – Tennessee 

No. 60 – OF – Charles Davalan – Arkansas 

No. 66 – 2B – Daniel Dickinson – Louisiana State 

No. 69 – RHP – Marcus Phillips – Tennessee 

No. 72 – LHP – J.D. Thompson – Vanderbilt 

No. 78 – RHP – Chase Shores – Louisiana State 

No. 79 –  LHP- Jared Spencer – Texas 

No. 90 – 1B – Jared Jones – Louisiana State 

No. 99 – LHP – Justin Lamkin – Texas A&M 

No. 100 – OF – RJ Austin – Vanderbilt 

No. 101 – C – Easton Carmichael – Oklahoma 

No. 102 – LHP – Pico Kohn – Mississippi State

No. 113 – RHP – Nate Snead –  Tennessee 

No. 116 – RHP – Mason Morris – Mississippi 

No. 117 – SS – Jalin Morris – Texas

No. 123 – OF/1B – Tre Phelps  – Georgia 

No. 131 – SS – Colby Shelton – Florida 

No. 133 – RHP – Malachi Witherspoon – Oklahoma 

No. 141 – 3B – Brent Iredale – Arkansas 

Georgia Bulldogs – Wes Johnson (2nd Season)
College World Series Champion: 1990
College World Series Appearances: 1987, 1990, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1953, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1976, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference Tournament Champion: 1954
Conference Regular Season Champion: 1933, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1990, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2020

Players To Watch
3B – Slate Alford – .329 AVG, 75 H, 17 HR, 59 RBI, 1.074 OPS
RF – Robbie Burnett – .318 AVG, 20 HR, 66 RBI, 17 SB, 1.224 OPS
SS – Kolby Branch – .300 AVG, 61 H, 13 HR, 39 RBI, .939 OPS
1B – Tre Phelps – .299 AVG, 55 H, 8 HR, 39 RBI, .889 OPS
DH – Ryland Zaborowski – .376 AVG, 16 HR, 60 RBI, 1.312 OPS
LF – Nolan McCarthy – .279 AVG, 57 H, 10 HR, 37 RBI, .864 OPS

Pitchers To Watch
LHP – Brian Curley – 4-3, 3.21 ERA, 78 K, .158 B/AVG in 61.2 IP
RHP – JT Quinn – 1-1, 2.25 ERA, 37 K, .167 B/AVG in 28 IP
RHP – Zachary Harris – 3-0, 3.51 ERA, 28 K in 25.2 IP
RHP – Jordan Stephens – 4-0, 3.92 ERA, 28 K, .159 B/AVG in 20.2 IP
RHP – Matthew Hoskins – 1-1, 4.62 ERA, 38 K in 25.1 IP

Auburn Tigers – Butch Thompson (10th Season)
College World Series Appearances: 1967, 1976, 1994, 1997, 2019, 2022, 2024
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1978, 1987, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference Tournament Champion: 1989
Conference Regular Season Champion: 1976, 1978, 1981, 1987, 1995, 2018

Players To Watch
RF – Ike Irish – .354 AVG, 16 HR, 52 RBI, 10 SB, 1.143 OPS
C – Chase Fralick – .344 AVG, 65 H, 4 HR, 39 RBI, .916 OPS
1B – Cooper McMurray – .333 AVG, 14 HR, 57 RBI, 1.037 OPS
2B – Christopher Rembert – .355 AVG, 10 HR, 40 RBI, 1.075 OPS

Pitchers To Watch
RHP – Carson Myers – 2-2, 3.40 ERA, 50 K in 39.2 IP
RHP – Christian Chatterton – 4-1, 4.47 ERA, 60 K in 52.1 IP
RHP – Cam Tilly – 3-2, 4.71 ERA, 52 K, .179 B/AVG in 42 IP
RHP – Ryan Hetzler – 2-0, 3.98 ERA, 7 SV, 22 K in 31.2 IP

Ole Miss Rebels – Mike Bianco (25th Season)
College World Series Champions: 2022
College World Series Appearances: 1956, 1964, 1969, 1972, 2014, 2022
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1969, 1972, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Conference Tournament Champions: 1977, 2006
Conference Regular Season Champions: 1959, 1960, 1964, 1969, 1972, 2009

Players To Watch
3B – Luke Hill – .345 AVG, 71 H, 8 HR, 18 SB, .993 OPS
LF – Mitchell Sanford – .310 AVG, 15 HR, 39 RBI, 12 SB, 1.028 OPS
2B – Judd Utermark – .292 AVG, 16 HR, 59 RBI, .945 OPS
CF – Isaac Humphrey – .289 AVG, 10 HR, 51 RBI, .957 OPS

Pitchers To Watch
LHP – Hunter Elliott – 8-3, 3.31 ERA, 86 K, .194 B/AVG in 73.1 IP
RHP – Mason Morris – 5-1, 3.60 ERA, 65 K, .200 B/AVG in 45 IP
RHP – Connor Spencer – 0-1, 1.86 ERA, 22 K, .171 B/AVG in 19.1 IP

Tennessee Volunteers – Tony Vitello (8th Season)
College World Series Champions: 2024
College World Series Appearances: 1951, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2021, 2023, 2024
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1948, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference Tournament Champion: 1993, 1994, 1995
Conference Regular Season Champion: 1951, 1994, 1995, 2022, 2024

Players To Watch
1B – Andrew Fischer – .337 AVG, 22 HR, 55 RBI, 1.281 OPS
2B – Gavin Kilen – .355 AVG, 14 HR, 37 RBI, 1.130 OPS
CF – Hunter Ensley – .350 AVG, 72 H, 10 HR, 60 RBI, .995 OPS
LF – Dalton Bargo – .323 AVG, 14 HR, 40 RBI, 1.084 OPS

Pitchers To Watch
LHP – Liam Doyle – 9-3, 2.72 ERA, 137 K, .171 B/AVG in 79.1 IP
RHP – Marcus Phillips – 3-4, 3.59 ERA, 80 K in 67.2 IP
RHP – AJ Russell – 1-1, 3.00 ERA, 20 K, .218 B/AVG in 15 IP
RHP – Dylan Loy – 4-0, 3.58 ERA, 31 K, .146 B/AVG in 27.2 IP