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The SEC tournament has been head-and-shoulders above the rest of conference tournaments over the last decade, owning the last six national champions.
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2026’s go-around could birth the seventh-straight winner, and the tournament starts on Tuesday, May 19 and runs through Sunday, May 24 at the Hoover Metropolitan Complex in Hoover, Alabama. The top 12 teams in SEC standings will compete for an automatic bid into the NCAA baseball tournament.
Before play begins and concludes just a day before the NCAA tournament selection show, here’s everything to know about the must-watch SEC tournament.
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2026 SEC baseball tournament bracket
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2026 SEC baseball tournament schedule
All times listed in ET. Times are subject to change.
Tuesday, May 19: First round
Game 1 | No. 16 Missouri 10, No. 9 Ole Miss 8
Game 2 | No. 12 Vanderbilt vs. No. 13 Kentucky | 2 p.m. | SEC Network
Game 3 | No. 10 Tennessee vs. No. 15 South Carolina | 5:30 p.m. | SEC Network
Game 4 | No. 11 Oklahoma vs. No. 14 LSU | 9 p.m. | SEC Network
Wednesday, May 20: Second round
Game 5 | No. 8 Mississippi State vs. No. 16 Missouri | 10:30 a.m. | SEC Network
Game 6 | No. 5 Florida vs. winner of Game 2 | 2 p.m. | SEC Network
Game 7 | No. 7 Arkansas vs. winner of Game 3 | 5:30 p.m. | SEC Network
Game 8 | No. 6 Auburn vs. winner of Game 4 | 9 p.m. | SEC Network
Thursday, May 21: Quarterfinals
Game 9 | No. 1 Georgia vs. winner of Game 5 | 4 p.m. | SEC Network
Game 10 | No. 4 Alabama vs. winner of Game 6 | 8 p.m.| SEC Network
Friday, May 22: Quarterfinals
Game 11 | No. 2 Texas vs. winner of Game 7 | 4 p.m. | SEC Network
Game 12 | No. 3 Texas A&M vs. winner of Game 8 | 8 p.m. | SEC Network
Saturday, May 23: Semifinals
Game 13 | winner of Game 9 vs. winner of Game 10 | 1 p.m. | SEC Network
Game 14 | winner of Game 11 vs. winner of Game 12 | 5 p.m.| SEC Network
Sunday, May 24: Championship final
Game 15 | winner of Game 13 vs. winner of Game 14 | 2 p.m. | ABC
Higher seed is the designated home team.
SEC baseball tournament history
Below is a complete rundown of all SEC tournament champions. Vanderbilt won it in 2025 as the No. 4 seed, defeating No. 7 Ole Miss, 3-2.
YEAR
CHAMPION
1977
Ole Miss
1978
Auburn
1979
Mississippi State
1980
Vanderbilt
1981
Florida
1982
Florida
1983
Alabama
1984
Florida
1985
Mississippi State
1986
LSU
1987
Mississippi State
1988
Florida
1989
Auburn
1990
LSU/Mississippi State
1991
Florida
1992
LSU
1993
Tennessee/LSU**
1994
Tennessee/LSU
1995
Tennessee/Alabama
1996
Alabama
1997
Alabama
1998
Auburn
1999
Alabama
2000
LSU**
2001
Mississippi State
2002
Alabama
2003
Alabama
2004
South Carolina
2005
Mississippi State
2006
Ole Miss
2007
Vanderbilt
2008
LSU
2009
LSU**
2010
LSU
2011
Florida
2012
Mississippi State
2013
LSU
2014
LSU
2015
Florida
2016
Texas A&M
2017
LSU
2018
Ole Miss
2019
Vanderbilt**
2021
Arkansas
2022
Tennessee
2023
Vanderbilt
2024
Tennessee**
2025
Vanderbilt
** Went on to national championship
Lawrence Price joined NCAA.com in August 2024 as a Digital Editorial Intern. He has held numerous internships in the past few years, including ones at the Kansas City Star, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, TNT Sports and more. Additionally, he was a 2023 Oscar Pope Lift Every Voice Fellowship recipient. Price is a Spring 2024 graduate of Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. You can follow him on Twitter @LPIII_TRES.
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