2025 Southeastern Conference softball season

2025 SEC Softball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoftball
Teams15
Regular season
ChampionsOklahoma
Tournament
2025 Southeastern Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 3 Oklahoma ‍†‍‡‍y 17–7–0 .70852–9–0 .852
No. 14 Texas A&M  ‍‍‡‍y 16–7–0 .69648–11–0 .814
No. 1 Texas  ‍‍‍y 16–8–0 .66756–12–0 .824
No. 4 Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 15–9–0 .62547–17–1 .731
No. 9 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 14–10–0 .58344–14–0 .759
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍y 14–10–0 .58348–17–0 .738
No. 12 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 13–11–0 .54244–16–0 .733
No. 21 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 13–11–0 .54239–19–0 .672
No. 19 LSU  ‍‍‍y 12–12–0 .50042–16–0 .724
No. 15 Alabama  ‍‍‍y 12–12–0 .50040–23–0 .635
No. 8 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 11–13–0 .45842–21–0 .667
No. 22 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 7–16–0 .30435–23–0 .603
Kentucky  ‍‍‍y 7–17–0 .29231–28–0 .525
Auburn  ‍‍‍y 6–18–0 .25034–23–0 .596
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 6–18–0 .25025–31–0 .446
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 6, 2025[1]
Rankings from NFCA/GoRout[2]

The 2025 SEC softball season began play Thursday, February 6, and conference play began on Friday, March 7.[3] The 2025 Southeastern Conference softball tournament took place May 6–10 at Turner Softball Stadium in Athens, Georgia.[4] Vanderbilt University does not have a softball program.[5]

SEC preseason poll

The head coaches SEC preseason poll was released on January 30, 2025. Each head coach votes on a scale of 14 points for first place descending to 1 point for last place, 14th. Each coach only votes for 14 teams, since they can not vote for their own team.[6] Newcomers, Texas and Oklahoma, were picked to finish 1st and 3rd, respectively. Texas, Florida, who finished 2nd, and Oklahoma were the only teams receiving 1st place votes,receiving 7, 6, and 2 1st place votes, respectively.[5]

Preseason poll
Predicted finish Team
1Texas
2Florida
3Oklahoma
4Tennessee
5Texas A&M
6LSU
7Arkansas
8Georgia
9Missouri
10Alabama
11Kentucky
12Mississippi State
13Auburn
14Ole Miss
15South Carolina

Record vs. conference opponents

. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

Source: 2025 SEC softball game results, 2025 SEC softball schedule

TmW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZOKLOMSSCATENTEXTAMTmSRSW
ALA12–12..1–22–1.1–21–23–02–1.1–2..1–2ALA3–51–0
ARK14–10..2–1.3–02–1..0–31–22–12–1.2–1ARK6–21–1
AUB6–18..0–32–12–1.0–3...2–10–30–30–3AUB3–50–5
FLA14–102–11–23–0..1–2..2–12–1..1–22–1FLA5–31–0
UGA7–161–2.1–2..1–2.1–2.1–21–21–2.0–2UGA0–80–0
KEN7–17.0–31–2..0–31–23–0.2–10–3.0–3.KEN2–61–4
LSU12–122–11–2.2–12–13–0....1–2.1–20–3LSU4–41–1
MSU13–112–1.3–0..2–1.2–10–32–1.1–21–2.MSU5–31–1
MIZ6–180–3...2–10–3.1–21–21–2..0–31–2MIZ1–70–3
OKL17–71–23–0.1–2...3–02–1.3–01–23–0.OKL5–34–0
OMS11–13.2–1.1–22–11–2.1–22–1.1–21–2..OMS3–50–0
SCA13–112–11–21–2.2–13–02–1..0–32–1...SCA5–31–1
TEN15–9.1–23–0.2–1..2–1.2–12–1.2–11–2TEN6–21–0
TEX16–8..3–02–1.3–02–12–13–00–3..1–2.TEX6–23–1
TAM16–72–11–23–01–22–0.3–0.2–1...2–1.TAM6–22–0
TmW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZOKLOMSSCATENTEXTAMTeamSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. One game TAM @ UGA cancelled.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Tie breakers: ARK>FLA hd to hd, SCA>MSU KEN common, LSU>ALA hd to hd, MIZ>AUB TAM common.

National rankings

The SEC has had all 15 softball teams ranked in the top 25, at some point, in two of these polls, and 14 in the top 25, at some point, in the third. From the previous polls, to the final polls. Texas rose as much as 5 places. Tennessee went up 3 in one poll. Ole Miss rose as much as 17. Arkansas dropped as much as 10. Texas A&M dropped as much as 14. Alabama dropped as much as 5. LSU dropped as much as 11. Mississippi State dropped as much as 7. Georgia went up at most 10. There were no other teams with changes of more than 2 places, up or down. All games were in the 2025 NCAA Division I softball tournament. Rankings of opponents is at the time of the game in the D1Softball poll.

  • Texas went 1–0 over #2 Oklahoma, #3 Florida, #7 Tennessee, & 2–1 versus #11 Clemson & #12 Texas Tech, and 4–0 against not ranked.
  • Tennessee was 0–1 versus #2 Oklahoma, 1–0 over #3 Florida, 1–0 against #9 UCLA & #6 Texas, and 5–1 against not ranked.
  • Ole Miss went 0–1 against #12 Texas Tech & #16 Oregon, was 2–1 over #13 Arizona & #4 Arkansas, and 1–0 over not ranked.
  • Arkansas was 4–2 against not ranked.
  • Texas A&M went 4–2 against not ranked.
  • Alabama went 0–2 versus #2 Oklahoma and 3–0 over not ranked.
  • LSU was 1–2 against not ranked.
  • Mississippi State was 0–2 against #12 Texas Tech and 2–0 over not ranked.
  • Georgia was 1–2 against #14 Duke and 1–0 over not ranked.

[17]

NFCA/GOROUT

The 14th poll is after the conference tournaments and before the NCAA tournament. The 15th poll, after the NCAA tournament, is the final poll.

Week0123456789101112131415
TEX1111122111324331TEX
OKL2322211222231223OKL
TEN6657777977445574TEN
FLA32333344368897T87FLA
OMS––––25222019191917161718178OMS
ARK1413101110121412121211987T49ARK
SCAR––211911911101010131314141412SCAR
TAM85765555431121114TAM
ALA111423222225––2423222019202015ALA
LSU1076544335591010101119LSU
MSU24191721211918181716161718171821MSU
UGA12109101313131516182324–––22UGA
AUB––202018202325––––––––AUB
KEN–2324242323––––––––––KEN
MIZ151622–––––––––––––MIZ

[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][2]

D1Softball

The 13th poll is after the end of the regular season, before the conference tournaments, then the 14th poll, after the NCAA tournament, is the final poll.

Week01234567891011121314
TEX221222211121661TEX
OKL342111123255133OKL
TEN656975711101043254TEN
FLA1133333329881177FLA
OMS–––––2018241919202022258OMS
ARK101391310192214138773211ARK
SCA––2421914101066910141413SCA
TAM9784565653124114TAM
UGA151212141616191925–––––16UGA
ALA1720–252124––24241918182017ALA
LSU118556444751012101122LSU
MSU–1717192417161715171619191825MSU
AUB––18231723–––––––––AUB
MIZ–1521––––––––––––MIZ
KEN–––––––––––––––KEN

[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]

ESPN/USA Softball Collegiate

The 14th poll is after the conference tournaments and before the NCAA tournament. The 15th poll, after the NCAA tournament, is the final poll.

Week0123456789101112131415
TEX1112222111335541TEX
OKL3321111232441223OKL
TEN56778771065212364TEN
FLA2233334428767457FLA
OMS––––25212021201920201921218OMS
SCA––242110T910T11911121112121210SCA
ARK1313101210T151614131010966313ARK
ALA11122122212324252322171514161614ALA
TAM75656665431241115TAM
UGA1411911141315171620232424––17UGA
LSU9756443376910109819LSU
MSU25191620221919181515151718181823MSU
AUB––18191722––––––––––AUB
MIZ151622–––––––––––––MIZ
KEN–24––––––––––––––KEN

[48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63]

All-SEC teams

On May 9, SEC officials announced their softball awards for the 2025 season. Bri Ellis of Arkansas was selected as Player of the Year, Karlyn Pickens of Tennessee was named Pitcher of the Year, and Tori Edwards of LSU was Freshman of the Year, and Patty Gasso of Oklahoma was chosen as the Coach of the Year, and Sam Landry of Oklahoma is Newcomer of the Year.[64]

The All-SEC Teams consist of 21 student-athletes on the First Team, 22 student-athletes on the Second Team, and a ten-member All-Defensive Team:

All-SEC First Team

All-SEC Second Team

SEC All-Defensive Team

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