2026 Southeastern Conference softball season

2026 SEC Softball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoftball
Teams15
Regular Season
Tournament
2026 Southeastern Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 8 Oklahoma  ‍†‍‍y 20–4 .83352–10 .839
No. 3 Alabama  ‍‍‍y 19–5 .79256–9 .862
No. 9 Florida  ‍‍‍y 17–7 .70852–12 .813
No. 1 Texas  ‍‍‡‍y 16–8 .66753–12 .815
No. 4 Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 16–8 .66749–12 .803
No. 20 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 16–8 .66738–19 .667
No. 7 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 15–9 .62547–13 .783
No. 18 LSU  ‍‍‍y 13–11 .54240–19 .678
No. 15 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 12–12 .50041–20 .672
No. 10 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 9–15 .37543–21 .672
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9–15 .37528–29 .491
South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 7–17 .29232–28 .533
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 6–18 .25036–26 .581
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 4–20 .16727–28 .491
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 1–23 .04226–29 .473
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2026[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today[2]

The 2026 SEC softball season began play Thursday, February 5,[3] and conference play began on Friday, March 6.[4] The 2026 SEC softball tournament takes place May 5–10 at John Cropp Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky.[5] Vanderbilt University does not have a softball program.[6]

SEC preseason poll

The SEC preseason poll, voted by each team's head coach, has Texas finishing in first place. 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.[7] Texas received 9 1st place votes, while Oklahoma had 6.[8]

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

Record vs. conference opponents

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

2026 SEC softball records

Source: 2026 SEC softball game results, 2026 SEC softball schedule

TmW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZOKLOMSSCATENTEXTAMTmSRSW
ALA19–52–13–0..3–0..2–1.3–03–01–22–1.ALA7–14–0
ARK15–91–23–02–12–1..2–12–11–2...2–1.ARK6–21–0
AUB4–200–30–31–2.2–10–3.0–30–31–2....AUB1–70–5
FLA17–7.1–22–11–23–0.2–13–0..3–02–1..FLA6–23–0
UGA12–12.1–2.2–13–0.2–12–10–3...1–21–2UGA4–41–1
KEN1–230–3.1–20–30–3...0–3..0–30–30–3KEN0–80–7
LSU13–11..3–0...1–22–11–23–02–10–3.1–2LSU4–42–1
MSU9–15.1–2.1–21–2.2–1..1–22–11–2.0–3MSU2–60–1
MIZ9–151–21–23–00–31–2.1–2...1–21–2..MIZ1–71–1
OKL20–4.2–13–0.3–03–02–1..3–0..2–12–1OKL8–04–0
OMS6–180–3.2–1...0–32–1.0–3.2–10–30–3OMS3–50–5
SCA7–170–3..0–3..1–21–22–1..1–20–32–1SCA2–60–3
TEN16–82–1..1–2.3–03–02–12–1.1–22–1..TEN6–22–0
TEX16–81–21–2..2–13–0...1–23–03–0.2–1TEX6–23–0
TAM16–8....2–13–02–13–0.1–23–01–2.1–2TAM5–33–0
TmW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZOKLOMSSCATENTEXTAMTeamSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]
Tie breakers: TEX>TEN>TAM, SCA common. MSU>MIZ, FLA common.

National rankings

The SEC had 10 or 12 softball teams in the top 25 of all three final polls. From the previous poll, Texas rose 5 places in two polls. Tennessee rose 4 places in two polls. Mississippi State went up 10 or 12 places in all three. Oklahoma dropped 5, 6, or 8 in each poll. There were no other changes of 4 or more places, up or down, in any of these three polls. Rankings of opponent is at the time of the game in the NFCA/GOROUT poll. All games were in the 2026 NCAA Division I softball tournament.

  • Texas went 2–1 in a three game series hosting 19th Arizona State, 2–1 versus 8th Tennessee, 1–0 versus 20th Mississippi State and 1st Nebraska, and 2–0 versus 4th Texas Tech in the championship series winning it. Texas also went 3–0 hosting not ranked.
  • Tennessee 2–0 hosting 16th Georgia, 1–2 versus 6th Texas, 1–0 versus 4th Texas Tech. Tennessee also went 3–0 hosting not ranked.
  • Mississippi State 1–0 at 12th Oregon, 2–1 at 2nd Oklahoma, 0–1 versus 4th Texas Tech, and 0–1 versus 6th Texas. Mississippi State also went 2–0 versus not ranked.

[46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59]

NFCA/GOROUT

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

Week0123456789101112131415
TEX12333321145771061TEX
ALA151085444643334433ALA
TEN4311111479788584TEN
ARK99777810109889109107ARK
OKL34T56666532111128OKL
FLA64T44555356456799FLA
MSU22191412121211121313141718192010MSU
UGA20201615151515151516151517171615UGA
LSU16121917172022202221222020181818LSU
TAM1181113141616161614121114151720TAM
SCAR121613192323212325–––––––SCAR
OMS142125–––––––––––––OMS
AUB––––––––––––––––AUB
KEN––––––––––––––––KEN
MIZ––––––––––––––––MIZ

[60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][2]

D1Softball

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

Week01234567891011121314
TEX122222211445561TEX
ALA14109855464322433ALA
TEN431111148989774TEN
ARK897766996666857ARK
MSU23171414131211141415141816188MSU
OKL344544553211119OKL
FLA5554997377779910FLA
UGA171911111514141212131212131211UGA
LSU121220191920232222201817201716LSU
TAM111313171818151515141311151618TAM
SCA13201922232425–––––2325–SCA
MISS24––––––––––––––MISS
AUB–––––––––––––––AUB
KEN–––––––––––––––KEN
MIZ–––––––––––––––MIZ

[75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89]

ESPN/USA Softball Collegiate

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

Week0123456789101112131415
TEX1T233332114545631TEX
ALA161397666753223323ALA
TEN43111114810999784TEN
ARK81188999966667557ARK
MSU2421181917141214161514T191619208MSU
OKL3445444332111149OKL
FLA655688857778891010FLA
UGA1517121112T131311111413111413T1111UGA
LSU13101717T161719202018171519181815LSU
TAM118131515161515151311101213T1616TAM
OMS22––––––––––––––25TOMS
SCA1420222224242424–2425242123–25TSCA
AUB––––––––––––––––AUB
KEN––––––––––––––––KEN
MIZ––––––––––––––––MIZ

[90][91][92][93][94][95][96][97][98][99][100][101][102][103][104][105]

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