2026 SEC softball tournament

2026 Southeastern Conference
softball tournament
Teams15
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsTexas (1st title)
Runner-upAlabama (9th title game)
Winning coachMike White (1st title)
MVPTeagan Kavan (Texas)
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPN
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 tournament was the postseason softball tournament for the 2026 season for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The tournament was held May 5–9, 2026, at John Cropp Stadium on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky.[3] The tournament champion, Texas, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[4]

Format

All 15 softball-sponsoring members of the SEC participated in the event. Teams were seeded based on conference record. The top 4 seeds earned a double-bye to the quarterfinals, and seeds 5–9 earned a bye to the second round. The tournament was conducted in a single-elimination format. This was the second year of this format.

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. [5][6][7][8][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]
Tie breakers: TEX>TEN>TAM, SCA common. MSU>MIZ, FLA common.

Tournament

Bracket

First round – May 5[42]Second round – May 6Quarter-finals – May 7Semi-finals – May 8Final – May 9
14Auburn9
14Auburn113Florida10
14Auburn66Texas A&M83Florida1
11Missouri22Alabama9(5)
7Arkansas1
10Mississippi State02Alabama7
15Kentucky37Arkansas32Alabama1
10Mississippi State44Texas7
13Ole Miss0
13Ole Miss44Texas6
13Ole Miss25Tennessee14Texas5
12South Carolina09Georgia4
9Georgia10
8LSU31Oklahoma5
9Georgia7

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
First Round – Tuesday, May 5
1 11:00 a.m. No. 11 Missouri vs. No. 14 Auburn 2–6 SEC Network 1,999
2 2:00 p.m. No. 10 Mississippi State vs. No. 15 Kentucky 4–3 1,999
3 5:25 p.m. No. 12 South Carolina vs. No. 13 Ole MIss 0–2 1,999
Second Round – Wednesday, May 6
4 11:00 a.m. No. 6 Texas A&M vs. No. 14 Auburn 8–11 SEC Network 1,854
5 2:25 p.m. No. 7 Arkansas vs. No. 10 Mississippi State 3–0 1,854
6 5:00 p.m. No. 5 Tennessee vs. No. 13 Ole Miss 1–4 1,999
7 7:52 p.m. No. 8 LSU vs. No. 9 Georgia 3–7 1,942
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 7
8 11:00 a.m. No. 3 Florida vs. No. 14 Auburn 10–9 SEC Network 1,978
9 2:25 p.m. No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 7 Arkansas 7–1 1,978
10 5:00 p.m. No. 4 Texas vs. No. 13 Ole Miss 6–0 2,069
11 8:00 p.m. No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 9 Georgia 5–10 2,069
Semifinals – Friday, May 8
12 5:00 p.m. No. 3 Florida vs. No. 2 Alabama 1–9 ESPN 2,328
13 7:30 p.m. No. 4 Texas vs. No. 9 Georgia 5–4 2,328
Championship – Saturday, May 9
14 5:00 p.m. No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 4 Texas 1–7 ESPN 2,353
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

PlayerTeam
Leighann Goode Texas
Teagan Kavan
Viviana Martinez
Jaycie Nichols
Jocelyn Briski Alabama
Alexis Pupillo
Ambrey Taylor
Kendall Grover Florida
Townsen Thomas
Emily Digby Georgia
Jaydyn Goodwin

MVP in bold

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