SEC softball tournament | |
Optional Subheader: | Conference softball championship |
Sport: | Softball |
Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
Number Of Teams: | 13 |
Format: | Single-elimination tournament (2006-present) Double-elimination tournament (1997-2006) |
Current Stadium: | Jane B. Moore Field |
Current Location: | Auburn, Alabama |
Years: | 1997-present |
Most Recent: | 2024 Southeastern Conference softball tournament |
Current Champion: | Florida Gators |
Most Championships: | Alabama & Florida (6) |
Television: | SEC Network and ESPN |
Website: | SECSports.com Softball |
The SEC softball tournament (sometimes known simply as the SEC tournament) is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It is a single-elimination (since 2006) tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament.
The SEC softball tournament is a single-elimination tournament held each year at various SEC-conference campus stadiums. Thirteen of the 14 teams in the SEC make the tournament each year (Vanderbilt does not sponsor a softball team).
The tournament has been held since 1997, when the SEC began sponsoring softball. In 1997 it was an eight-team, double-elimination tournament with byes for the top two seeds. From 1998 until 2005 it was an eight-team, double-elimination tournament with no byes. In 2006 it became an eight-team, single-elimination tournament. In 2013, with the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M into the SEC, the tournament moved to a ten-team, single-elimination tournament with the top 6 teams earning first round byes.
Alabama | 6 | 1998, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2021 | |
Florida | 6 | 2008, 2009, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2024 | |
LSU | 5 | 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007 | |
Tennessee | 3 | 2006, 2011, 2023 | |
Auburn | 2 | 2015, 2016 | |
South Carolina | 2 | 1997, 2000 | |
Georgia | 1 | 2014 | |
Ole Miss | 1 | 2017 | |
Arkansas | 1 | 2022 | |
Kentucky | 0 | ||
Mississippi State | 0 | ||
Missouri | 0 | ||
Oklahoma | 0 | ||
Texas | 0 | ||
Texas A&M | 0 |