2023 Southeastern Conference softball season

The 2023 SEC softball season began play Thursday, February 9, and conference play began on Friday, March 10. Tennessee clinched the regular season conference championship on May 6.[3] Tennessee also won the 2023 Southeastern Conference softball tournament which took place from May 9-13 at Bogle Park in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Vanderbilt University is the only full member of the Southeastern Conference to not sponsor a softball program.[4] Of the 13 teams in the SEC, 12 will play in the NCAA tournament. Of the top 16 seeds hosting Regionals, five are from the SEC. [5]

2023 SEC Softball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoftball
Number of teams13
Regular Season
2023 SEC ChampionsTennessee
Tournament
ChampionsTennessee
  Runners-upSouth Carolina
Finals MVPKiki Milloy (Tennessee)
2023 Southeastern Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 4 Tennessee ‍†‍‡‍y 19–5–0 .79244–8–0 .846
No. 14 Georgia ‍‍‍y 16–7–0 .69639–13–0 .750
No. 16 Auburn ‍‍‍y 15–9–0 .62540–17–0 .702
No. 13 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 14–10–0 .58338–17–0 .691
No. 12 Alabama ‍‍‍y 14–10–0 .58340–18–0 .690
No. 11 LSU ‍‍‍y 13–11–0 .54240–15–0 .727
Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 12–12–0 .50033–19–0 .635
No. 20 Florida ‍‍‍y 11–13–0 .45836–20–0 .643
No. 22 Kentucky ‍‍‍y 10–14–0 .41730–19–1 .610
South Carolina ‍‍‍y 9–15–0 .37537–20–0 .649
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 8–16–0 .33330–25–0 .545
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 7–16–0 .30428–25–0 .528
Missouri ‍‍‍y 7–17–0 .29234–24–0 .586
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 14, 2023[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today[2]

SEC preseason poll

The head coaches SEC preseason poll was released on January 26, 2023. Each head coach votes on a scale of 12 points for first place down to 1 point for last place, 12th. Each coach only votes for 12 teams, since they can not vote for their own team. Florida was picked to finish 1st, with five 1st place votes. Tennessee was 2nd with three 1st place votes, and Arkansas 3rd with the remaining five 1st place votes.[6]

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

Record vs. conference opponents

Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2023 SEC softball records

Source: 2023 SEC softball game results, 2023 SEC softball schedule

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUTeamSRSW
ALA14–101–21–2...2–13–02–12–12–11–2.ALA5–31–0
ARK14–102–1.2–11–22–1.3–01–2..2–11–2ARK5–31–0
AUB15–92–1.1–21–2.2–12–13–02–12–1..AUB6–21–0
FLA11–13.1–22–12–11–2..2–12–11–20–3.FLA4–40–1
UGA16–7.2–12–11–22–11–22–0..3–0.3–0UGA6–22–0
KEN10–14.1–2.2–11–2.0–33–02–1.0–31–2KEN3–51–2
LSU13–111–2.1–2.2–1.3–02–12–12–10–3.LSU5–31–1
MSU7–160–30–31–2.0–23–00–3..3–0.0–3MSU2–62–4
MIZZ7–171–22–10–31–2.0–31–2.1–2..1–2MIZZ1–70–2
MISS8–161–2.1–21–2.1–21–2.2–1.0–31–2MISS1–70–1
SCAR9–151–2.1–22–10–3.1–20–3..1–23–0SCAR2–61–2
TENN19–52–11–2.3–0.3–03–0..3–02–12–1TENN7–14–0
TAMU12–12.2–1..0–32–1.3–02–12–10–31–2TAMU5–31–2
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUTeamSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. Tie brkrs: ARK>ALA hd to hd. [7][8]

National rankings

The Southeastern Conference has 8 teams ranked in the top 25 in two of the three major polls. The third has not been released as of this update. The number of teams ranked had steadily decreased over the last four rankings from 9 or 10 teams, to 8 or 9, to what it is in the latest polls, while, over the same time, not losing any out of conference games, except Florida losing one to a very highly ranked Florida State. Tennessee is still the highest ranked SEC team in all three polls. Alabama replaced Georgia as the second highest in one poll while LSU remained as the second highest in one of the other polls. All games played since the previous rankings were in the conference tournament.

  • Tennessee remains steady at 4th going 3–0, winning the conference tournament championship..
  • LSU held steady in one poll, dropped 1 place in another, going 0–1, losing to unranked Ole Miss.
  • Alabama went up 2 places in two polls, going 2–1, losing to Tennessee in the championship game.
  • Georgia dropped 1 place in two polls, going 0–1, losing to unranked South Carolina.
  • Arkansas dropped 1 place in two polls, going 0–1, losing to ranked Alabama.
  • Auburn held steady in one poll, dropped 2 places in another, going 1–1, playing only unranked teams.
  • Florida dropped 2 places and rose 1, going 1–1, losing to highest ranked Tennessee.
  • Kentucky held steady in one poll, stayed unranked in another, going 0–1, losing to slightly higher ranked Florida.
  • Texas A&M remained unranked in one poll, dropped 2 places in another, going 0–1, losing to unranked South Carolina.

[7][9]

AFCA/USA Today
Week012345678910111213141516
TENN131112775445743444TENN
LSU251815151412151412131513151111LSU
ALA91511131316161716161416141412ALA
ARK74766912108101112121213ARK
UGA151217181918171514121211111314UGA
AUB212120191819211919211917171616AUB
FLA43388881115151314161820FLA
KEN201718171614131617172020232222KEN
TAMU–––––24–252423252525––TAMU
MIZZ––242425––––––––––MIZZ
MSU23––––––––––––––MSU
MISS–––––––––––––––MISS
SCAR–––––––––––––––SCAR

[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][2]

D1Softball
Week012345678910111213141516
TENN1291144433473344TENN
UGA1081418181898867767UGA
LSU171712988101110111412159LSU
ARK84108915171291211131214ARK
AUB192318202224––––20151315AUB
ALA61261210191516151513161416ALA
TAMU–25192221132015141421222322TAMU
FLA5341313101118–23182122–FLA
KEN1615161417981417192324––KEN
SCAR––––––––––25–––SCAR
MIZZ––2524––––––––––
MISS25–––––––––––––MISS
MSU––––––––––––––MSU

[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]

ESPN/USA Softball Collegiate
Week012345678910111213141516
TENN1289655335643444TENN
ALA71279913131414141316141311ALA
UGA1310161618171610891111101112UGA
ARK648771217119111212121213ARK
LSU201814151410121211121514161415LSU
AUB212120212122252323242117151517AUB
FLA533101211101318151415172120FLA
TAMU–––25–21242119212423232325TAMU
KEN171618171614111615162022–––KEN
MIZZ2323212323––––––––––MIZZ
MSU–––––––––––––––MSU
MISS–––––––––––––––MISS
SCAR–––––––––––––––SCAR

[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52]

All-SEC teams

On May 12, SEC officials announced their softball awards for the 2023 season. Skylar Wallace of Florida was selected as Player of the Year, Maddie Penta of Auburn was named Pitcher of the Year, and Karlyn Pickens of Tennessee was Freshman of the Year, and Karen Weekly of Tennessee was chosen as the Coach of the Year.[53]

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

All-SEC First Team

All-SEC Second Team

SEC All-Defensive Team

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