# 2018 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

The 2018 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 27 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The annual tournament determined the tournament champion of the Division I Southeastern Conference in college baseball. The tournament champion earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
The tournament has been held every year since 1977, with LSU claiming twelve championships, the most of any school. Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 1992 addition Arkansas have never won the tournament. This is the twentieth consecutive year and twenty-second overall that the event has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, known from 2007 through 2012 as Regions Park. Texas A&M joined in 2013, and won its first title in 2016. Missouri, which also joined in 2013, has yet to win the event.

## Format and seeding

The regular season division winners claimed the top two seeds and the next ten teams by conference winning percentage, regardless of division, claimed the remaining berths in the tournament. The bottom eight teams played a single-elimination opening round, followed by a double-elimination format until the semifinals, when the format reverted to single elimination through the championship game. This was the sixth year of this format.
| Team | W–L | Pct | GB #1 | Seed |
| Eastern Division |||||
| Florida | 20–10 | .667 | – | 1 |
| Georgia | 18–12 | .600 | 2 | 3 |
| South Carolina | 17–13 | .567 | 3 | 5 |
| Vanderbilt | 16–14 | .533 | 4 | 6 |
| Kentucky | 13–17 | .433 | 7 | 10 |
| Missouri | 12–18 | .400 | 8 | 12 |
| Tennessee | 12–18 | .400 | 8 | – |
| Team | W–L | Pct | GB #1 | Seed |
| Western Division |||||
| Ole Miss | 18–12 | .600 | 2 | 2 |
| Arkansas | 18–12 | .600 | 2 | 4 |
| Auburn | 15–15 | .500 | 5 | 7 |
| LSU | 15–15 | .500 | 5 | 8 |
| Mississippi State | 15–15 | .500 | 5 | 9 |
| Texas A&M | 13–17 | .433 | 7 | 11 |
| Alabama | 8–22 | .267 | 12 | – |

## Bracket

| First round SECN | First round SECN | First round SECN | Second round SECN | Second round SECN | Second round SECN | Third round SECN | Third round SECN | Third round SECN | Semifinals SECN | Semifinals SECN | Semifinals SECN | Final ESPN2 | Final ESPN2 | Final ESPN2 |
| | | | 3 | Georgia | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 11 | Texas A&M | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Texas A&M | 3 | | | | 11 | Texas A&M | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | Auburn | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Ole Miss | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Auburn | 4 | 7 | Auburn | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Kentucky | 3$^{11}$ | | | | | | | 11 | Texas A&M | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Ole Miss | 2 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Georgia | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Ole Miss | 5$^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Ole Miss | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | Auburn | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Ole Miss | 9 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | LSU | 1 |
| | | | 1 | Florida | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | LSU | 8 | 8 | LSU | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Mississippi State | 5 | | | | 1 | Florida | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Arkansas | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Arkansas | 13 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | South Carolina | 4 | 5 | South Carolina | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Missouri | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | Arkansas | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 8 | LSU | 2 | | | |
| | | | 8 | LSU | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | South Carolina | 4$^{12}$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 8 | LSU | 11 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1 | Florida | 0$^7$ | | | | | | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Television | Attendance |
| Tuesday, May 22 |||||
| 1 | 9:30 a.m. | No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 Texas A&M | SEC Network | 5,514 |
| 2 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 7 Auburn vs. No. 10 Kentucky | SEC Network | 5,514 |
| 3 | 4:30 p.m. | No. 8 LSU vs. No. 9 Mississippi State | SEC Network | 8,072 |
| 4 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 5 South Carolina vs. No. 12 Missouri | SEC Network | 8,072 |
| Wednesday, May 23 |||||
| 5 | 9:30 a.m. | No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 11 Texas A&M | SEC Network | 7,126 |
| 6 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 2 Ole Miss vs. No. 7 Auburn | SEC Network | 7,126 |
| 7 | 4:30 p.m. | No. 1 Florida vs. No. 8 LSU | SEC Network | 6,710 |
| 8 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 5 South Carolina | SEC Network | 6,710 |
| Thursday, May 24 |||||
| 9 | 9:30 a.m. | No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 2 Ole Miss | SEC Network | 7,197 |
| 10 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 8 LSU vs. No. 5 South Carolina | SEC Network | 7,197 |
| 11 | 4:30 p.m. | No. 11 Texas A&M vs. No. 7 Auburn | SEC Network | 9,651 |
| Friday, May 25 |||||
| 12 | 10:00 a.m. | No. 1 Florida vs. No. 4 Arkansas | SEC Network | 1,384 |
| 13 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 2 Ole Miss vs. No. 7 Auburn | SEC Network | 8,945 |
| 14 | 6:30 p.m. | No. 8 LSU vs. No. 1 Florida | SEC Network | 8,945 |
| Semifinals – Saturday, May 26 |||||
| 15 | Noon | No. 2 Ole Miss vs. No. 11 Texas A&M | SEC Network | 10,381 |
| 16 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 8 LSU vs. No. 4 Arkansas | SEC Network | 10,381 |
| Championship – Sunday, May 27 |||||
| 17 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 2 Ole Miss vs. No. 8 LSU | ESPN | 14,126 |
| *Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. |||||