# 2021 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

The 2021 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 30 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The annual tournament determined the tournament champion of the Division I Southeastern Conference in college baseball. The Arkansas Razorbacks emerged for the first time as tournament champions, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The tournament has been held every year since 1977 (with the exception of 2020), with LSU claiming twelve championships, the most of any school. Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 1993 addition Arkansas and 2013 addition Missouri had previously never won the tournament. This is the twenty-second consecutive year and twenty-fourth overall that the event has scheduled to be held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, known from 2007 through 2012 as Regions Park.

## Format and seeding

The regular season division winners claim the top two seeds and the next ten teams by conference winning percentage, regardless of division, claim the remaining berths in the tournament. The bottom eight teams play a single-elimination opening round, followed by a double-elimination format until the semifinals, when the format reverts to single elimination through the championship game. This is the eighth year of this format.
| Team | W–L | Pct | GB No. 1 | Seed |
| Eastern Division |||||
| Tennessee | 20–10 | .667 | 2 | 2 |
| Vanderbilt | 19–10 | .655 | 2.5 | 4 |
| Florida | 17–13 | .567 | 5 | 6 |
| South Carolina | 16–14 | .533 | 6 | 7 |
| Georgia | 13–17 | .433 | 9 | 8 |
| Kentucky | 12–18 | .400 | 10 | 11 |
| Missouri | 8–22 | .267 | 14 | – |
| Team | W–L | Pct | GB No. 1 | Seed |
| Western Division |||||
| Arkansas | 22–8 | .733 | – | 1 |
| Mississippi State | 20–10 | .667 | 2 | 3 |
| Ole Miss | 18–12 | .600 | 4 | 5 |
| LSU | 13–17 | .433 | 9 | 9 |
| Alabama | 12–17 | .414 | 9.5 | 10 |
| Auburn | 10–20 | .333 | 12 | 12 |
| Texas A&M | 9–21 | .300 | 13 | – |
Tiebreakers :
| Teams | Record | Tiebreaker |
| (8) Georgia (9) LSU | 13–17 | UGA vs. ARK, 1–2 LSU vs. ARK, 1–2 UGA vs. TENN, 1–2 LSU vs. TENN, 0–3 |

## Bracket

| First round Tuesday, May 25 | First round Tuesday, May 25 | First round Tuesday, May 25 | Second round Wednesday, May 26 Thursday, May 27 | Second round Wednesday, May 26 Thursday, May 27 | Second round Wednesday, May 26 Thursday, May 27 | Third round Thursday, May 27 Friday, May 28 | Third round Thursday, May 27 Friday, May 28 | Third round Thursday, May 27 Friday, May 28 | Semifinals Saturday, May 29 | Semifinals Saturday, May 29 | Semifinals Saturday, May 29 | Final Sunday, May 30 | Final Sunday, May 30 | Final Sunday, May 30 |
| | | | 3 | Mississippi State | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Florida | 4 | 6 | Florida | 13$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Kentucky | 1 | | | | 6 | Florida | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 10 | Alabama | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Tennessee | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | South Carolina | 3 | 10 | Alabama | 3$^{11}$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Alabama | 9 | | | | | | | 6 | Florida | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Tennessee | 4 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Mississippi State | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Tennessee | 12$^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Tennessee | 11 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 10 | Alabama | 0$^7$ | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Tennessee | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Arkansas | 7 |
| | | | 1 | Arkansas | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Georgia | 4 | 8 | Georgia | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | LSU | 1 | | | | 1 | Arkansas | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Vanderbilt | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Vanderbilt | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Ole Miss | 7 | 5 | Ole Miss | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Auburn | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | Arkansas | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Ole Miss | 2 | | | |
| | | | 8 | Georgia | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Ole Miss | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Ole Miss | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Vanderbilt | 1 | | | | | | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Television | Attendance |
| Tuesday, May 25 |||||
| 1 | 9:30 a.m. | No. 6 Florida vs. No. 11 Kentucky | SEC Network | 3,499 |
| 2 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 7 South Carolina vs. No. 10 Alabama | SEC Network | 3,499 |
| 3 | 4:30 p.m. | No. 8 Georgia vs. No. 9 LSU | SEC Network | 7,750 |
| 4 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 5 Ole Miss vs. No. 12 Auburn | SEC Network | 7,750 |
| Wednesday, May 26 |||||
| 5 | 9:30 a.m. | No. 3 Mississippi State vs. No. 6 Florida | SEC Network | 5,235 |
| 6 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 10 Alabama | SEC Network | 5,235 |
| 7 | 4:30 p.m. | No. 1 Arkansas vs. No. 8 Georgia | SEC Network | 7,200 |
| 8 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 5 Ole Miss | SEC Network | 7,200 |
| Thursday, May 27 |||||
| 9 | 9:30 a.m. | No. 3 Mississippi State vs. No. 2 Tennessee | SEC Network | 4,737 |
| 10 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 8 Georgia vs. No. 5 Ole Miss | SEC Network | 4,737 |
| 11 | 4:30 p.m. | No. 6 Florida vs. No. 10 Alabama | SEC Network | 8,625 |
| 12 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 1 Arkansas vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt | SEC Network | 8,625 |
| Friday, May 28 |||||
| 13 | 10:00 a.m. | No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 10 Alabama | SEC Network | 5,901 |
| 14 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 5 Ole Miss vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt | SEC Network | 5,901 |
| Semifinals – Saturday, May 29 |||||
| 15 | Noon | No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 6 Florida | SEC Network | 8,735 |
| 16 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 5 Ole Miss vs. No. 1 Arkansas | SEC Network | 8,735 |
| Championship – Sunday, May 30 |||||
| 17 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 1 Arkansas | ESPN2 | 10,176 |
| *Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. |||||

## Umpires

* Tony Walsh
* Jeff Head
* Scott Cline
* Scott Kennedy
* Kevin Sweeney
* Ray Gregson
* Eddie Newsom
* Eric Goshay
* Damien Beal
* Mo Hodges
* Brandon Cooper
* Brian deBrauwere