# 2022 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

The 2022 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 29 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama as the conclusion of the 2022 Southeastern Conference baseball season. The annual tournament determined the tournament champion of the Division I Southeastern Conference in college baseball. The Tennessee Volunteers earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 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 2013 addition Missouri have never won the tournament. This is the twenty-third consecutive year and twenty-fifth overall that the event has scheduled to be held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, known from 2007 through 2012 as Regions Park.

## Format

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 ninth year of this format.

## Standings

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | E | Tennessee (C) | 30 | 25 | 5 | .833 | — | Qualification for the second round & NCAA tournament |
| 2 | W | Texas A&M | 30 | 19 | 11 | .633 | 6 | Qualification for the second round & NCAA tournament |
| 3 | W | Arkansas | 30 | 18 | 12 | .600 | 7 | Qualification for the second round & NCAA tournament |
| 4 | W | LSU | 30 | 17 | 13 | .567 | 8 | Qualification for the second round & NCAA tournament |
| 5 | W | Auburn | 29 | 16 | 13 | .552 | 8.5 | Qualification for the first round & NCAA tournament |
| 6 | E | Georgia | 30 | 15 | 15 | .500 | 10 | Qualification for the first round & NCAA tournament |
| 7 | E | Florida | 30 | 15 | 15 | .500 | 10 | Qualification for the first round & NCAA tournament |
| 8 | E | Vanderbilt | 30 | 14 | 16 | .467 | 11 | Qualification for the first round & NCAA tournament |
| 9 | W | Ole Miss | 30 | 14 | 16 | .467 | 11 | Qualification for the first round & NCAA tournament |
| 10 | E | South Carolina | 30 | 13 | 17 | .433 | 12 | Qualification for the first round |
| 11 | W | Alabama | 29 | 12 | 17 | .414 | 12.5 | Qualification for the first round |
| 12 | E | Kentucky | 30 | 12 | 18 | .400 | 13 | Qualification for the first round |
| 13 | E | Missouri | 30 | 10 | 20 | .333 | 15 | |
| 14 | W | Mississippi State | 30 | 9 | 21 | .300 | 16 | |

## Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | May 25 | May 25 | May 25 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| May 24 | May 24 | May 24 | 3 | Arkansas | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| May 24 | May 24 | May 24 | 3 | Arkansas | 3 | May 27 | May 27 | May 27 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Georgia | 3 | 11 | Alabama | 4 | May 27 | May 27 | May 27 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Georgia | 3 | 11 | Alabama | 4 | 11 | Alabama | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Alabama | 5 | May 26 | May 26 | May 26 | 11 | Alabama | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Alabama | 5 | May 26 | May 26 | May 26 | 2 | Texas A&M | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| May 24 | May 24 | May 24 | 2 | Texas A&M | 10 | 2 | Texas A&M | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| May 24 | May 24 | May 24 | 2 | Texas A&M | 10 | | | | | | May 28 | May 28 | May 28 | | | | | |
| 7 | Florida | 2 | 7 | Florida | 0$^7$ | | | | | | May 28 | May 28 | May 28 | | | |
| 7 | Florida | 2 | 7 | Florida | 0$^7$ | | | | | | 2 | Texas A&M | 0 | | | |
| 10 | South Carolina | 1$^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | 2 | Texas A&M | 0 | | | |
| 10 | South Carolina | 1$^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | 7 | Florida | 9 | | | |
| | | | | | | May 28 | May 28 | May 28 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | May 27 | May 27 | May 27 | 11 | Alabama | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Arkansas | 5 | 7 | Florida | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Florida | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | May 29 | May 29 | May 29 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Florida | 5 |
| | | | May 26 | May 26 | May 26 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Florida | 5 |
| | | | May 26 | May 26 | May 26 | | | | 1 | Tennessee | 8 |
| May 24 | May 24 | May 24 | 1 | Tennessee | 10 | | | | 1 | Tennessee | 8 | | | | | | | |
| May 24 | May 24 | May 24 | 1 | Tennessee | 10 | May 27 | May 27 | May 27 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 8 | Vanderbilt | 1 | May 27 | May 27 | May 27 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 8 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | Tennessee | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Ole Miss | 1 | May 26 | May 26 | May 26 | 1 | Tennessee | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Ole Miss | 1 | May 26 | May 26 | May 26 | 4 | LSU | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| May 25 | May 25 | May 25 | 4 | LSU | 11 | 4 | LSU | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| May 25 | May 25 | May 25 | 4 | LSU | 11 | | | | | | | | | May 28 | May 28 | May 28 | | |
| 5 | Auburn | 1 | 12 | Kentucky | 6 | | | | | | | | | May 28 | May 28 | May 28 | | |
| 5 | Auburn | 1 | 12 | Kentucky | 6 | | | | | | | | | 1 | Tennessee | 12 | | |
| 12 | Kentucky | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Tennessee | 12 | | |
| 12 | Kentucky | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | Kentucky | 2 | | |
| | | | | | | May 28 | May 28 | May 28 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | May 27 | May 27 | May 27 | 4 | LSU | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 12 | Kentucky | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 12 | Kentucky | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Score | Television | Attendance |
| Tuesday, May 24 ||||||
| 1 | 9:30 a.m. | No. 6 Georgia vs. No. 11 Alabama | 3–5 | SEC Network | 5,506 |
| 2 | 6:45 p.m. | No. 7 Florida vs. No. 10 South Carolina | 2–1$^{10}$ | SEC Network | 5,506 |
| 3 | 9:45 p.m. | No. 8 Vanderbilt vs. No. 9 Ole Miss | 3–1 | SEC Network | 5,506 |
| Wednesday, May 25 ||||||
| 4 | 12:45 p.m. | No. 5 Auburn vs. No. 12 Kentucky | 1–3 | SEC Network | 5,742 |
| 5 | 4:30 p.m. | No. 3 Arkansas vs. No. 11 Alabama | 3–4 | SEC Network | |
| Thursday, May 26 ||||||
| 6 | 2:45 p.m. | No. 2 Texas A&M vs. No. 7 Florida | 10–0$^7$ | SEC Network | 8,251 |
| 7 | 6:15 p.m. | No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 8 Vanderbilt | 10–1 | SEC Network | 9,697 |
| 8 | 9:45 p.m. | No. 4 LSU vs. No. 12 Kentucky | 11–6 | SEC Network | 9,697 |
| Friday, May 27 ||||||
| 9 | 9:30 a.m. | No. 3 Arkansas vs. No. 7 Florida | 5–7 | SEC Network | 5,743 |
| 10 | 1:15 p.m. | No. 8 Vanderbilt vs. No. 12 Kentucky | 2–10 | SEC Network | 5,743 |
| 11 | 5:30 p.m. | No. 2 Texas A&M vs No. 11 Alabama | 12–8 | SEC Network | 12,215 |
| 12 | 10:05 p.m. | No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 LSU | 5–2 | SEC Network | 12,215 |
| Semifinals – Saturday, May 28 ||||||
| 13 | 9:30 a.m. | No. 7 Florida vs. No. 11 Alabama | 11–6 | SEC Network | 7,102 |
| 14 | 1:10 p.m. | No. 12 Kentucky vs. No. 4 LSU | 7–2 | SEC Network | 7,102 |
| 15 | 5:20 p.m. | No. 7 Florida vs. No. 2 Texas A&M | 9–0 | SEC Network | 8,924 |
| 16 | 8:55 p.m. | No. 12 Kentucky vs. No. 1 Tennessee | 2–12 | SEC Network | 8,924 |
| Championship – Sunday, May 29 ||||||
| 17 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 7 Florida vs. No. 1 Tennessee | 5–8 | ESPN2 | 13,270 |
| *Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. ||||||

## Conference championship

SEC Championship :
| (1) Tennessee Volunteers | vs. | (7) Florida Gators |
May 29, 2022, 2:04 p.m. (CDT) at Hoover Met in Hoover, Alabama :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| (1) Tennessee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 1 |
| (7) Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
| WP: Camden Sewell (7–1) LP: Carsten Finnvold (1–1) Home runs: Tenn: Drew Gilbert (9) UF: BT Riopelle (15) Attendance: 13,270 |||||||||||||