# 2025 Southeastern Conference softball season

The 2025 SEC softball season began play Thursday, February 6, and conference play began on Friday, March 7. The 2025 Southeastern Conference softball tournament takes place May 6–11 at Turner Softball Stadium in Athens, Georgia. Vanderbilt University does not have a softball program.

## SEC preseason poll

The head coaches SEC preseason poll was released on January 30, 2025. Each head coach votes on a scale of 14 points for first place descending to 1 point for last place, 14th. Each coach only votes for 14 teams, since they can not vote for their own team. Newcomers, Texas and Oklahoma, were picked to finish 1st and 3rd, respectively. Texas, Florida, who finished 2nd, and Oklahoma were the only teams receiving 1st place votes,receiving 7, 6, and 2 1st place votes, respectively.
Preseason poll :
| Predicted finish | Team |
| 1 | Texas |
| 2 | Florida |
| 3 | Oklahoma |
| 4 | Tennessee |
| 5 | Texas A&M |
| 6 | LSU |
| 7 | Arkansas |
| 8 | Georgia |
| 9 | Missouri |
| 10 | Alabama |
| 11 | Kentucky |
| 12 | Mississippi State |
| 13 | Auburn |
| 14 | Ole Miss |
| 15 | South 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.
2025 SEC softball recordsvte
Source: 2025 SEC softball game results, 2025 SEC softball schedule :
| Tm | W–L | ALA | ARK | AUB | FLA | UGA | KEN | LSU | MSU | MIZ | OKL | OMS | SCA | TEN | TEX | TAM | Tm | SR | SW |
| ALA | 1–2 | | . | . | 4/20 | 3/30 | . | 4/06 | 1–2 | 4/27 | 4/13 | . | 5/03 | . | . | 3/23 | ALA | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| ARK | 1–5 | . | | . | 4/06 | . | 3/30 | 5/03 | . | . | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4/13 | 3/23 | . | 4/27 | ARK | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| AUB | 0–6 | . | . | | 3/30 | 4/13 | 4/06 | . | 0–3 | . | . | . | 4/27 | 4/20 | 3/23 | 0–3 | AUB | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| FLA | 3–3 | 4/20 | 4/06 | 3/30 | | . | . | 4/27 | . | . | 5/03 | 4/13 | . | . | 1–2 | 2–1 | FLA | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| UGA | 2–4 | 3/30 | . | 4/13 | . | | . | 3/23 | . | 5/03 | . | 4/20 | 1–2 | 1–2 | . | 4/06 | UGA | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| KEN | 3–3 | . | 3/30 | 4/06 | . | . | | 0–3 | 4/27 | 3–0 | . | 3/23 | 4/20 | . | 5/03 | . | KEN | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| LSU | 3–0 | 4/06 | 5/03 | . | 4/27 | 3/23 | 3–0 | | . | . | . | . | 3/30 | . | 4/20 | 4/13 | LSU | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| MSU | 5–1 | 2–1 | . | 3–0 | . | . | 4/27 | . | | 4/13 | 4/20 | 5/03 | . | 4/06 | 3/30 | . | MSU | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| MIZ | 0–3 | 4/27 | . | . | . | 5/03 | 0–3 | . | 4/13 | | 3/23 | 3/30 | . | . | 4/06 | 4/20 | MIZ | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| OKL | 6–0 | 4/13 | 3–0 | . | 5/03 | . | . | . | 4/20 | 3/23 | | . | 3–0 | 3/30 | 4/27 | . | OKL | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| OMS | 2–1 | . | 2–1 | . | 4/13 | 4/20 | 3/23 | . | 5/03 | 3/30 | . | | 4/06 | 4/27 | . | . | OMS | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| SCA | 2–4 | 5/03 | 4/13 | 4/27 | . | 2–1 | 4/20 | 3/30 | . | . | 0–3 | 4/06 | | . | . | . | SCA | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| TEN | 2–1 | . | 3/23 | 4/20 | . | 2–1 | . | . | 4/06 | . | 3/30 | 4/27 | . | | 4/13 | 5/03 | TEN | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| TEX | 2–1 | . | . | 3/23 | 2–1 | . | 5/03 | 4/20 | 3/30 | 4/06 | 4/27 | . | . | 4/13 | | . | TEX | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| TAM | 4–2 | 3/23 | 4/27 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4/06 | . | 4/13 | . | 4/20 | . | . | . | 5/03 | . | | TAM | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Tm | W–L | ALA | ARK | AUB | FLA | UGA | KEN | LSU | MSU | MIZ | OKL | OMS | SCA | TEN | TEX | TAM | Team | SR | SW |
Updated for all games through Mar 10,2025.

## National rankings

The SEC has had all 15 softball teams ranked in the top 25, at some point, in two of these polls, and 13 in the top 25, at some point, in the third. From just the most recent poll, Oklahoma is now in 1st place in all three polls, after going 4–0, including sweeping a three-game series over ranked 11th South Carolina. South Carolina dropped 5 places in one poll but went up in the other two, as much as 11 places up in one of those two, although they were previously ranked the lowest in that one poll. Mississippi State went up 7 places in one poll. Arkansas dropped 9 places in one poll. Auburn dropped 6 places in one poll. There were no other changes of more than 3 places, up or down. Rankings of opponents is at the time of the game in the AFCA/GOROUT poll.
* South Carolina went 1–3, 0–3 at 2nd ranked Oklahoma, all by one run, and 1–0 against an unranked.
* Mississippi State went 4–0 all at home, including 3–0 against 18th ranked Auburn and winning 14–1 over an unranked.
* Arkansas went 1–2 at 25th ranked Ole Miss.
* Auburn went 1–3, in addition to 0–3 at 21st ranked Mississippi State, went 1–0 against an unranked.

### AFCA/GOROUT

The 14th poll will be after the conference tournaments and before the NCAA tournament. The 15th poll, after the NCAA tournament, will be the final poll.
| Week | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| OKL | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | OKL |
| TEX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | TEX |
| FLA | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | FLA |
| LSU | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | LSU |
| TAM | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | TAM |
| TEN | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | TEN |
| SCAR | – | – | 21 | 19 | 11 | 9 | SCAR |
| ARK | 14 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | ARK |
| UGA | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | UGA |
| MSU | 24 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 19 | MSU |
| AUB | – | – | 20 | 20 | 18 | 20 | AUB |
| OMS | – | – | – | – | 25 | 22 | OMS |
| KEN | – | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | KEN |
| ALA | 11 | 14 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 25 | ALA |
| MIZ | 15 | 16 | 22 | – | – | – | MIZ |

### D1Softball

The 13th poll will be after the end of the regular season, before the conference tournaments, then the 14th poll, after the NCAA tournament, will be the final poll.
| Week | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| OKL | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | OKL |
| TEX | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | TEX |
| FLA | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | FLA |
| LSU | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | LSU |
| TEN | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | TEN |
| TAM | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | TAM |
| SCA | – | – | 24 | 21 | 9 | 14 | SCA |
| UGA | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | UGA |
| MSU | – | 17 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 17 | MSU |
| ARK | 10 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 19 | ARK |
| AUB | – | – | 18 | 23 | 17 | 23 | AUB |
| ALA | 17 | 20 | – | 25 | 21 | 24 | ALA |
| MIZ | – | 15 | 21 | – | – | – | MIZ |
| KEN | – | – | – | – | – | – | KEN |
| MISS | – | – | – | – | – | – | MISS |

### ESPN/USA Softball Collegiate

The 14th poll will be after the conference tournaments and before the NCAA tournament. The 15th poll, after the NCAA tournament, will be the final poll.
| Week | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| OKL | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | TENN |
| TEX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | TEX |
| FLA | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | FLA |
| TAM | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | TAM |
| LSU | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | LSU |
| TEN | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | TEN |
| ARK | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 10$^T$ | ARK |
| SCA | – | – | 24 | 21 | 10$^T$ | SCA |
| UGA | 14 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 14 | UGA |
| AUB | – | – | 18 | 19 | 17 | AUB |
| ALA | 11 | 12 | 21 | 22 | 21 | ALA |
| MSU | 25 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 22 | MSU |
| OMS | – | – | – | – | 25 | OMS |
| MIZ | 15 | 16 | 22 | – | – | MIZ |
| KEN | – | 24 | – | – | – | KEN |