# 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 17,2025.

## 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. Since the most recent previous poll, Auburn dropped at least 3 places in all three polls. Kentucky dropped from 23rd to not ranked in one poll. There were no other changes of more than 2 places, up or down. Rankings of opponents is at the time of the game in the AFCA/GOROUT poll.
* Auburn went 0–4, being swept in three home games by #5 Texas A&M and losing one game to not ranked.
* Kentucky went 0–4, being swept in three games at #4 LSU and losing one game to #17 Virginia Tech.

### NFCA/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 | 6 | |
| OKL | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | OKL |
| TEX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | TEX |
| LSU | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | LSU |
| FLA | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | FLA |
| TAM | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | TAM |
| TEN | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | TEN |
| SCAR | – | – | 21 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 11 | SCAR |
| UGA | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | UGA |
| ARK | 14 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 14 | ARK |
| MSU | 24 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 18 | MSU |
| OMS | – | – | – | – | 25 | 22 | 20 | OMS |
| AUB | – | – | 20 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 23 | AUB |
| 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 | 6 | |
| OKL | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | OKL |
| TEX | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | TEX |
| FLA | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | FLA |
| LSU | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | LSU |
| TAM | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | TAM |
| TEN | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | TEN |
| SCA | – | – | 24 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 10 | SCA |
| MSU | – | 17 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 16 | MSU |
| UGA | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 19 | UGA |
| MISS | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 18 | MISS |
| ARK | 10 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 22 | ARK |
| AUB | – | – | 18 | 23 | 17 | 23 | – | AUB |
| ALA | 17 | 20 | – | 25 | 21 | 24 | – | ALA |
| MIZ | – | 15 | 21 | – | – | – | – | MIZ |
| KEN | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | KEN |

### 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 | 5 | 6 | |
| OKL | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | TENN |
| TEX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | TEX |
| LSU | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | LSU |
| FLA | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | FLA |
| TAM | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | TAM |
| TEN | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | TEN |
| SCA | – | – | 24 | 21 | 10$^T$ | 9 | 10$^T$ | SCA |
| UGA | 14 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 15 | UGA |
| ARK | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 10$^T$ | 15 | 16 | ARK |
| MSU | 25 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 19 | MSU |
| OMS | – | – | – | – | 25 | 21 | 20 | OMS |
| ALA | 11 | 12 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 24 | ALA |
| AUB | – | – | 18 | 19 | 17 | 22 | – | AUB |
| MIZ | 15 | 16 | 22 | – | – | – | – | MIZ |
| KEN | – | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | KEN |