2025 SEC Baseball Tournament Bracket, Seeds and Schedule Set

Vanderbilt, after beating Kentucky 5-3 Saturday, will face the winner of a second round game between No. 5 seed Georgia (42-14, 18-12 SEC) and the winner of No. 13 Kentucky (29-23, 13-17 SEC) and No. 12 Mississippi State (34-20, 15-15 SEC).

Of those three teams, the Commodores have gone 6-0 in games this season (they didn’t play Mississippi State). So, Vanderbilt fans should feel good about their team’s standing.

The Commodores will have four full days of rest before they have to play a team that will be playing either its second or third game in as many days. That means any lingering injuries will, hopefully, be healed (Jonathan Vastine being the biggest concern) and the entire pitching staff will be available.

We’ll likely see JD Thompson take the mound against whoever Vanderbilt faces first. But an interesting strategy might be to put Connor Fennell on the mound in the first game and save the Commodores’ ace for a tougher opponent (which could potentially be No. 1-seed Texas).

Then again, in a single-elimination you can’t really worry about the next game because its not guaranteed and you should put out your best pitcher to start the first game.

Here are the final conference standings and schedule for the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala.

Final SEC Standings

1. Texas (22-8)
2. Arkansas (20-10)
3. LSU (19-11)
4. Vanderbilt (19-11)
5. Georgia (18-12)
6. Auburn (17-13)
7. Ole Miss (16-14)
8. Tennessee (16-14)
9. Alabama (16-14)
10. Florida (15-15)
11. Mississippi State (15-15)
12. Oklahoma (14-16)
13. Kentucky (13-17)
14. Texas A&M (11-19)
15. South Carolina (6-24)
16. Missouri (3-27)

2025 SEC Baseball Championship

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