SEC Tournament softball bracket if regular season ended today

The SEC softball tournament begins next week in Lexington, but there’s still a lot to be settled in the final week of the regular season.

Oklahoma can clinch the No. 1 seed outright with a series win at Texas A&M this weekend.

Tennessee needs help to get a top-4 seed, but can help its own case with a series win at Missouri.

Host Kentucky is locked into the No. 15 seed, the only locked-in seed heading into the final weekend of the regular season.

There’s plenty of standings shuffling to happen over the weekend, but here’s what the SEC Tournament format would look like if it started today.

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Includes games through May 1; conference records in parenthesis; underlined and italicized teams are locked into seed:

  1. Oklahoma (18-4)
  2. Alabama (18-5)
  3. Florida (17-7)
  4. Texas A&M (16-6)
  5. Tennessee (16-7)
  6. Texas (15-8)
  7. Arkansas (15-8)
  8. Georgia (12-12)
  9. LSU (11-11)
  10. Mississippi State (9-14)
  11. Missouri (8-15)
  12. South Carolina (7-16)
  13. Ole Miss (5-18)
  14. Auburn (4-18)
  15. Kentucky (1-23; locked into No. 15 seed)

Tournament played at John Cropp Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky

Tuesday, May 5

  • Game 1:  11-seed Missouri vs. 14-seed Auburn, 1 p.m. on SEC Network
  • Game 2:  12-seed South Carolina vs. 13-seed Ole Miss, 4 p.m. on SEC Network
  • Game 3: 10-seed Mississippi State vs. 15-seed Kentucky, 7 p.m. on SEC Network

Wednesday, May 6

  • Game 4:  6-seed Texas vs. Game 1 winner, 11 a.m. on SEC Network
  • Game 5:  7-seed Arkansas vs. Game 2 winner, 2 p.m. on SEC Network
  • Game 6:  5-seed Tennessee vs. Game 3 winner, 5 p.m. on SEC Network
  • Game 7:  8-seed LSU vs. 9-seed Georgia, 8 p.m. on SEC Network

Thursday, May 7

  • Game 8:  3-seed Florida vs. Game 4 winner, 11 a.m. on SEC Network
  • Game 9:  2-seed Alabama vs. Game 5 winner, 2 p.m. on SEC Network
  • Game 10:  4-seed Texas A&M vs. Game 6 winner, 5 p.m. on SEC Network
  • Game 11:  1-seed Oklahoma vs. Game 7 winner, 8 p.m. on SEC Network

Friday, May 8

  • Game 12:  Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 5 p.m. on ESPN
  • Game 13:  Game 10 winner vs. Game 11 winner, approx. 7:30 p.m. on ESPN

Saturday, May 9

  • Championship Game:  Game 12 winner vs. Game 13 winner, 5 p.m. on ESPN

Games on April 30-May 2

  • Alabama at Texas A&M
  • Florida at Georgia
  • South Carolina at Alabama
  • Arkansas at Texas
  • Tennessee at Missouri
  • Auburn at LSU
  • Mississippi State at Ole Miss

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