Tennessee baseball has just two weeks remaining in the regular season before they head to Hoover for the 2026 SEC Baseball Tournament.
After dropping two of three games at Kentucky over the weekend, Tennessee now sits at 11-13 in SEC play with two series remaining on its schedule. The Vols have lost five of their first eight series, sweeping Mississippi State while being swept by Vanderbilt.
Where does Tennessee stand in the SEC standings with two weeks remaining? The Vols 11-13 record is currently tied for 11th in the SEC with Kentucky. With the Wildcats holding the tie breaker, Tennessee would be the 12th seed if the SEC Tournament started tomorrow.
If the tournament began tomorrow, Tennessee would play Vanderbilt in its opening game of the event.
Ole Miss and Oklahoma are both one game ahead of Tennessee in the standings while Alabama, Florida and Arkansas are all two games ahead of Tennessee. Ole Miss holds the tiebreaker over Tennessee while the Vols hold the tiebreaker over Alabama.
Tennessee concludes the regular season with a series against Oklahoma in Oklahoma City which gives the Vols a chance to climb in the seeding with victories themselves and handing losses to their competition. Tennessee could theoretically rise as high as second in the SEC standings but it seems unlikely that the Vols would climb as high as sixth.
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Vanderbilt sits one game and LSU sits two games behind Tennessee in the SEC standings with both teams holding the tiebreaker over the Vols.
It’s possible for Tennessee to fall all the way to 15th in the SEC standings but it is unlikely that the Vols would fall anywhere below 14th.
Tennessee hosts Texas this weekend in a three-game series at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Longhorns are currently tied for second in the SEC with a 15-8 conference record. Josh Elander’s first Tennessee team then faces Oklahoma in Oklahoma City for its final conference series.
The SEC Tournament went to a single-elimination format beginning last season after the conference expanded to 16 teams. Seeds nine through 16 begin play on Tuesday while seeds five through eight do not play until Wednesday and seeds one through four don’t play until the quarterfinals either on Thursday or Friday.
As things currently stand, Tennessee will likely play its first game in Hoover on Tuesday to begin the tournament.
