The SEC Baseball Tournament returns to Hoover, AL, this week as 16 teams compete for a shot at the conference championship trophy on Sunday afternoon. The Vanderbilt Commodores are the defending champions of the event.
In the same format as the SEC Basketball Tournament, the top four teams from the regular season received double byes in the bracket and will begin their run in the quarterfinal round. The teams that finished 5-8 in the regular season will start off in the second round of action, while the bottom eight teams kick things off in the opening round on Tuesday.
Georgia secured the No. 1 seed in the bracket, followed by No. 2 Texas, No. 3 Texas A&M, and No. 4 Alabama. Florida, Auburn, Arkansas, and Mississippi State are the next four seeds in order.
Tuesday’s opening round of action will feature No. 9 Ole Miss vs No. 16 Missouri at 10:30 am ET, No. 12 Vanderbilt vs No. 13 Kentucky at 2:00 pm ET, No. 10 Tennessee vs No. 15 South Carolina at 5:30 pm, and No. 11 Oklahoma vs No. 14 LSU at 9:00 pm.
Here’s a look at the full 2026 SEC Baseball Tournament Bracket, courtesy of SEC Sports:
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Tennessee Baseball is the 10-seed in the tournament after finishing the regular season with a 15-15 conference record in Josh Elander’s first year at the helm. The Volunteers did not play South Carolina in the regular season, but they’ll square off against the Gamecocks in a survive-and-advance opening round game on Tuesday evening at 5:30 p.m. ET.
If Tennessee wins, it’ll face Arkansas in the same evening time slot on Wednesday. If the Vols get hot and win their first two games, Tennessee will face off against Texas in the quarterfinal round on Friday. The Vols hosted the Longhorns in Knoxville two weeks ago and took two of three games against the then-4th-ranked team in the country.
According to DraftKings Sportsbook, Tennessee Baseball has +2800 odds to win the SEC Tournament this week in Hoover. It’s the 10th-best odds in the conference, matching their seeding in the bracket, behind Texas, Georgia, Texas A&M, Mississippi State, Auburn, Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, and Ole Miss, in that order.
Stay tuned to Rocky Top Insider for live, on-site coverage of Tennessee Baseball’s run through the SEC Tournament.
