2023 Southeastern Conference softball season

2023 SEC Softball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoftball
Number of teams13
Regular Season
2023 SEC ChampionsTennessee
Tournament
ChampionsTennessee
  Runners-upSouth Carolina
Finals MVPKiki Milloy (Tennessee)
Softball seasons
2023 Southeastern Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 3 Tennessee ‍y 19 5 0   .792 51 10 0   .836
No. 14 Georgia ‍‍‍y 16 7 0   .696 42 15 0   .737
No. 20 Auburn ‍‍‍y 15 9 0   .625 43 19 0   .694
No. 7 Alabama ‍‍‍y 14 10 0   .583 45 22 0   .672
No. 17 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 14 10 0   .583 40 19 0   .678
No. 16 LSU ‍‍‍y 13 11 0   .542 42 17 0   .712
Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 12 12 0   .500 35 21 0   .625
No. 21 Florida ‍‍‍y 11 13 0   .458 38 22 0   .633
No. 24 Kentucky ‍‍‍y 10 14 0   .417 31 22 1   .583
No. 25 South Carolina ‍‍‍y 9 15 0   .375 40 22 0   .645
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 8 16 0   .333 32 28 0   .533
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 7 16 0   .304 28 25 0   .528
Missouri ‍‍‍y 7 17 0   .292 35 26 0   .574
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 5, 2023[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today[2]

The 2023 SEC softball season began play Thursday, February 9, and conference play began on Friday, March 10. Tennessee clinched the regular season conference championship on May 6.[3] Tennessee also won the 2023 Southeastern Conference softball tournament which took place from May 9–13 at Bogle Park in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Vanderbilt University is the only full member of the Southeastern Conference to not sponsor a softball program.[4] Of the 13 teams in the SEC, 12 played in the NCAA tournament. Of the top 16 seeds hosting Regionals, five are from the SEC.[5] Three of the five win their Regionals, being the only SEC teams to win Regionals. Two of the three win their Super Regionals and advance to the 2023 Women's College World Series (WCWS).

  1. ^ "2023 Standings". Southeastern Conference. June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  2. ^ "2023 USA Today / NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll (Final)". NFCA. June 13, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  3. ^ "Tennessee clinches first SEC regular-season softball title in 16 years". Chattanooga Times Free Press. May 6, 2023. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 SEC softball: Bracket, schedule, scores, TV times for the tournament". NCAA. May 13, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  5. ^ "NCAA Division I Softball Committee announces 2023 championship field". NCAA. May 14, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2023.