1998 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

1998 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatTwo pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site
ChampionsAuburn (3rd title)
Winning coachHal Baird (2nd title)
MVPRodney Nye (Arkansas)
Attendance87,295
1998 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
No. 7 Florida  x‍‍y 21 8   .724 46 18   .719
No. 19 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 19 10   .655 42 16   .724
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 12 18   .400 26 31   .456
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 11 17   .393 36 20   .643
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 8 21   .276 24 30   .444
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 6 24   .200 25 28   .472
Western Division
No. 3 LSU  x‍‍‍y 21 9   .700 48 19   .716
No. 16 Alabama  ‍‍‍y 19 10   .655 43 16   .729
No. 12 Auburn  ‍‍y 16 12   .571 46 18   .719
No. 6 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 14 15   .483 37 20   .649
Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 13 14   .481 37 19   .661
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 13 15   .464 30 23   .566
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1998[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1998 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 13 through 17. Auburn defeated Arkansas in the championship game, earning the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1998". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 3, 2015.