2022 Southeastern Conference softball season

The 2022 SEC softball season began play Thursday, February 10, and conference play began on Thursday, March 11. The 2022 Southeastern Conference softball tournament was May 10–14 at Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium in Gainesville, Florida. Arkansas played Missouri in the tournament final, winning by a score of 4–0. Vanderbilt University is the only full member of the Southeastern Conference to not sponsor a softball program.

2022 SEC Softball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoftball
Number of teams13
Regular Season
ChampionsArkansas
Tournament
ChampionsArkansas
  Runners-upMissouri
2022 Southeastern Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 9 Arkansas ‍†‍‡‍y 19–5 .79248–11 .814
No. 17 Alabama  ‍‍‍y 16–8 .66744–13 .772
No. 20 Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 15–8 .65241–18 .695
No. 5 Florida  ‍‍‍y 13–11 .54249–19 .721
No. 21 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y 13–11 .54237–19 .661
LSU  ‍‍‍y 13–11 .54234–23 .596
No. 23 Missouri  ‍‍‍y 12–11 .52238–22 .633
No. 22 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 12–12 .50043–18 .705
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 12–12 .50041–19 .683
No. 24 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 11–13 .45840–17 .702
No. 19 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 10–14 .41737–27 .578
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 6–18 .25031–28 .525
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 3–21 .12526–30 .464
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 9, 2022[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today[2]

SEC preseason poll

The head coaches SEC preseason poll was released on January 31, 2022. Each head coach votes on a scale of 12 points for first place down to 1 point for last place, 12th. Each coach only votes for 12 teams, since they can not vote for their own team. Alabama was picked to finish 1st, with seven 1st place votes. Florida was 2nd with three 1st place votes, Arkansas 3rd with three, and Tennessee 4th with the remaining one 1st place votes.[3]

Preseason poll
Predicted finish Team
1Alabama
2Florida
3Arkansas
4Tennessee
5Missouri
6LSU
7Georgia
7Kentucky
9Ole Miss
10Texas A&M
11Auburn
12Mississippi State
13South Carolina

Record vs. conference opponents

Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2022 SEC softball records

Source: 2022 SEC softball game results, 2022 SEC softball schedule

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUTeamSRSW
ALA16–8..2–12–12–11–23–02–1.3–0.1–2ALA6–22–0
ARK19–5.3–03–0.2–12–1..2–13–02–12–1ARK8–03–0
AUB11–13.0–31–22–11–2.2–1..2–10–33–0AUB4–41–2
FLA13–111–20–32–1..2–12–1.3–0.1–22–1FLA5–31–1
UGA12–121–2.1–2..1–2.2–11–22–12–12–1UGA4–40–0
KEN13–111–21–22–1..3–02–10–32–12–1..KEN5–31–1
LSU13–112–11–2.1–22–10–32–1..3–0.2–1LSU5–31–1
MSU10–140–3.1–21–2.1–21–22–13–0.1–2.MSU2–61–1
MIZZ12–111–2...1–23–0.1–20–33–00–23–0MIZZ3–52–1
MISS12–12.1–2.0–32–11–2.0–33–03–02–1.MISS4–42–2
SCAR3–210–30–31–2.1–21–20–3.0–30–3..SCAR0–80–5
TENN15–8.1–23–02–11–2..2–12–01–2.3–0TENN5–32–0
TAMU6–182–11–20–31–21–2.1–2.0–3..0–3TAMU1–70–3
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUTeamSRSW

Updated for entire regular season.[4][5]

National rankings

In the final rankings the Southeastern Conference had 8 or 9 teams ranked in the top 25 in three of the major polls. Of the 13 teams in the SEC, 12 went to the NCAA tournament.

  • Florida went up in the rankings to become the highest ranked SEC team. Florida lost to the number 1 seed Arkansas in the 2022 SEC softball tournament semifinal, but was the only SEC team to make the Women's College World Series (WCWS) where they went 1–2.
  • Arkansas dropped in the polls, after winning the SEC tournament, but losing in their Super Regional, falling just short of the WCWS.
  • Alabama dropped 9 or 10 places in the final polls, losing their only game in the SEC tournament and was eliminated in their NCAA tournament Regional falling just short of a Super Regional.
  • Mississippi State rose in the rankings from being unranked, going 1–1 in the SEC tournament and winning a Regional in the NCAA tournament.
  • Tennessee dropped in the rankings, going 1–1 in the SEC tournament and also losing their Super Regional.
  • Kentucky lost their only SEC tournament game, and lost a Regional.
  • Georgia dropped 4 or less in the polls.
  • Missouri finished 22nd or 23rd, having made the finals of the SEC tournament and going 1–2 in a Regional.
  • Auburn dropped in the polls, going 0–1 in the SEC tournament, and 1–2 in a Regional.
  • LSU, going 0–1 in the SEC tournament and 0–2 in a Regional, dropped out of all three rankings.
  • Ole Miss, going 1–1 in the SEC Tournament and 2–2 in a Regional, dropped out of all three rankings.
  • Texas A&M also lost a Regional.
  • South Carolina did not play in the NCAA tournament.[6][7]

NFCA/USA Today
Week0123456789101112131415
FLA6444456779891012125FLA
ARK810101112121010107775449ARK
ALA22222344532565717ALA
MSU–––––––––––––––19MSU
TENN22181718181515131215151314131320TENN
KEN1916121098888891113141521KEN
UGA12131516151617151514141516181922UGA
MIZZ111716151418212424–––24242023MIZZ
AUB––2120201918171719181615171724AUB
LSU142124222120222021212119192022–LSU
MISS––––––––––––––––MISS
SCAR––––––––––––––––SCAR
TAMU––––––––––––––––TAMU

[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][2]

D1Softball
Week01234567891011121314
FLA53333567810101112135FLA
ARK89888891010665448ARK
MSU––––––––––––––17MSU
ALA2222244452278618ALA
KEN201815141413121211121314151419KEN
TENN181520171614141112161613131120TENN
MIZZ10141412101620–24–––––22MIZZ
UGA191919191821211814131516182123UGA
AUB––212019171817182219191719–AUB
LSU1723252221192522–––252523–LSU
MISS–––––––––––––25–MISS
SCAR–––––––––––––––SCAR
TAMU–––––––––––––––TAMU

[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]

ESPN/USA Softball Collegiate
Week0123456789101112131415
FLA54444667699101113145FLA
ARK91081111108996655548ARK
ALA22222444422687817ALA
TENN16151717181414111114141212101019TENN
MSU–––––––––––––––20MSU
KEN20191413121113121212121415141521KEN
MIZZ1217198817192525––2523221722MIZZ
UGA19181818192121181613131518181923UGA
AUB––2120201918171719181615171724AUB
LSU142124222120222021212119192022–LSU
MISS––––––––––––––––MISS
SCAR––––––––––––––––SCAR
TAMU––––––––––––––––TAMU

[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53]

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