2023 SEC softball tournament

The 2023 Southeastern Conference Softball Tournament, played for the 2023 Southeastern Conference softball season, is the postseason softball tournament that determined the 2023 champion of the Southeastern Conference. It was held at Bogle Park in Fayetteville, Arkansas from May 9–13, 2023. Tennessee won the tournament, earning the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All tournament games were televised on the SEC Network, with the semifinals and championship game broadcast on ESPN2 and ESPN, respectively.^[3]

2023 Southeastern Conference
softball tournament

Teams	13
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Finals site	Bogle Park Fayetteville, Arkansas
Champions	Tennessee (3rd title)
Runner-up	South Carolina (3rd title game)
Winning coach	Karen Weekly (3rd title)
MVP	Kiki Milloy (Tennessee)
Television	SEC Network ESPN2
← 2022 SEC Softball Tournament 2024 →

2023 Southeastern Conference softball standings

v t e	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]

Format

All thirteen teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then will play a single-elimination tournament, with the top four seeds receiving a single bye, and the bottom two playing the first round game on May 9. The 13 team format has been the same since 2019.^[4]

Record vs. conference opponents

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

2023 SEC softball records v t e Source: 2023 SEC softball game results, 2023 SEC softball schedule
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	Team	SR	SW
ALA	14–10		1–2	1–2	.	.	.	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	.	ALA	5–3	1–0
ARK	14–10	2–1		.	2–1	1–2	2–1	.	3–0	1–2	.	.	2–1	1–2	ARK	5–3	1–0
AUB	15–9	2–1	.		1–2	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	.	.	AUB	6–2	1–0
FLA	11–13	.	1–2	2–1		2–1	1–2	.	.	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–3	.	FLA	4–4	0–1
UGA	16–7	.	2–1	2–1	1–2		2–1	1–2	2–0	.	.	3–0	.	3–0	UGA	6–2	2–0
KEN	10–14	.	1–2	.	2–1	1–2		.	0–3	3–0	2–1	.	0–3	1–2	KEN	3–5	1–2
LSU	13–11	1–2	.	1–2	.	2–1	.		3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–3	.	LSU	5–3	1–1
MSU	7–16	0–3	0–3	1–2	.	0–2	3–0	0–3		.	.	3–0	.	0–3	MSU	2–6	2–4
MIZZ	7–17	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–2	.	0–3	1–2	.		1–2	.	.	1–2	MIZZ	1–7	0–2
MISS	8–16	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	.	2–1		.	0–3	1–2	MISS	1–7	0–1
SCAR	9–15	1–2	.	1–2	2–1	0–3	.	1–2	0–3	.	.		1–2	3–0	SCAR	2–6	1–2
TENN	19–5	2–1	1–2	.	3–0	.	3–0	3–0	.	.	3–0	2–1		2–1	TENN	7–1	4–0
TAMU	12–12	.	2–1	.	.	0–3	2–1	.	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–2		TAMU	5–3	1–2
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	Team	SR	SW

Updated for entire regular season. Tie brkrs: ARK>ALA hd to hd.^[5][6]

Bracket

	First Round Tuesday, May 9					Second Round Wednesday, May 10					Quarterfinals Thursday, May 11					Semifinals Friday, May 12					Championship Saturday, May 13
											1	Tennessee	4
											8	Florida	0
						8	Florida	6
						9	Kentucky	2
																1	Tennessee	7
																5	Alabama	6
											4	Arkansas	2
											5	Alabama	39
						5	Alabama	7
	12	Mississippi State	1			13	Missouri	2
	13	Missouri	3																		1	Tennessee	3
																					10	South Carolina	1
											3	Auburn	8
											11	Ole Miss	7
						6	LSU	3
						11	Ole Miss	510
																3	Auburn	2
																10	South Carolina	3
											2	Georgia	1
											10	South Carolina	28
						7	Texas A&M	0
						10	South Carolina	18

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television	Attendance
First Round – Tuesday, May 9
1	6:30 p.m.	No. 13 Missouri vs. No. 12 Mississippi State	3–1	SEC Network	2,215
Second Round – Wednesday, May 10/Thursday, May 11
2	10:00 a.m.	No. 11 Ole Miss vs. No. 6 LSU	5−310	SEC Network	2,286
3	2:00 p.m.	No. 10 South Carolina vs. No. 7 Texas A&M	1−08
4	6:30 p.m.	No. 13 Missouri vs. No. 5 Alabama	2−7		2,413
5	11:00 a.m.	No. 9 Kentucky vs. No. 8 Florida	2−6
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 11/Friday, May 12
6	1:30 p.m.	No. 11 Ole Miss vs. No. 3 Auburn	7−8	SEC Network	2,500
7	4:00 p.m.	No. 10 South Carolina vs. No. 2 Georgia	2−18
8	8:00 p.m.	No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 4 Arkansas	3−29		2,744
9	10:00 a.m.	No. 8 Florida vs. No. 1 Tennessee	0−4
Semifinals – Friday, May 12
10	12:30 p.m.	No. 10 South Carolina vs. No. 3 Auburn	3−2	ESPN2	2,443
11	3:00 p.m.	No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 1 Tennessee	6−7	ESPN2
Championship – Saturday, May 13
12	3:00 p.m.	No. 10 South Carolina vs. No. 1 Tennessee	1−3	ESPN	2,428
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[7]