2020 Southeastern Conference softball season

The 2020 SEC softball season began with practices in January 2020, followed by the start of the 2020 NCAA Division I softball season in February. Conference will start in March 2020 and will conclude in May, followed by the 2020 Southeastern Conference Softball Tournament at Rhoads Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in May. Vanderbilt University is the only full member of the Southeastern Conference to not sponsor a softball program.

2020 SEC Softball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoftball
Number of teams13
Regular Season
Tournament
2020 Southeastern Conference softball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍ 3–0 1.000  23–4 .852
No. 23 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 3–0 1.000  19–7 .731
No. 11 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 2–1 .667  20–4 .833
No. 14 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 2–1 .667  23–5 .821
No. 10 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 2–1 .667  14–8 .636
No. 20 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 1–2 .333  19–6 .760
No. 16 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 1–2 .333  17–6 .739
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 1–2 .333  17–9 .654
No. 21 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  25–3 .893
No. 5 LSU  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  21–3 .875
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  14–9 .609
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 0–3 .000  16–11 .593
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 0–3 .000  12–13 .480
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of March 13, 2020[1]; Rankings from NFCA

Preseason

SEC preseason poll

The SEC preseason poll was released on January 15, 2020.[2]

Preseason poll
Predicted finish Team
1Alabama
2Tennessee
3LSU
4Kentucky
5Florida
6Georgia
7Arkansas
8Ole Miss
9South Carolina
10Missouri
11Auburn
12Mississippi State
Texas A&M

Head coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and SEC records are from time at current school.

Team Head coach Previous job Season at school Overall record SEC record SEC titles SEC Tournament titles NCAA Regionals NCAA Super Regionals Women's College World Series National Championships
Alabama Patrick Murphy Alabama (asst.) 22nd 1083–303 417–151 6 4 21 17 12 1
Arkansas Courtney Deifel Maryland 5th 128–100 32–64 0 0 3 1 0 0
Auburn Mickey Dean James Madison 3rd 80–38 21–26 0 0 2 0 0 0
Florida Tim Walton Wichita State 15th 727–152 260–75 7 4 14 12 10 2
Georgia Lu Harris-Champer Southern Miss 20th 902–340 306–197 2 1 18 10 4 0
Kentucky Rachel Lawson Western Kentucky 13th 432–277 140–161 0 0 11 7 1 0
LSU Beth Torina FIU 9th 360–155 110–85 0 0 8 6 4 0
Mississippi State Samantha Ricketts Mississippi State (AHC) 1st 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Missouri Larissa Anderson Hofstra 2nd 35–25 12–12 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ole Miss Ruben Felix Ole Miss (asst.) 1st 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Carolina Beverly Smith North Carolina (AHC) 10th 310–211 77–145 0 0 7 1 0 0
Tennessee Karen and Ralph Weekly Chattanooga 19th 893-276–2 299-163–1 1 2 16 11 7 0
Texas A&M Jo Evans Utah 24th 907–442–2 72–91 0 0 20 7 3 0

Conference matrix
Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Georgia Kentucky LSU Miss. State Missouri Ole Miss S. Carolina Tennessee Texas A&M
vs. Alabama –0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Arkansas 0–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Auburn 0–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Florida 0–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Georgia 0–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Kentucky 0–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. LSU 0–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Miss. State 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Missouri 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–0
vs. Ole Miss 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00-0–0–00–00–0
vs. South Carolina 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–0
vs. Tennessee 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–0
vs. Texas A&M 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00-00–00–00–0–
Total 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0

References
  1. "Softball". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  2. "Alabama softball named preseason favorite for 2020". SEC Sports. January 15, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
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