SEC softball tournament

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SEC softball tournament
Conference softball championship
SEC Softball Championship Tournament logo
SportSoftball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Number of teams13
FormatSingle-elimination tournament (2006-present)
Double-elimination tournament (1997-2006)
Current stadiumJane B. Moore Field
Current locationAuburn, Alabama
Played1997-present
Last contest2024 Southeastern Conference softball tournament
Current championFlorida Gators
Most championshipsAlabama & Florida (6)
TV partner(s)SEC Network and ESPN
Official websiteSECSports.com Softball

The SEC softball tournament (sometimes known simply as the SEC tournament) is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It is a single-elimination (since 2006) tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament.

Tournament

The SEC softball tournament is a single-elimination tournament held each year at various SEC-conference campus stadiums. Thirteen of the 14 teams in the SEC make the tournament each year (Vanderbilt does not sponsor a softball team).

History

The tournament has been held since 1997, when the SEC began sponsoring softball. In 1997 it was an eight-team, double-elimination tournament with byes for the top two seeds. From 1998 until 2005 it was an eight-team, double-elimination tournament with no byes. In 2006 it became an eight-team, single-elimination tournament. In 2013, with the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M into the SEC, the tournament moved to a ten-team, single-elimination tournament with the top 6 teams earning first round byes.

Champions

Year-by-year

By school