2020 Southeastern Conference softball season

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2020 SEC Softball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoftball
Number of teams13
Regular Season
Tournament
Softball seasons
← 2019
2020 Southeastern Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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


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.

Preseason[edit]

SEC preseason poll[edit]

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

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

Head coaches[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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.