2020 Southeastern Conference softball season

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2020 SEC Softball Season
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League NCAA Division I
Sport Softball
Number of teams13
Regular Season
Tournament
Softball seasons
← 2019
2020 Southeastern Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍3–0 1.00023–4 .852
No. 23 Missouri  ‍‍‍3–0 1.00019–7 .731
No. 11 Kentucky  ‍‍‍2–1 .66720–4 .833
No. 14 Georgia  ‍‍‍2–1 .66723–5 .821
No. 10 Alabama  ‍‍‍2–1 .66714–8 .636
No. 20 Arkansas  ‍‍‍1–2 .33319–6 .760
No. 16 South Carolina  ‍‍‍1–2 .33317–6 .739
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍1–2 .33317–9 .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 .00016–11 .593
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍0–3 .00012–13 .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.

Contents

Preseason

SEC preseason poll

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

Preseason poll
Predicted finishTeam
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.

TeamHead coachPrevious jobSeason at schoolOverall recordSEC recordSEC titlesSEC Tournament titlesNCAA RegionalsNCAA Super RegionalsWomen's College World SeriesNational Championships
Alabama Patrick Murphy Alabama (asst.)22nd1083–303417–151642117121
Arkansas Courtney Deifel Maryland 5th128–10032–64003100
Auburn Mickey Dean James Madison 3rd80–3821–26002000
Florida Tim Walton Wichita State 15th727–152260–75741412102
Georgia Lu Harris-Champer Southern Miss 20th902–340306–19721181040
Kentucky Rachel Lawson Western Kentucky 13th432–277140–1610011710
LSU Beth Torina FIU 9th360–155110–85008640
Mississippi State Samantha Ricketts Mississippi State (AHC)1st0–00–0000000
Missouri Larissa Anderson Hofstra 2nd35–2512–12001000
Ole Miss Ruben Felix Ole Miss (asst.)1st0–00–0000000
South Carolina Beverly Smith North Carolina (AHC)10th310–21177–145007100
Tennessee Karen and Ralph Weekly Chattanooga 19th893-276–2299-163–112161170
Texas A&M Jo Evans Utah 24th907–442–272–910020730

Conference matrix

AlabamaArkansasAuburnFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyLSUMiss. StateMissouriOle MissS. CarolinaTennesseeTexas A&M
vs. Alabama–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Arkansas0–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Auburn0–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Florida0–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Georgia0–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Kentucky0–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. LSU0–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Miss. State0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Missouri0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–0
vs. Ole Miss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00-0–0–00–00–0
vs. South Carolina0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–0
vs. Tennessee0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–0
vs. Texas A&M0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00-00–00–00–0–
Total0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0

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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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