SEC Power Rankings: New No. 1 team atop conference to conclude 2025 season

USA Today

5 days ago

Likely the premier conference in college baseball during the regular season, the NCAA Tournament delivered some mixed results for the SEC as a whole.
For example, during the regional round alone, the SEC was certainly among the biggest talking points after sending 13 teams to the NCAA Tournament, as nine of them would not make it past that round.
As a result, the SEC then sent only four teams to the super regionals, two of which faced each other. Following the ensuing series' as well, two SEC teams then advanced to Omaha for the Men's College World Series, each of which made a deep run.
So, following an action packed postseason for the conference, let's take a look at the final SEC baseball power rankings of the 2025 season to see which team sits atop the group to finish the year.
16. Missouri Tigers
Missouri was one-of-three SEC teams to not make the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers ended the year with a 16-39 overall record (3-27 in SEC).
15. South Carolina Gamecocks
South Carolina was the second SEC team to not make the NCAA Tournament this season. The Gamecocks ended the year with a record of 28-29 overall (6-24 in SEC).
14. Texas A&M Aggies
Texas A&M was final of the three SEC teams to not make the NCAA Tournament this season. The Aggies concluded the season at 30-26 overall (11-19 in SEC).
13. Kentucky Wildcats
Playing in the Clemson Regional, Kentucky reached the championship game with victories over USC Upstate and Clemson, but saw their season come to an end with a loss against West Virginia. The Wildcats' second one-run defeat at the hands of the Mountaineers during the Clemson Regional, Kentucky ended the season at 31-26 overall (13-17 in SEC).
12. Mississippi State Bulldogs
Playing in the Tallahassee Regional, Mississippi State won two games over Northeastern, but suffered a pair of losses to host Florida State that ended their season in the championship game. Mississippi State's record to end the season is 36-23 overall (15-15 in SEC).
11. Alabama Crimson Tide
Alabama had a disappointing showing in the Hattiesburg Regional, dropping a pair of close games at the hands of Miami and Southern Miss. The Crimson Tide end the season on a three-game losing streak, as well as with a 41-18 overall record (16-14 in SEC).
10. Florida Gators
Playing in the Conway Regional, Florida defeated Fairfield, but dropped both games against East Carolina to fall just short of the championship game. The Gators ended the season with an overall record of 39-22 (15-15 in SEC).
9. Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma had an impressive showing in the Chapel Hill Regional that included two victories over Nebraska, as well as a record of 2-1 against host North Carolina which featured a defeat in the decisive winner-take-all championship game. The Sooners ended the season with a 38-22 overall record (14-16 in SEC).
8. Georgia Bulldogs
Hosting the Athens Regional, Georgia opened postseason play with a dominant win over Binghamton, but were later defeated by both Duke and Oklahoma State in close games to fall short of the championship game. A disappointing end to the season for Georgia, the Bulldogs end the year at 43-17 overall (18-12 in SEC).
7. Texas Longhorns
Hosting the Austin Regional, the SEC regular season champions reached the championship game following victories over Houston Christian and Kansas State, but were upset for the second time by UTSA in the regional to end their season. Texas finishes their first season in the conference at 44-14 overall (22-8 in SEC).
6. Ole Miss Rebels
After opening the Oxford Regional with a loss to Murray State, Ole Miss then rattled off three consecutive victories over Western Kentucky, Georgia Tech, and the Racers to set up a decisive winner-take-all game. However, Ole Miss would drop that game to Murray State, 12-11, ending the season at 43-21 overall (16-14 in SEC).
5. Vanderbilt Commodores
The No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, Vanderbilt hosted the Nashville Regional where they opened play with a win over Wright State, but went on to suffer a pair of one-run losses to Louisville and the Raiders. After winning the SEC Tournament, Vanderbilt ends the season with a 43-18 overall record (19-11 in SEC).
4. Auburn Tigers
After sweeping the Auburn Regional with wins over Central Connecticut State, Stetson, and NC State, the Tigers were the first-of-four SEC teams to advance to super regionals in which Auburn was also the host, but dropped both games against Coastal Carolina to fall just short of Omaha. The Tigers ended the season at 41-20 overall (17-13 in SEC).
3. Tennessee Volunteers
Despite a loss to Wake Forest, Tennessee won the Knoxville Regional with victories over Miami (OH), Cincinnati, and the Demon Deacons, but then followed that up with a series sweep at Arkansas in the Fayetteville Super Regional to fall short of Omaha. The Volunteers end their 2025 season at 46-19 overall (16-14 in SEC).
2. Arkansas Razorbacks
Arkansas swept through the regional and super regional rounds of the NCAA Tournament with victories over North Dakota State, Creighton, and Tennessee to make it to Omaha, and then picked up wins over Murray State and UCLA in the College World Series. The Razorbacks however fell twice to LSU in Omaha, one of which was in the national semifinals, and as a result, end the season at 50-15 overall (20-10 in SEC).
1. LSU Tigers
The 2025 national champions, LSU's lone blemish on their way to lifting the trophy in Omaha was a regional defeat to Little Rock, with the Tigers defeating each of Little Rock, Dallas Baptist, West Virginia, Arkansas, UCLA, and Coastal Carolina along the way. LSU's season ends with an overall record of 53-15 (19-11 in SEC).
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