Southeastern Conference Tournament

The Southeastern Conference has held a championshp series or tournament every year since 1948, except 1951-1952 and 2010.

The format has gone through various changes over the years:

• From 1948 to 1950, the conference held a best-of-five series between the Eastern Division champions and the Western Division Champions. The series was held at both the home stadiums.
• From 1954 to 1976, the conference held a best-of-three series between the Eastern Division champions and the Western Division Champions. The series was held at both the home stadiums.
• From 1977 to 1986, the conference held a double-elimination tournament involving the top two teams from each of the Eastern and Western division.
• From 1987 to 1991, the conference held a double-elimination tournament involving the top six teams in the conference.
• In 1992, the conference held a double-elimination tournament involving the top four teams from each of the Eastern and Western division.
• From 1993 to 1995, the conference held two double elimination tournaments, one for the Eastern Division and one for the Western Division, in an attempt to two automatic qualfiers to the NCAA Tournament. Both tournament involved all six teams from the division. The NCAA declined to give two automatic bids, instead giving the automatic bid to the division winner with the highest overall winning position.
• From 1996 to 2011, the conference held a double elimination tournament involving the top eight teams in the conference.
• In 2012 the conference held a double elimination tournament involving the top ten teams in the conference.
• From 2013-2024 the conference held a double elimination tournament involving the top twelve teams in the conference. The first four games of the tournament are single elimination contest among the bottom eight schools in the tournament.
• In 2025 the conference will use a single elimination tournament involving all 16 teams in the conference.

Louisiana State University has claimed 13 championships as of 2024, the most in the conference. Paul Mainieri and Jim Wells have each coached 6 champions through 2024. University of Florida has been runner up 11 times through 2024. University of Kentucky has never won the championship through 2024.

Year	Site	Dates	Format	Participants	Champion	Coach	Runner Up	MVP	Details
1948	Starkville/Auburn	May 27-31	Best of Five	2	Mississippi State University	Doc Patty	Auburn University	n/a	Details
1949	Starkville/Lexington	May 27-June 1	Best of Five	2	Mississippi State University	Doc Patty	University of Kentucky	n/a	Details
1950	Tuscaloosa/Lexington	May 23-27	Best of Five	2	University of Alabama	Tilden Campbell	University of Kentucky	n/a	Details
1951-1952	No postseason
1953	Starkville, MS	May 12-13	Best of Three	2	University of Georgia	Jim Whatley	Mississippi State University	n/a	Details
1954	Athens/Oxford	May 19-20	Best of Three	2	University of Georgia	Jim Whatley	University of Mississippi	n/a	Details
1955	Tuscaloosa/Athens	May 12-13	Best of Three	2	University of Alabama	Tilden Campbell	University of Georgia	n/a	Details
1956	Oxford/Gainesville	May 9-11	Best of Three	2	University of Florida	Dave Fuller	University of Mississippi	n/a	Details
1957	Athens/Tuscaloosa	May 9-13	Best of Three	2	Georgia Tech	Joe Pittard	University of Alabama	n/a	Details
1958	Birmingham, AL	May 14-15	Best of Three	2	Auburn University	Joe Connally	University of Alabama	n/a	Details
1959	Oxford/Atlanta	May 18-20	Best of Three	2	University of Mississippi	Tom Swayze	Georgia Tech	n/a	Details
1960	Oxford/Gainesville	May 16-17	Best of Three	2	University of Mississippi	Tom Swayze	University of Florida	n/a	Details
1961	Baton Rouge/Auburn	May 10-12	Best of Three	2	Louisiana State University	Ray Didier	Auburn University	n/a	Details
1962	Starkville/Gainesville	May 11-13	Best of Three	2	University of Florida	Dave Fuller	Mississippi State University	n/a	Details
1963	Auburn/Oxford	May 8-11	Best of Three	2	Auburn University	Paul Nix	University of Mississippi	n/a	Details
1964	Auburn/Oxford	May 13-16	Best of Three	2	University of Mississippi	Tom Swayze	Auburn University	n/a	Details
1965	Starkville/Auburn	May 14-16	Best of Three	2	Mississippi State University	Paul Gregory	Auburn University	n/a	Details
1966	Starkville/Knoxville	May 11-14	Best of Three	2	Mississippi State University	Paul Gregory	University of Tennessee	n/a	Details
1967	Auburn/Oxford	May 10-12	Best of Three	2	Auburn University	Paul Nix	University of Mississippi	n/a	Details
1968	Tuscaloosa/Gainesville	May 15-18	Best of Three	2	University of Alabama	Joe Sewell	University of Florida	n/a	Details
1969	Oxford/Gainesville	May 14-16	Best of Three	2	University of Mississippi	Tom Swayze	University of Florida	n/a	Details
1970	Starkville/Knoxville	May 13-16	Best of Three	2	Mississippi State University	Paul Gregory	University of Tennessee	n/a	Details
1971	Starkville/Nashville	May 14-15	Best of Three	2	Mississippi State University	Paul Gregory	Vanderbilt University	n/a	Details
1972	Oxford/Nashville	May 10-13	Best of Three	2	University of Mississippi	Jake Gibbs	Vanderbilt University	n/a	Details
1973	Nashville/Tuscaloosa	May 9-11	Best of Three	2	Vanderbilt University	Larry Schmittou	University of Alabama	n/a	Details
1974	Nashville/Tuscaloosa	May 8-10	Best of Three	2	Vanderbilt University	Larry Schmittou	University of Alabama	n/a	Details
1975	Baton Rouge/Athens	May 14-17	Best of Three	2	Louisiana State University	Jim Smith	University of Georgia	n/a	Details
1976	Auburn/Lexington	May 13-16	Best of Three	2	Auburn University	Paul Nix	University of Kentucky	n/a	Details
1977	Oxford, MS	May 13-16	Double Elimination	4	University of Mississippi	Jake Gibbs	University of Florida	n/a	Details
1978	Gainesville, FL	May 12-15	Double Elimination	4	Auburn University	Paul Nix	Mississippi State University	n/a	Details
1979	Starkville, MS	May 11-14	Double Elimination	4	Mississippi State University	Ron Polk	University of Florida	Mike Kelley	Details
1980	Gainesville, FL	May 9-13	Double Elimination	4	Vanderbilt University	Roy Mewbourne	Auburn University	Dave Nenad	Details
1981	Starkville, MS	May 15-18	Double Elimination	4	University of Florida	Jay Bergman	University of Kentucky	Jeff Keener	Details
1982	Gainesville, FL	May 14-17	Double Elimination	4	University of Florida	Jack Rhine	University of Tennessee	Rich Bombard	Details
1983	Starkville, MS	May 13-15	Double Elimination	4	University of Alabama	Barry Shollenberger	Mississippi State University	Dave Magadan	Details
1984	Gainesville, FL	May 11-14	Double Elimination	4	University of Florida	Joe Arnold	University of Tennessee	Alan Cockrell	Details
1985	Baton Rouge, LA	May 10-12	Double Elimination	4	Mississippi State University	Ron Polk	University of Georgia	Gene Morgan	Details
1986	Baton Rouge, LA	May 9-11	Double Elimination	4	Louisiana State University	Skip Bertman	University of Georgia	Jeff Yurtin	Details
1987	Athens, GA	May 14-17	Double Elimination	6	Mississippi State University	Ron Polk	Louisiana State University	Dan Paradoa	Details
1988	Starkville, MS	May 12-15	Double Elimination	6	University of Florida	Joe Arnold	Mississippi State University	Brian Reimsnyder	Details
1989	Gainesville, FL	May 11-14	Double Elimination	6	Auburn University	Hal Baird	University of Georgia	Roger Miller	Details
1990	Hoover, AL	May 17-20	Double Elimination	6	LSU/Miss.State	Skip Bertman/Ron Polk	championship game rained out	Jon Harden	Details
1991	Baton Rouge, LA	May 16-19	Double Elimination	6	University of Florida	Joe Arnold	Louisiana State University	Herbert Perry	Details
1992	New Orleans, LA	May 13-17	Double Elimination	6	Louisiana State University	Skip Bertman	University of Florida	Andy Sheets	Details
1993	Columbia, SC	May 20-23	Double Elimination	6	University of Tennessee	Rod Delmonico	University of Kentucky	Todd Helton	Details
	Baton Rouge, LA	May 20-23		6	Louisiana State University	Skip Bertman	Mississippi State University	Harry Berrios
1994	Lexington, KY	May 19-22	Double Elimination	6	University of Tennessee	Rod Delmonico	Vanderbilt University	Todd Helton/Steve Soper	Details
	Oxford, MS	May 19-22		6	Louisiana State University	Skip Bertman	Auburn University	Russ Johnson
1995	Knoxville, TN	May 18-21	Double Elimination	6	University of Tennessee	Rod Delmonico	University of Kentucky	Todd Helton/Scott Viera	Details
	Starkville, MS	May 18-21		6	University of Alabama	Jim Wells	Louisiana State University	Rusty Loftin
1996	Hoover, AL	May 15-19	Double Elimination	8	University of Alabama	Jim Wells	University of Florida	Joe Caruso	Details
1997	Columbus, GA	May 14-18	Double Elimination	8	University of Alabama	Jim Wells	Louisiana State University	David Tidwell	Details
1998	Hoover, AL	May 13-17	Double Elimination	8	Auburn University	Hal Baird	University of Arkansas	Rodney Nye	Details
1999	Hoover, AL	May 19-23	Double Elimination	8	University of Alabama	Jim Wells	University of Arkansas	G.W. Keller	Details
2000	Hoover, AL	May 17-21	Double Elimination	8	Louisiana State University	Skip Bertman	University of Florida	Wally Pontiff	Details
2001	Hoover, AL	May 16-20	Double Elimination	8	Mississippi State University	Pat McMahon	Louisiana State University	Chris Young	Details
2002	Hoover, AL	May 22-26	Double Elimination	8	University of Alabama	Jim Wells	University of South Carolina	Brent Boyd	Details
2003	Hoover, AL	May 22-25	Double Elimination	8	University of Alabama	Jim Wells	Louisiana State University	Beau Hearod	Details
2004	Hoover, AL	May 26-30	Double Elimination	8	University of South Carolina	Ray Tanner	Vanderbilt University	Steven Tolleson/Kevin Melillo	Details
2005	Hoover, AL	May 25-29	Double Elimination	8	Mississippi State University	Ron Polk	University of Mississippi	Jeff Butts	Details
2006	Hoover, AL	May 24-28	Double Elimination	8	University of Mississippi	Mike Bianco	Vanderbilt University	Mark Wright	Details
2007	Hoover, AL	May 23-27	Double Elimination	8	Vanderbilt University	Tim Corbin	University of Arkansas	Pedro Álvarez	Details
2008	Hoover, AL	May 21-25	Double Elimination	8	Louisiana State University	Paul Mainieri	University of Mississippi	Blake Dean	Details
2009	Hoover, AL	May 20-24	Double Elimination	8	Louisiana State University	Paul Mainieri	Vanderbilt University	Mikie Mahtook	Details
2010	Hoover, AL	May 26-30	Double Elimination	8	Louisiana State University	Paul Mainieri	University of Alabama	Austin Nola	Details
2011	Hoover, AL	May 25-29	Double Elimination	8	University of Florida	Kevin O'Sullivan	Vanderbilt University	Daniel Pigott	Details
2012	Hoover, AL	May 22-27	Double Elimination	10	Mississippi State University	John Cohen	Vanderbilt University	Adam Frazier	Details
2013	Hoover, AL	May 21-26	Double Elimination	12	Louisiana State University	Paul Mainieri	Vanderbilt University	Chris Cotton	Details
2014	Hoover, AL	May 20-25	Double Elimination	12	Louisiana State University	Paul Mainieri	University of Florida	Tyler Moore	Details
2015	Hoover, AL	May 19-24	Double Elimination	12	University of Florida	Kevin O'Sullivan	Vanderbilt University	J.J. Schwarz	Details
2016	Hoover, AL	May 24-29	Double Elimination	12	Texas A&M University	Rob Childress	University of Florida	Nick Banks	Details
2017	Hoover, AL	May 23-28	Double Elimination	12	Louisiana State University	Paul Mainieri	University of Arkansas	Chad Spanberger	Details
2018	Hoover, AL	May 22-27	Double Elimination	12	University of Mississippi	Mike Bianco	Louisiana State University	Nick Fortes	Details
2019	Hoover, AL	May 21-26	Double Elimination	12	Vanderbilt University	Tim Corbin	University of Mississippi	JJ Bleday	Details
2020	No postseason
2021	Hoover, AL	May 25-30	Double Elimination	12	University of Arkansas	Dave Van Horn	University of Tennessee	Jalen Battles	Details
2022	Hoover, AL	May 24-29	Double Elimination	12	University of Tennessee	Tony Vitello	University of Florida	Drew Gilbert	Details
2023	Hoover, AL	May 23-28	Double Elimination	12	Vanderbilt University	Tim Corbin	Texas A&M University	RJ Austin	Details
2024	Hoover, AL	May 21-26	Double Elimination	12	University of Tennessee	Tony Vitello	Louisiana State University	Blake Burke	Details
2025	Hoover, AL		Single Elimination	16					Details