SEC announces new format for 2025 baseball tournament

The SEC has announced a new 2025 baseball tournament format.

The SEC officially announced Thursday afternoon that the annual conference tournament will be undergoing some change starting in 2025, coinciding with Oklahoma and Texas joining the conference that year from the Big 12.

Applying to baseball, the conference’s annual tournament in Hoover, Alabama, will now include all 16 of the SEC’s teams making the conference tournament. This is a change from what is currently a 12-team format. In addition to all 16 teams making the tournament, it will be solely single-elimination throughout, which is also a change from the current format with games also remaining from Tuesday to Sunday.

As for the conference’s current SEC Tournament format with 14 teams, each of the Top 12 teams in the conference earn a trip to Hoover, with the two bottom teams in the conference missing out. The current format is also a mix of both single-and-double elimination.

An additional breakdown of seeding and round-byes can be found on the SEC’s website, as well as the days/times which each seed plays and more.