2023 SEC softball: Bracket, schedule, scores, TV times for the tournament

The 2023 SEC softball tournament is May 9-13 at Bogle Park in Fayetteville, Ark. The winner of the tournament will receive an automatic bid into the 2023 softball championship field.

We’re tracking the automatic DI softball qualifiers and conference tournaments here. 

Here is the TV, game schedule and final scores for the 2023 SEC softball tournament (all times ET):

Tuesday, May 9

• Game 1 — No. 13 Missouri 3, No. 12 Mississippi State 1 

Wednesday, May 10

• Game 2 — No. 11 Ole Miss 5, No. 6 LSU 3
• 2 p.m.  — No. 7 Texas A&M vs. No. 12 South Carolina | SEC Network | Game 3
•  5 p.m.  — No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 13 Missouri | SEC Network | Game 4
• 8 p.m. — No. 8 Florida vs. No. 9 Kentucky | SEC Network | Game 5

Thursday, May 11:

• 11 a.m. — No. 3 Auburn vs. Winner of Game 2 | SEC Network | Game 6
• 2 p.m. — No. 2 Georgia vs. Winner of Game 3 |SEC Network | Game 7
• 5 p.m. — No. 4 Arkansas vs. Winner of Game 4 | SEC Network | Game 8
• 8 p.m. — No. 1 Tennessee vs. Winner of Game 5 | SEC Network | Game 9

Friday, May 12

• 4 p.m. — Winners of Games 6 and 7 | ESPN2  | Game 10
• 6:30 p.m. Winners of Games 8 and 9 | ESPN2 | Game 11

Saturday, May 13

• 5 p.m. — Championship game | ESPN2

Here is the bracket:

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Arkansas is the defending SEC champion after winning its first SEC softball tournament last season at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium in Gainesville, Fla. The tournament is held on its member schools’ campuses, rotating to each, with future tournaments set for Georgia (2024), Auburn (2025), Kentucky (2026), LSU (2027), Missouri (2028) and Ole Miss (2029). The official SEC softball tournament page is here.

Here’s a look back at last season’s bracket:

2022 SEC softball tournament bracket 

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Past SEC tournament champions

Here are the annual SEC tournament champions since the tournament began in 1997.