SEC Baseball: Conference tournament bracket set after wild final day

The SEC’s regular season ended on Saturday with Tennessee (46-10, 22-8 SEC) and Kentucky (39-12, 22-8) sharing the regular-season crown.

For the Vols, a 4-1 victory over South Carolina completed a series sweep and, when coupled with a Kentucky loss to Vanderbilt on Saturday, secured a second regular-season title in 3 years. Kentucky clinched its share of the title on Friday, punctuating a regular season that featured 39 victories and a school-record 22 league wins.

The top 4 seeds were set well before the final day of the regular season concluded, with Tennessee taking the No. 1 seed, Arkansas the No. 2 seed, Kentucky the No. 3 seed, and Texas A&M the No. 4 seed. At the bottom of the league, Auburn and Missouri will be the 2 teams left at home when play begins in Hoover on Tuesday.

Tennessee will enter the field as the favorite to win. The top-seeded Vols are also the favorite at DraftKings (+550) to win the College World Series. Arkansas (43-12, 20-10) has the third-shortest odds at +700. Kentucky is priced at +1200.

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A full schedule for the upcoming week is below.

All times listed are Eastern. Games will air on SEC Network until the championship on Sunday, which will air on ESPN 2 at 3 p.m.

Tuesday, May 21 (single-elimination)

• Game 1: No. 6 Georgia vs. No. 11 LSU, 10:30 a.m.
• Game 2: No. 7 Alabama vs. No. 10 South Carolina, 2 p.m.
• Game 3: No. 8 Vanderbilt vs. No. 9 Florida, 5:30 p.m.
• Game 4: No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 12 Ole Miss, 9 p.m.

Wednesday, May 22 (double-elimination begins)

• Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. No. 3 Kentucky, 10:30 a.m.
• Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. No. 2 Arkansas, 9 p.m.
• Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. No. 1 Tennessee, 2 p.m.
• Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. No. 4 Texas A&M, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 23

• Game 9: Game 6 loser vs. Game 5 loser, 10:30 a.m.
• Game 10: Game 8 loser vs. Game 7 loser, 2 p.m.
• Game 11: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 5:30 p.m.
• Game 12: Game 8 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 9 p.m.

Friday, May 24

• Game 13: Game 11 loser vs. Game 9 winner, 4 p.m.
• Game 14: Game 12 loser vs. Game 10 winner, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 25 (Semis)

• Game 15: Game 11 winner vs. Game 13 winner, 1 p.m.
• Game 16: Game 12 winner vs. Game 14 winner, 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 26 (Championship)

• Game 17: Game 16 winner vs. Game 15 winner, 3 p.m.

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