SEC Softball

2024 SEC Softball Preseason Coaches' Poll

1 Tennessee (6) 137
2 Georgia (6) 136
3 LSU 106
4 Arkansas 103
5 Auburn 100
6 Alabama 88
7 Florida (1) 77
8 Texas A&M 75
9 South Carolina 68
10 Kentucky 53
11 Missouri 28
12 Ole Miss 24
13 Mississippi State 19



D1Softball preseason rankings

1 Oklahoma
2 Stanford
3 Tennessee
4 Florida State
5 Texas
6 Georgia
7 Clemson
8 Duke
9 UCLA
10 Washington
11 Alabama
12 Oklahoma State
13 Nebraska
14 Oregon
15 Utah
16 Baylor
17 LSU
18 Arkansas
19 Auburn
20 Florida
21 Louisiana
22 South Carolina
23 San Diego State
24 Northwestern
25 Texas A&M

Where does Vandy put the extra women's scholarships? Bowling (this is my serious guess)?

OU will be great again, and I can’t see anyone beating them in a series. They could drop a game or two, losing P Jordy Bahl was pretty huge. They replaced her on paper but that gal could pitch. Not only pitch but she was confident and stuck out batters mentally before they even got up to bat.

They have a lot coming back. But going for their 4th title in a row will be hard. Other teams will always have that motivation factor and every game is a final for opposing teams. You cannot have any off days.

I am looking forward to the new field opening on 1 Mar. Home games will increase fans from 1,400 to 4,200, so home field advantage will be even better for OU. Is any other SEC team expanding or building any new softball fields? I know SC has a really nice field.

OKC Talk took some drone pics yesterday, getting close. And workers working on Sun means they are pushing hard to have ready by 1 Mar.









Cool feature is the outfield scoreboard is shaped like Oklahoma

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That looks extremely nice however I don't see how they could have that whole thing finished by March 1st.

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The whole complex? No

The field and seating? Yes

Seats are installed. Some outfield seat work left. Mainly just need to grade and install grass. And outfield wall padding. And make sure lights are connected and water/plumbing/toilets working. The rest can be worked around afterwards but the games could be played. They have 32 days and are working 7 days/week.

And temps in 60’s all week. Sunny too

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That looks extremely nice however I don't see how they could have that whole thing finished by March 1st.

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every OU fan is thinking the same thing but we have been assured it will by the AD. I think more than likely it will be playable but they will be finishing stuff behind the scenes through the season.

yes UF number 1 last year but not average recruit.. you just had a monster class which add the points.

I like to see LSU do well every year at the world series LSU bring alot of fans even when they dont make it. Its refreshing to see fans who just love softball and LSU has a bunch that do. I dont know much about their team but some people think highly of them this year.

Realistically OUs team last year which lost one game wont even go down as the best ever. Its probably going to be this years team. We return 6-7 All Americans and somehow got better at pitching even with losing Bahl. We has two elite freshamn in Maya Bland and Ellie Parker who are Jocelyn Alo like, DOnt know if i spelled their names right but they are elite. I like what Tenn is doing with their softball program they are getting more talented year to year and if their flamethrower gets hot the girl who pitches like 75 mph then they could go far again. UGA intrigues me they have alot of power and are one of the teams to actually beat OU in last 5 years.

Bama is going to struggle in sec until they cant get some power and hitting. They are losing their ace and it could be a long year for them.

That's because OK has home field advantage. Everything is played there for heaven's sake. They do not have to travel. TN has a bonehead coach will also works against us.

UCLA, Tennessee, Oklahoma State, FSU are the only ones that have a remote chance of taking OU in a series. But they’re going to win it again, no doubt.

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Where does Vandy put the extra women's scholarships? Bowling (this is my serious guess)?

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It's interesting to see how many varsity women's sports each SEC (and future SEC) school has. Here are the Non-SEC women's sports each team has:

Alabama - Rowing
Florida - Lacrosse
Kentucky - Rifle, Stunt (apparently some type of Cheerleading)
LSU - Beach Volleyball
Oklahoma - Rowing
Ole Miss - Rifle
South Carolina - Beach Volleyball
Tennessee - Rowing
Texas - Beach Volleyball, Rowing
Vanderbilt - Bowling, Lacrosse

Note, Vanderbilt only has 8 SEC women's sports...the least of any SEC program. They are the only SEC program that does not have a Softball team.