South Carolina learns seeding, opponent for 1st game of 2025 SEC Tournament
Saturday’s slate of games served as the final installment of SEC softball play during the 2025 season. Following those contests came the reveal of the bracket for this year’s edition of the SEC Tournament, which is set to begin on Wednesday, May 6 at Turner Softball Stadium in Athens, Georgia.
South Carolina was among the teams that learned their postseason fates at the conclusion of the weekend’s action. The Gamecocks will enter the SEC Tournament as a No. 7 seed, where it will face the winner of No. 10 seed Alabama and No. 15 seed Auburn in the second round.
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South Carolina has previously faced off against both Auburn and Alabama this season. The Gamecocks suffered a three-game series loss to the Tigers from April 25-27 but earned a series win over the Crimson Tide this past weekend to wrap up their regular season.
South Carolina earned the No. 7 seed over Mississippi State in a third-round tiebreaker between the two teams. The Gamecocks and Bulldogs both finished SEC play with 13-11 records, but their tie could not be broken on head-to-head record, as they did not face each other at any point this season.
The second tiebreaker was the teams’ win-loss records against their highest-seeded common opponent. They both took on No. 1 seed Oklahoma at one point in the season but were swept.
Runs allowed against common opponents served as the third (and final, in this case) tiebreaker. South Carolina and Mississippi State faced five common opponents this year – Oklahoma, Alabama, Ole Miss, Kentucky and Auburn. The Gamecocks allowed 59 runs across 15 games against these teams, while the Bulldogs allowed 65.
South Carolina’s SEC Tournament action will begin on Thursday, May 7. Their inaugual game of the tournament will begin at 8 p.m. and air on the SEC Network.
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2025 season at a glance
In addition to its 13-11 record in SEC play, South Carolina went 39-14 overall during the 2025 regular season. Both marks were significant improvements to those of last year, when the Gamecocks entered the SEC Tournament as a No. 11 seed. They had a 33-21 overall record and a 8-16 record against conference opponents before the 2024 postseason.
South Carolina started the 2025 campaign in scorching-hot form, winning its first 20 contests of the season. This run included 12 run-rule victories and a series sweep against Duke, which was ranked No. 8 at the time.
The Gamecocks then hit their first road bump during their opening series against an SEC opponent. South Carolina and Oklahoma were the only two remaining undefeated teams in NCAA Division I college softball before the series began, and it ended in a sweep for the Sooners.
The Gamecocks have since recovered and won series against top-20 opponents – Georgia (No. 13), Texas Tech (No. 12), LSU (No. 3), Ole Miss (No. 19) and Alabama (also No. 19). South Carolina wrapped up their regular season with two victories in a doubleheader against the Crimson Tide on Saturday.
