2022 Southeastern Conference baseball season

The 2022 Southeastern Conference baseball season was the baseball season for the Southeastern Conference as part of the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. Tennessee and Texas A&M won the East and West Division regular season titles respectively.^[1] In the conference tournament, Tennessee defeated Florida 8–5 in the final to be crowned SEC champions.^[2]

2022 Southeastern Conference baseball season
League	Southeastern Conference
Sport	Baseball
Number of teams	14
Regular Season
East champions	Tennessee
West champions	Texas A&M
Tournament
Champions	Tennessee
Runners-up	Florida
Finals MVP	Drew Gilbert

Regular Season

The Southeastern Conference released the regular season conference schedule on September 15, 2021. The regular season began March 18 and concluded May 21.^[3]

Division standings

East Division

Pos	Team	Pld	CW	CL	CPCT	GB	W	L	PCT	Qualification
1	y – Tennessee	66	25	5	.833	—	57	9	.864	Qualification for the second round & NCAA tournament
2	Georgia	59	15	15	.500	10	36	23	.610	Qualification for the first round & NCAA tournament
3	Florida	66	15	15	.500	10	42	24	.636
4	Vanderbilt	62	14	16	.467	11	39	23	.629
5	South Carolina	55	13	17	.433	12	27	28	.491	Qualification for the first round
6	Kentucky	59	12	18	.400	13	33	26	.559
7	Missouri	51	10	20	.333	15	28	23	.549

Source: SEC^[4]
y – Division champion

West Division

Pos	Team	Pld	CW	CL	CPCT	GB	W	L	PCT	Qualification
1	y – Texas A&M	64	19	11	.633	—	44	20	.688	Qualification for the second round & NCAA tournament
2	Arkansas	67	18	12	.600	1	46	21	.687
3	LSU	62	17	13	.567	2	40	22	.645
4	Auburn	65	16	13	.552	2.5	43	22	.662	Qualification for the first round & NCAA tournament
5	Ole Miss	65	14	16	.467	5	42	23	.646
6	Alabama	58	12	17	.414	6.5	31	27	.534	Qualification for the first round
7	Mississippi State	56	9	21	.300	10	26	30	.464

Source: SEC^[4]
y – Division champion

Conference standings

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	CW	CL	CPCT	GB	W	L	PCT	Qualification
1	E	Tennessee (C)	66	25	5	.833	—	57	9	.864	Qualification for the second round & NCAA tournament
2	W	Texas A&M	64	19	11	.633	6	44	20	.688
3	W	Arkansas	67	18	12	.600	7	46	21	.687
4	W	LSU	62	17	13	.567	8	40	22	.645
5	W	Auburn	65	16	13	.552	8.5	43	22	.662	Qualification for the first round & NCAA tournament
6	E	Georgia	59	15	15	.500	10	36	23	.610
7	E	Florida	66	15	15	.500	10	42	24	.636
8	E	Vanderbilt	62	14	16	.467	11	39	23	.629
9	W	Ole Miss	65	14	16	.467	11	42	23	.646
10	E	South Carolina	55	13	17	.433	12	27	28	.491	Qualification for the first round
11	W	Alabama	58	12	17	.414	12.5	31	27	.534
12	E	Kentucky	59	12	18	.400	13	33	26	.559
13	E	Missouri	51	10	20	.333	15	28	23	.549
14	W	Mississippi State	56	9	21	.300	16	26	30	.464

Source: SEC^[4]
(C) Champion

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	ARK	AUB	UF	UGA	UK	LSU	MISS	MSST	MIZZ	SC	TENN	TAMU	VAN
Alabama		2–1		1–2	1–2		1–2						2–1
Arkansas						3–0	3–0	2–1	2–1					1–2
Auburn	2–0	1–2						1–2			3–0			2–1
Florida		2–1				2–1	1–2				2–1	0–3
Georgia				3–0					2–1	1–2			1–2	1–2
Kentucky			2–1		2–1			1–2				2–1		1–2
LSU			1–2		2–1			0–3	3–0				1–2
Ole Miss	0–3								1–2	3–0		0–3	1–2
Mississippi State	2–1		2–1	0–3			0–3					0–3
Missouri		1–2		1–2		2–1			2–1		2–1
South Carolina	3–0				1–2	2–1		2–1						2–1
Tennessee	2–1		2–1		2–1					3–0	3–0
Texas A&M		1–2	1–2			2–1			3–0		2–1
Vanderbilt				2–1			0–3			3–0		0–3	1–2

Source: SEC^[5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Tournament

Main article: 2022 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

The 2022 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through May 29 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama.^[6] Tennessee won the conference tournament for the first time since 1995.^[2][7]

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
						May 25
	May 24					3	Arkansas	3
											May 27
	6	Georgia	3			11	Alabama	4
											11	Alabama	8
	11	Alabama	5			May 26
											2	Texas A&M	12
	May 24					2	Texas A&M	10
																May 28
	7	Florida	2			7	Florida	07
																2	Texas A&M	0
	10	South Carolina	110
																7	Florida	9
											May 28
						May 27					11	Alabama	6
						3	Arkansas	5			7	Florida	11
						7	Florida	7													May 29
																					7	Florida	5
						May 26
																					1	Tennessee	8
	May 24					1	Tennessee	10
											May 27
	8	Vanderbilt	3			8	Vanderbilt	1
											1	Tennessee	5
	9	Ole Miss	1			May 26
											4	LSU	2
	May 25					4	LSU	11
																May 28
	5	Auburn	1			12	Kentucky	6
																1	Tennessee	12
	12	Kentucky	3
																12	Kentucky	2
											May 28
						May 27					4	LSU	2
						8	Vanderbilt	2			12	Kentucky	7
						12	Kentucky	10

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

Nine SEC teams were selected for the NCAA tournament, with four being selected as regional hosts. Auburn, Florida, Tennessee, and Texas A&M were national seeds and hosted their respective regionals, while Arkansas, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, and Vanderbilt also were selected to the tournament.^[8] Six of the nine teams advanced to a regional final, with five advancing to the super regional round.^[9][10]

Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Auburn and Arkansas were four of the eight teams to advance to the 2022 College World Series in Omaha.^[11] Ultimately, Ole Miss swept Oklahoma in two games to claim the national championship.^[12]

Conference leaders

Hitting leaders Stat Player Total AVG Sonny DiChiara (AUB) .383 HR Wyatt Langford (UF) 26 RBI Trey Lipscomb (TENN) 84 R Wyatt Langford (UF) Dylan Crews (LSU) 73 H Jack Moss (TAMU) 103 SB Enrique Bradfield (VAN) 46

Pitching leaders Stat Player Total W Chase Dollander (TENN) 10 L Connor Noland (ARK) 6 ERA Chase Dollander (TENN) 2.39 K Preston Johnson (MSST) 117 IP Connor Noland (ARK) 116.0 SV Blake Burkhalter (AUB) 16

Awards and honors

SEC Baseball Awards

Award	Winner	Pos.	Team
Co-Players of the Year	Dylan Crews, So.	OF	LSU
	Sonny DiChiara Sr.	1B	Auburn
Pitcher of the Year	Chase Dollander, So.	RHP	Tennessee
Freshman of the Year	Drew Beam, Fr.	RHP	Tennessee
Scholar Athlete of the Year	Ben Anderson, Gr.	OF	Georgia
Coach of the Year	Tony Vitello	HC	Tennessee

Source: SEC^[13]

See also

• 2022 in baseball

References

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