The SEC was touted all season as the toughest conference in college baseball, but that certainly wasn't proven this past weekend.
A record 13 SEC teams made the 2025 NCAA Baseball Championship, including eight that were rewarded regional sites as top-16 teams. But after just one weekend, only four teams are still alive after nine SEC teams were ousted during regionals.
9 SEC teams end seasons in NCAA Regionals
Texas, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Ole Miss, Alabama, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Florida all had their seasons ended during the first test of the postseason. Texas, Vanderbilt, Georgia and Ole Miss all lost on their home field.
Vanderbilt seemed to be a lock for a trip to Omaha as the No. 1 overall seed with hosting rights until then, but instead, the Commodores didn't even make their own regional finals. Vandy became the first No. 1 national seed to ever miss a regional final.
The SEC also endured this embarrassment just a few weeks ago in softball when No. 1 Texas A&M was upset by Liberty in regionals.
This time, though, the No. 2 team, Texas, also failed in the regional round. UTSA knocked out the Longhorns in Austin. At least in softball, No. 2 Oklahoma made the Women's College World Series semifinals and even Texas' reached the championship series as the 6-seed instead of faltering like its diamond counterpart.
Arkansas, LSU, Auburn and Tennessee advanced to Super Regionals and still have chances to go to Omaha for the Men's College World Series next week. Even after a disappointing regional round, though, the SEC could still have an impressive showing at Omaha if the conference manages to make up half of the field.
This means the SEC still has a solid shot at continuing its streak of producing six straight national champions to brag about. However, that might just prove the SEC is top heavy after a humbling postseason.