As we enter the second week of the second month of the Southeastern Conference play, the top of the conference is a tier above everyone else, and about ten programs jockey for position. In comparison, the bottom three teams face an uphill climb as we turn the corner to the final two months of the regular season before all sixteen programs and their fan bases migrate to Hoover, Alabama, for the 2025 Southeastern Conference Tournament at the Hoover Met.

At the top of the conference, with legitimate National Championship aspirations, are as follows: Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, and LSU. With Georgia looming in the shadows but just lost a road series to the Longhorns to leave more questions than answers for the Bulldogs. From watching them in the non-conference to the first month of conference play, it’s safe to say that this past weekend in Austin was just a buzzsaw for Coach Johnson and his Bulldogs. Rounding out the top half of the league is the Ole Miss Rebels at 8-4 in SEC play, fresh off taking two out of three from the Kentucky Wildcats.

Behind Ole Miss, things get rather interesting; you have Alabama and Vanderbilt at 7-5, Auburn at 6-6, and Kentucky and the Sooners of Oklahoma at 5-7 in the Southeastern Conference. Out of that group, Alabama and Vanderbilt have shown the most potential, but Coach Mingione and the Wildcats of Kentucky are on the cusp of figuring things out with two months remaining. Last weekend, the Wildcats went on the road and beat a Texas A&M team that just went into Lindsey Nelson Stadium and took the series over the top-ranked Tennessee Volunteers.

As far as Texas A&M goes, the Aggies have to be the weirdest team in the Southeastern Conference at this point in the season. The Aggies held a preseason number one ranking but have since fallen on hard times with a 3-9 SEC record and 16-15 overall. Yet, the Aggies went on the road this past weekend and took two of three games from the top-ranked Volunteers.

To go with the Aggies at 3-9 in SEC play, you have the Mississippi State Bulldogs, who finally broke through and earned an SEC series win by taking two of three games from the South Carolina Gamecocks. Like their 3-9 counterparts, Mississippi State came into the season with unreal talent. Still, the Bulldogs have not put it together in conference play until this past weekend against South Carolina when the Bulldogs dropped the first game on Friday night before scoring a combined 17 runs on Saturday and Sunday, with Sunday seeing a combined shutout from Karson Ligon and Stone Simmons. Mississippi State has a favorable schedule remaining, and the coaching staff understands that coaches could change at the end of the season if the Bulldogs don’t reach a Regional.

At the bottom of the Southeastern Conference standings, you have three teams with a combined three wins in SEC play, with South Carolina coming in at 14th, Florida at 15th, and Missouri winless in SEC play at 16th in SEC play. Florida has had a lot of injuries, but at 1-11 in SEC play, things look bleak for the Gators. Missouri is just there as an easy win for everyone else in conference play; they don’t have the talent on the roster to compete week in and week out in the Southeastern Conference this season. As far as South Carolina goes, the Gamecocks are in year one of the Paul Mainieri era and will have better days under the Hall of Fame coach. They might not come this year, but better days are coming for the Gamecocks.

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