Georgia baseball is the top seed in the SEC Tournament for the fourth time in program history and first time since 2008.
The Bulldogs earned a double bye and will play its first game in a Thursday quarterfinal at 4 p.m. ET at the Hoover Met in Hoover, Ala.
It will face the winner of Wednesday’s second round game that matches No. 8 Mississippi State against the winner of Tuesday’s game between No. 9 Ole Miss-No. 16 Missouri.
The SEC went to a single elimination format for all 16 teams starting in 2025 after Texas and Oklahoma started league play.
Georgia (43-12, 23-7 SEC) won nine of 10 SEC series this season, including all five on the road.
The Bulldogs lost 14-4 to Auburn Saturday in 8 innings after winning the first two games.
Georgia has never won the SEC Tournament and has lost six straight games in it since a 4-1 win over LSU in 2021.
The SEC previously had 12 of its 14 teams make the tournament with a single elimination portion and then double elimination.
The No. 1 seeds have an overall record of 121-73 in the history of the tournament.
Four of the last six SEC Tournament champions were the No. 1 seeds including Tennessee in 2024.
SEC Tournament
Hoover, Ala.
All times Eastern
Tuesday May 19
First Round
Game 1: No. 9 seed Ole Miss vs. No. 16 Missouri, 10:30 a.m. SEC Network
Game 2: No. 12 Vanderbilt vs. No. 13 Kentucky, TBD, SEC Network
Game 3: No. 10 Tennessee vs. No. 15 South Carolina, 5:30 p.m, SEC Network
Game 4: No. 11 Oklahoma vs. No. 14 LSU, TBD, SEC Network
Wednesday May 20
Second Round
Game 5: Winner game 1 vs. No. 8 Mississippi State 10:30 a.m. SEC Network
Game 6: Winner game 2 vs. No. 5 Florida, TBD, SEC Network
Game 7: Winner game 3 vs. No. 7 Arkansas, 5:30 p.m., SEC Network
Game 8: Winner game 4 vs. No. 6 Auburn TBD, SEC Network
Thursday May 21
Quarterfinals
Game 9: Winner game 5 vs. No. 1 Georgia, 4 p.m. SEC Network
Game 10: Winner game 6 vs. No. 4 Alabama, TBD, SEC Network
Friday May 22
Quarterfinals
Game 11: Winner game 7 vs. No. 2 Texas, 4 p.m. SEC Network
Game 12: Winner game 8 vs. No. 3 Texas A&M – TBD, SEC Network
Saturday May 23
Semfinals
Game 13: Winner game 9 vs. Winner game 10, 1 p.m. SEC Network
Game 14: Winner game 11 vs. Winner game 12, TBD, SEC Network
Sunday May 24
Championship
Game 15: Winner game 13 vs. Winner game 14, 2 p.m, ABC
This article originally appeared on Athens Banner-Herald: Top seed Georgia baseball SEC Tournament path set for Hoover