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The SEC has released its preseason coaches poll and all-SEC teams ahead of the start of the 2025 season.
Of the 16 teams in the league, 5 received at least 1 1st-place vote in the preseason poll. However, Texas A&M is the clear favorite to win the league heading into the year as the Aggies earned an impressive 10 1st-place nods.
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Tennessee nudged out Arkansas for the No. 2 spot despite the Razorbacks earning 3 1st-place votes to Tennessee’s 1. The Vols are entering the 2025 campaign as the defending national champs. LSU and Florida also picked up 1st place votes and round out the top 5 in the preseason poll.
2025 SEC baseball coaches poll
Here’s a full look at the SEC coaches’ poll along with vote totals (and 1st-place votes in parentheses):
- Texas A&M (10) – 228
- Tennessee (1) – 215
- Arkansas (3) – 214
- LSU (1) – 204
- Florida (1) – 183
- Georgia – 165
- Vanderbilt – 156
- Texas – 146
- Mississippi State – 112
- Kentucky – 102
- Oklahoma – 101
- Auburn – 100
- Alabama – 98
- South Carolina – 61
- Ole Miss – 60
- Missouri – 31
Preseason First-Team All-SEC
Here’s a look at the preseason All-SEC teams, which were also voted on by the league’s coaches:
- C: Ike Irish, Auburn
- C: Devin Burkes, Kentucky
- 1B: Jared Jones, LSU
- 1B: Hunter Hines, Mississippi State
- 2B: Cade Kurland, Florida
- 3B: Gavin Grahovac, Texas A&M
- SS: Justin Lebron, Alabama
- SS: Dean Curley, Tennessee
- OF: Jace Laviolette, Texas A&M
- OF: Ethan Petry, South Carolina
- OF: Max Belyeu, Texas
- OF: Tre Phelps, Georgia
- DH/Util: Hayden Schott, Texas A&M
- SP: Ryan Prager, Texas A&M
- SP: Gabe Gaeckle, Arkansas
- SP: Liam Doyle, Tennessee
- SP: Kade Anderson, LSU
- RP: Nate Snead, Arkansas
- RP: Alton Davis II, Georgia
- RP: Gavin Guidry, LSU
Preseason Second-Team All-SEC
- C: Rylan Galvan, Texas
- C: Luke Heyman, Florida
- 1B: Cooper McMurray, Auburn
- 2B: Gavin Kilen, Tennessee
- 2B: Wyatt Henseler, Texas A&M
- 2B: Daniel Dickinson, LSU
- 3B: Andrew Fischer, Tennessee
- 3B: Slate Alford, Georgia
- SS: Colby Shelton, Florida
- OF: RJ Austin, Vanderbilt
- OF: Hunter Ensley, Tennessee
- OF: Caden Sorrell, Texas A&M
- DH/Util: Will Hodo, Alabama
- SP: Zane Adams, Alabama
- SP: Landon Beidelschies, Arkansas
- SP: Hunter Elliott, Ole Miss
- SP: JD Thompson, Vanderbilt
- SP: Kyson Witherspoon, Oklahoma
- RP: Christian Foutch, Arkansas
- RP: Miller Green, Vanderbilt
- RP: Robert Hogen, Kentucky
Opening Day of the 2025 college baseball season is set for Feb. 14.
Spenser is a news editor for Saturday Down South and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.
