This time a year ago, Alabama had a good deal of doubters. At the time, the Southeastern Conference’s preseason poll, as voted on by SEC coaches, picked the Crimson Tide to finish a distant eighth in the league. The impertinence of that opinion of Team23 was motivation that propelled the Tide to a 33-game win streak to start the season, an SEC Championship, and a trip to the World Series semifinals.

Team24 will have to look for motivation elsewhere this season for the coaches were not going to make that mistake twice in a row. This time, the Tide has been voted as the preseason SEC favorite with 11 of the 13 first place votes. Tennessee received the other two.

Place School Points 1 Alabama (11) 143 2 Tennessee (2) 129 3 LSU 117 4 Kentucky 101 5 Florida 92 6 Georgia 84 7 Arkansas 80 8 Ole Miss 62 9 South Carolina 56 10 Missouri 54 11 Auburn 52 T12. Mississippi State 22 T12. Texas A&M 22

*Vanderbilt does not field a softball team.

The Crimson Tide opens its 2020 season at the Joanne Graf Classic in Tallahassee, FL on Feb. 7-8. Alabama will play two games each against North Carolina and host Florida State.

Previews and other softball treats coming soon!



