SEC baseball standings don't often look the way they do right now, three weeks into the season.
Four teams have just one loss, and another bunch has two. The mushy middle of six teams is within two games of each other, anywhere between 6-3 and 4-5.
Then there's the bottom—the ugly bottom. One team remains winless in league play, and a shocking four others have just one win.
The SEC is a powerful baseball conference, but its power is often not so concentrated. While there is plenty of time—seven weeks—for things to change, little that has happened thus far suggests much will.
Here's how the teams look at almost one-third of the league schedule.
16. Missouri Tigers
Last week: 16
Once upon a time, the Missouri baseball program was solid. Max Scherzer. Aaron Crow. Kyle Gibson. But the move to the Southeastern Conference has overwhelmed the Tigers who haven't made the NCAA Tournament since joining the league in 2013. They won't this year, either, especially after being swept by Texas over the weekend and carrying a lone SEC win through three weeks.
15. South Carolina Gamecocks
Last week: 14
Paul Mainieri knew he would have his work cut out for him in trying to rebuild the South Carolina program. The former Notre Dame and LSU coach has made six College World Series and retired after the 2021 season. If anyone can turn things around in Columbia, he can, but like the other team in a town called Columbia, the Gamecocks have just one win after three weeks.
14. Texas A&M Aggies
Last week: 15
Texas A&M has missed just one NCAA Tournament since 2007, but it's looking more and more like this season will result in a no-go for the Aggies. A&M salvaged one win against a mid-tier Kentucky team at home over the weekend, their first win of the SEC slate. This team was picked as the preseason No. 1 team in the country by D1Baseball.com. Yikes.
13. Mississippi State Bulldogs
Last week: 13
Few teams have had a tougher first three weeks than Mississippi State, which opened with Texas, Oklahoma and most recently, LSU. The Bulldogs own just win in nine games, but aren't as bad as the record suggests. Only two losses have come by more than two runs.
12. Auburn Tigers
Last week: 11
No choice but to drop Auburn, the No. 11 team in the country, to 12th in the SEC. Seems silly, doesn't it? That's baseball in this league. The Tigers were swept handily by Georgia, never coming closer than three runs in any loss. They need a bounce-back against rival Alabama next week.
11. Kentucky Wildcats
Last week: 12
Kentucky looked the better team against A&M and deserved its series win. The Wildcats are still a game below .500 in SEC play, but three games up on the bottom five teams in the standings and tied with two others. Not glimmering, but they feel like an NCAA Tournament team.
