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Auburn remains Top 8 national seed in multiple projections as SEC Tournament arrives

Justin Hokansonby: Justin Hokanson05/19/25_JHokanson
Ike Irish (Photo by Auburn Athletics)
Ike Irish (Photo by Auburn Athletics)

AUBURN — Despite losing two of three games at Ole Miss to end the regular season, Auburn baseball is still looked at as a Top 8 national seed by at least two projections with the SEC Tournament in Hoover up next.

D1 Baseball and 11.7 College Baseball have the Tigers slotted in the No. 6 overall seed position.

D1 Baseball has Duke, Troy and Long Island coming to the Auburn Regional, while 11.7 has North Carolina State, Troy and Wright State heading to Plainsman Park.

Auburn finished the season 38-17 overall and 17-13 in SEC play. Winning the series finale at Ole Miss was important in head coach Butch Thompson‘s eyes.

“They were resilient as could be,” Thompson said. “I’m just thankful. This was a big win for the program. With everything that’s going on in college baseball and the shaping going into the SEC Tournament, the postseason. We had done a good job the last three weekends and won every series. We needed to get one today, and the guys responded in a big way.”

The Tigers’ RPI ranks No. 2 nationally behind only Georgia. Auburn’s strength of schedule ranks No. 1 nationally.

Finishing with 15 Quad I wins in the regular season, that trails only Texas’ 17 and Ole Miss’ 16 Quad I wins for the most in college baseball. Vanderbilt also notched 15 Quad I wins.

Of note: Ike Irish led the SEC with a batting average of .404 in league games only. And, Chris Rembert led all freshmen in the SEC with a batting average of .375 in league games only.

SEC and Freshman Player of the Year? A good case can be made.

Auburn’s league finish was good for the No. 6 seed in the conference tournament that starts on Tuesday at the Hoover Met. The Tigers will play at approximately 8 p.m. CT on Wednesday night against the winner of Mississippi State and Texas A&M.

Auburn won seven of 10 SEC series played, sweeping LSU and South Carolina, and taking two of three against Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi State. The only series the Tigers lost were at Texas, at Georgia and at Ole Miss.

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Because of the addition of Texas and Oklahoma, the tournament is now single elimination. If Auburn wins on Wednesday night, they would actually get Thursday off, then play Friday night, Saturday and Sunday, if they continue to win.

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