A handful of upsets have already occurred at the 2025 SEC baseball tournament. The eighth-seeded Tennessee Volunteers and seventh-seeded Ole Miss Rebels advanced to Saturday's semifinals with quarterfinal victories over the top two seeds. The LSU Tigers and the Vanderbilt Commodores are the only top-four seeds still alive in Hoover, Alabama.

Texas will make its debut at the SEC Tournament on Thursday afternoon with a game against Tennessee that will begin at 3 p.m.

Behind a stellar outing from left-hander Justin Lamkin and a three-run blast from shortstop Kaeden Kent, the Texas A&M baseball program secured a second consecutive victory at the SEC Tournament by defeating Auburn 3-2 in Hoover, Alabama, on Thursday afternoon.

Tennessee Vols baseball vs Texas Longhorns in SEC tournament quarterfinals on May 22, 2025, at the Hoover Met Stadium in Hoover, Alabama

Following an abrupt exit from the SEC baseball tournament on Thursday, Texas coach Jim Schlossnagle thought about a 10-year-old text message. A 7-5 loss to Tennessee that was decided by Gavin Kilen’s two-run double in the 12th inning had just eliminated Texas from the SEC’s postseason competition at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium;