SEC Tournament 2026 Men's Bracketology, TV Schedule, Dates, Live Stream and Picks

The Florida Gators will chase a repeat SEC tournament title and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament in Nashville next week.

The reigning NCAA champion earned the top seed in the 2026 SEC tournament with a 16-2 regular-season record in league play.

Plenty of contenders will try to take down the Gators, but none of the top six seeds beat Florida in the regular season.

In fact, Florida has not lost since January 24 and has put up over 80 points in 10 of the last 11 games.

The focus of the first two days of the SEC tournament will be on the league's bubble teams, mainly the Auburn Tigers, who are in need of a few wins in Nashville to secure a spot in the field of 68.

2026 SEC Tournament Schedule

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Wednesday, March 11

No. 16 LSU vs. No. 9 Kentucky (12:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network)

No. 13 Mississippi State vs. No. 12 Auburn (3 p.m. ET, SEC Network)

No. 15 Ole Miss vs. No. 10 Texas (7 p.m. ET, SEC Network)

No. 14 South Carolina vs. No. 11 Oklahoma (9:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network)

Thursday, March 12

No. 8 Missouri vs. Kentucky/LSU winner (12:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network)

No. 5 Tennessee vs. Auburn/Mississippi State winner (3 p.m. ET, SEC Network)

No. 7 Georgia vs. Texas/Ole Miss winner (7 p.m. ET, SEC Network)

No. 6 Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma/South Carolina winner (9:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network)

Friday, March 13

No. 1 Florida vs. Missouri vs. Kentucky/LSU winner (1 p.m. ET, ESPN)

No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. Tennessee vs. Auburn/Mississippi State winner (3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

No. 2 Alabama vs. Georgia vs. Texas/Ole Miss winner (7 p.m. ET, SEC Network)

No. 3 Arkansas vs. Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma/South Carolina winner (9:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network)

Saturday, March 14

Semifinal No. 1 (1 p.m. ET, ESPN)

Semifinal No. 2 (3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

Sunday, March 15

Championship Game (1 p.m. ET, ESPN)

Picks

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Florida is the clear-cut favorite to cut down the nets in Nashville.

The Gators have the perfect combination of a high-scoring offense and a defense that is remarkably hard to play against.

Nine of Florida's last 11 wins have come by double digits. The only two single-digit wins in that stretch came against the Kentucky Wildcats.

None of the other top-four seeds have beaten Florida this season, so it's easy to pick the Gators to win.

Florida's championship game opponent will likely be either the Alabama Crimson Tide or Arkansas Razorbacks.

Alabama and Arkansas played in one of the games of the season, a double-overtime contest on February 18. The potential semifinal clash between the two sides could be one of the best matchups of Championship Week.

The Georgia Bulldogs might be the team to watch outside of the top four. UGA won five of its last seven games. It beat Alabama and Kentucky during that run.

Auburn is the bubble team to watch. The Tigers entered Saturday as the "Last Team In" in the field of 68, per ESPN's Joe Lunardi.

Auburn finished 2-8 in its last 10 games. The Tigers likely need to beat one of the top four teams in the quarterfinals to feel 100 percent safe about their spot in the NCAA tournament, but there are doubts they can even reach that point.

Florida should face the Alabama-Arkansas winner in the final. Arkansas lost to both the Gators and the Crimson Tide in February.

As for the final, it's difficult to see Florida not winning since it separated itself from the rest of the league.

Prediction: Florida over Alabama