SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament: Bracket If Season Ended Today

Kentucky's Trent Noah (9) pulls down a rebound near Andrija Jelavić, right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Vanderbilt in Lexington, Ky., Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026.
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Reigning national champion Florida has taken all comers in a deep SEC field this season. The Gators will enter next week’s conference tournament as the No. 1 seed. 

But this could be a dramatic final week of conference games in the Southeast. Just one game separate fifth-place Missouri from 10th-place Georgia. Next week’s SEC Tournament bracket could fall in any number of ways. 

Here’s a look at what the conference bracket would look like if the season ended today.

SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament Bracket 2026

  • No. 1 Florida vs. Kentucky Pod Winner
  • No. 4 Tennessee vs. Missouri Pod Winner

No. 5 Missouri Pod: Missouri vs. Winner of Oklahoma/Mississippi State

No. 8 Kentucky Pod: Kentucky vs. Winner of Texas/South Carolina

  • No. 2 Alabama vs. Texas A&M Pod Winner
  • No. 3 Arkansas vs. Vanderbilt Pod Winner

No. 6 Vanderbilt Pod: Vanderbilt vs. Winner of Auburn/Ole Miss

No. 7 Texas A&M Pod: Texas A&M vs. Winner of Georgia/LSU

Current SEC Men’s Basketball Standings

  1. Florida (15-2)
  2. Alabama (12-5)
  3. Arkansas (11-5)
  4. Tennessee (11-6)
  5. Missouri (10-7)
  6. Vanderbilt (10-7)
  7. Texas A&M (10-7)
  8. Kentucky (10-7)
  9. Texas (9-7)
  10. Georgia (9-8)
  11. Auburn (7-10)
  12. Oklahoma (6-11)
  13. Mississippi State (5-12)
  14. Ole Miss (4-13)
  15. LSU (3-14)
  16. South Carolina (3-14)

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Chase Kiddy is a writer for BetMGM and co-host of The Lion's Edge, an NFL and college football podcast available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else. He has also written for a number of print and online outlets, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington Post, Daily News-Record, and HERO Sports. His first novel, Cave Paintings, is in development.