The Mizzou softball team, under the direction for first-year coach Larissa Anderson, were picked for 13th and last in the SEC coaches preseason poll. Anderson takes over a Tigers team that went 30-29 overall and made it to NCAA regionals where they went 2-1 before bowing out to host Oklahoma.
The Tigers open the season Feb 8 in Tempe, AZ facing Utah.
Florida, the defending SEC champion, has been tabbed as the preseason favorite for the 2019 season after a vote of the 13 SEC head coaches in the annual preseason poll.
2019 SEC Softball Preseason Coaches’ Poll
(First-Place Votes in Parentheses)
|
Place |
School |
Points |
|
1. |
Florida (10) |
142 |
|
2. |
Georgia (2) |
130 |
|
3. |
Tennessee |
108 |
|
4. |
South Carolina |
105 |
|
5. |
Arkansas |
97 |
|
6. |
LSU |
85 |
|
7. |
Kentucky (1) |
81 |
|
8. |
Alabama |
80 |
|
9. |
Auburn |
69 |
|
10. |
Mississippi State |
40 |
|
11. |
Texas A&M |
32 |
|
12. |
Ole Miss |
30 |
|
13. |
Missouri |
15 |