1985 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

The 1985 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA from May 9 through 11. Mississippi State won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA tournament.

1985 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Four-team double elimination tournament
Finals site	Alex Box Stadium (1938) Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Champions	Mississippi State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Ron Polk (2nd title)
MVP	Gene Morgan (Mississippi State)

1985 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern Division
No. 11 Florida  x‍‍‍y	15	–	6		.714			43	–	18		.705
Georgia  ‍‍‍	11	–	11		.500			33	–	23		.589
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍	10	–	13		.435			35	–	16		.686
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	10	–	13		.435			28	–	24		.538
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	10	–	13		.435			26	–	23		.531
Western Division
No. 24 LSU  x‍‍‍y	17	–	7		.708			41	–	18		.695
No. 4 Mississippi State  ‍‍‡‍y	16	–	8		.667			50	–	15		.769
Auburn  ‍‍‍	11	–	12		.478			30	–	22		.577
Alabama  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			30	–	23		.566
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	5	–	18		.217			20	–	28		.417
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1985 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular season results

Team W L Pct GB Seed Eastern Division Florida 15 6 .714 — 1 Georgia 11 11 .500 4.5 4 Vanderbilt 10 13 .435 6 — Kentucky 10 13 .435 6 — Tennessee 10 13 .435 6 —

Team W L Pct GB Seed Western Division LSU 17 7 .708 — 2 Mississippi State 16 8 .667 1 3 Auburn 11 12 .478 5.5 — Alabama 10 14 .417 7 — Ole Miss 5 18 .217 11.5 —

Tournament

	First round					Semi-finals					Finals
	3	Mississippi State	8
	1	Florida	3
						3	Mississippi State	2
						4	Georgia	0
	4	Georgia	8
	2	LSU	6
											3	Mississippi State	8	-
											4	Georgia	3	-
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						1	Florida	8
	1	Florida	5			4	Georgia	9
	2	LSU	2

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Mike Stanley	Florida
2B	Gator Thiesen	Mississippi State
3B	John Scott	Mississippi State
SS	Jeff Reboulet	LSU
C	Roark McDonald	Mississippi State
OF	Bobby Thigpen	Mississippi State
OF	Dan Van Cleve	Mississippi State
OF	Ron Wenrich	Georgia
UT	Tim Touma	Florida
P	Jeff Brantley	Mississippi State
P	Gene Morgan	Mississippi State
MVP	Gene Morgan	Mississippi State

See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• Southeastern Conference baseball tournament