If a team finishes in the top eight of the SEC, it gets a first-round bye at the SEC Tournament next week in Hoover. With its home series win over then-No. 6 Georgia, No. 18 Alabama has placed itself back among those eight at the start of this week, to go along with its No. 8 RPI spot.

Despite dropping Game 1, Alabama bounced back to win a massive SEC baseball series this weekend over Georgia in Tuscaloosa.