1978 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

1978 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	4
Format	Four-team double elimination tournament
Finals site	Perry Field; Gainesville, Florida;
Champions	Auburn (1st title)
Winning coach	Paul Nix (1st title)
	← 1977; SEC baseball tournament; 1979 →;

The 1978 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Perry Field in Gainesville, Florida, from May 12 through 15. Auburn won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1978 NCAA tournament.

1978 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern Division
Florida ^x‍‍‍	18	–	4	.818	34	–	15	.694
Georgia ‍‍‍	11	–	12	.478	30	–	19	.612
Tennessee ‍‍‍	11	–	12	.478	25	–	21	.543
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍	10	–	13	.435	31	–	17	.646
Kentucky ‍‍‍	6	–	15	.286	20	–	25	.444
Western Division
No. 22 Auburn ^x‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	8	.652	33	–	21	.611
No. 14 Mississippi State ‍‍‍^y	13	–	8	.619	38	–	18	.679
Ole Miss ‍‍‍	12	–	11	.522	27	–	21	.563
Alabama ‍‍‍	10	–	11	.476	23	–	20	.535
LSU ‍‍‍	6	–	18	.250	12	–	34	.261

x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1978^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular-season results

No MVP was named.