The Florida Gators baseball team enters the postseason as the No. 5 seed in the SEC Tournament, hoping to officially clinch a regional hosting bid and potentially a super regional hosting bid for the NCAA Tournament.

Florida plays the winner of Vanderbilt-Kentucky in the second round on Wednesday afternoon at approximately 2 p.m. ET.

It’s been nice to see Florida fight through some early season defensive and hitting issues to perhaps be playing their best baseball of the year.

The Florida Gators gained ground in the final Baseball Coaches Poll of the regular season after sweeping the LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge.

Florida baseball ace Aidan King was named the 2026 SEC Pitcher of the Year, the league announced Monday afternoon. King is the fourth player in Florida program history to earn SEC Pitcher of the Year honors since the award was established in 2003 and the first since Brady Singer won it in 2018.

Florida hopes to finish in the top eight of the SEC so it can get a first round bye in the upcoming SEC tournament.

Ethan Surowiec celebrates a home run during the series finale at Oklahoma on Sunday, May 3, 2026 at Kimrey Family Stadium in Norman, Okla.

After winning the series at LSU on Friday in run-rule fashion, the Florida Gators go for their eighth sweep of the season Saturday and third in SEC play. UF has now won four-straight games at Alex Box Stadium dating back to 2024.

Florida baseball swept LSU to close out the regular season and the Gators again climbed in every national poll.

Florida pitcher Liam Peterson paved the way in the Gators' series-clinching win over LSU on Friday.