Reacting to Alabama Softball's SEC Schedule: Just a Minute

Which series provide the most intrigue for the 2025 season?

Katie Windham | Sep 12, 2024

Alabama's Kristen White (3) celebrates a base hit next to Florida's Mia Williams (11) in the third inning of the Women's College World Series game between the Alabama and Florida at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Sunday, June, 2, 2024. / SARAH PHIPPS/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK

Welcome to BamaCentral’s "Just a Minute," a video series featuring BamaCentral's Alabama beat writers. Multiple times a week, the writers will group up to provide their take on a topic concerning the Crimson Tide or the landscape of college sports.

Watch the above video as BamaCentral assistant editor and softball beat writer Katie Windham reacts to Alabama softball's 2025 SEC schedule. Which series stick out? Which could provide the most challenges? Which might be the easiest?

The Southeastern Conference announced its 2025 softball schedules for conference matchups across the league's 15 schools that field a softball team. Even with the additions of Texas and Oklahoma to the conference, each SEC team will still only play eight conference series– four at home and four on the road.

Alabama's 2025 SEC schedule includes home series against Mississippi State, Georgia, Oklahoma and Missouri with road trips to Texas A&M, LSU, Florida and South Carolina. The Crimson Tide played Georgia, Texas A&M and Florida in the regular season last year and lost all three series. Overall, Alabama only won one SEC series in 2024, but avoided getting swept and went on a run in the postseason all the way to the Women's College World Series.

The marquee matchup will be with Oklahoma at Rhoads Stadium from April 12-14, but anytime Alabama and Florida meet on the softball diamond, it is a big deal. The series will have even more storylines this season with former Crimson Tide infielder Kenleigh Cahalan and former Alabama pitching coach Stephanie Prothro now at Florida. Also, the Gators were the team to eliminate Alabama from the WCWS last season.

Which series are you most excited about?

Published Sep 12, 2024

KATIE WINDHAM

Katie Windham is the assistant editor for BamaCentral, primarily covering football, basketball gymnastics and softball. She is a two-time graduate of the University of Alabama and has covered a variety of Crimson Tide athletics since 2019 for outlets like The Tuscaloosa News, The Crimson White and the Associated Press before joining BamaCentral full time in 2021. Windham has covered College Football Playoff games, the Women's College World Series, NCAA March Madness, SEC Tournaments and championships in multiple sports.