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{{Infobox NCAA Baseball Conference Tournament |
| Year= 1986
| Conference= Southeastern Conference
| ShortConference= SEC
| Division=I
| Image=
| ImageSize=
| Caption=
| Teams= 4
| Format= Four-team [[double elimination tournament]]
| Ballpark= Alex Box Stadium (1938)
| City= Baton Rouge, Louisiana
| Champions= {{CBSB link|year=1986|team=LSU Tigers|title=LSU}}
| TitleCount= 1st
| Coach= [[Skip Bertman]]
| CoachCount= 1st
| MVP= [[Jeff Yurtin]]
| MVPTeam= LSU
| Attendance= 14,240
| Television=
}}
{{1986 Southeastern Conference baseball standings}}

The '''1986 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament''' was held at [[Alex Box Stadium (1938)|Alex Box Stadium]] in [[Baton Rouge, LA]] from May 9 through 11. {{CBSB link|year=1986|team=LSU Tigers|title=LSU}} won the tournament and earned the [[Southeastern Conference]]'s automatic bid to the [[1986 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|1986 NCAA tournament]].

== Regular season results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! W
! L
! Pct
! GB
! Seed
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
| {{CBSB link|year=1986|team=LSU Tigers|title=LSU}}
| 22
| 5
| .815
|{{center|—}}
|{{center|'''1'''}}
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
| {{CBSB link|year=1986|team=Alabama Crimson Tide|title=Alabama}}
| 18
| 9
| .667
|{{center|4}}
|{{center|'''2'''}}
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
| {{CBSB link|year=1986|team=Auburn Tigers|title=Auburn}}
| 15
| 12
| .556
|{{center|7}}
|{{center|'''3'''}}
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
| {{CBSB link|year=1986|team=Georgia Bulldogs|title=Georgia}}
| 14
| 13
| .519
|{{center|8}}
|{{center|'''4'''}}
|-
| {{CBSB link|year=1986|team=Ole Miss Rebels|title=Ole Miss}}
| 14
| 13
| .519
|{{center|8}}
|{{center|—}}
|-
| {{CBSB link|year=1986|team=Florida Gators|title=Florida}}
| 14
| 13
| .519
|{{center|8}}
|{{center|—}}
|-
| {{CBSB link|year=1986|team=Mississippi State Bulldogs|title=Mississippi State}}
| 12
| 15
| .444
|{{center|10}}
|{{center|—}}
|-
| {{CBSB link|year=1986|team=Tennessee Volunteers|title=Tennessee}}
| 10
| 17
| .370
|{{center|12}}
|{{center|—}}
|-
| {{CBSB link|year=1986|team=Vanderbilt Commodores|title=Vanderbilt}}
| 9
| 18
| .333
|{{center|13}}
|{{center|—}}
|-
| {{CBSB link|year=1986|team=Kentucky Wildcats|title=Kentucky}}
| 7
| 20
| .259
|{{center|15}}
|{{center|—}}
|}

== Tournament ==
{{4Team2ElimBracket
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Semi-finals
| RD3=Finals

| RD1-seed1=3
| RD1-team1={{CBSB link|year=1986|team=Auburn Tigers|title=Auburn}}
| RD1-score1=7
| RD1-seed2='''2'''
| RD1-team2='''{{CBSB link|year=1986|team=Alabama Crimson Tide|title=Alabama}}'''
| RD1-score2='''8'''

| RD1-seed3=4
| RD1-team3={{CBSB link|year=1986|team=Georgia Bulldogs|title=Georgia}}
| RD1-score3=6
| RD1-seed4='''1'''
| RD1-team4='''{{CBSB link|year=1986|team=LSU Tigers|title=LSU}}'''
| RD1-score4='''10'''

| RD1-seed5=3
| RD1-team5=Auburn
| RD1-score5=7
| RD1-seed6='''4'''
| RD1-team6='''Georgia'''
| RD1-score6='''11'''

| RD2-seed1=2
| RD2-team1=Alabama
| RD2-score1=7
| RD2-seed2='''1'''
| RD2-team2='''LSU'''
| RD2-score2='''10'''

| RD2-seed3='''4'''
| RD2-team3='''Georgia'''
| RD2-score3='''6'''
| RD2-seed4=2
| RD2-team4=Alabama
| RD2-score4=4

| RD3-seed1='''1'''
| RD3-team1='''LSU'''
| RD3-score1-1='''8'''
| RD3-score1-2=—
| RD3-seed2=4
| RD3-team2=Georgia
| RD3-score2-1=4
| RD3-score2-2=—
}}

== All-Tournament Team ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position
! Player
! School
|-
| 1B
| [[Pete Freeman]]
| Georgia
|-
| 2B
| [[Mike Qualls (baseball)|Mike Qualls]]
| Alabama
|-
| 3B
| [[Jeff Yurtin]]
| LSU
|-
| SS
| [[Jimmy Harrell]]
| Georgia
|-
| C
| [[Doug Duke]]
| Alabama
|-
| OF
| [[Albert Belle|Joey Belle]]
| LSU
|-
| OF
| [[Mike Papajohn]]
| LSU
|-
| OF
| [[Trey Gainous]]
| Auburn
|-
| UT
| [[Pat Bailey]]
| Alabama
|-
| P
| [[Cris Carpenter]]
| Georgia
|-
| P
| [[Barry Manuel]]
| LSU
|-
| '''MVP'''
| [[Jeff Yurtin]]
| LSU
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927231603/http://www.secsports.com/new/sports/bbc/alltimetourneyresults.html SECSports.com All-Time Baseball Tournament Results]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927231857/http://www.secsports.com/new/sports/bbc/bbcalltournteam.html SECSports.com All-Tourney Team Lists]

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