Record: 166-129, .563 W-L% (5th of 17)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
Regular Season Champion: Mississippi State
NCAA Tournament: 1 (Mississippi State)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Kentucky and Mississippi State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Mississippi State)
| Conference | Overall | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 1 | Mississippi State* R | 12 | 2 | .857 | 22 | 6 | .786 |
| 2 | Auburn | 10 | 4 | .714 | 18 | 4 | .818 |
| 2 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 4 | .714 | 21 | 5 | .808 |
| 4 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 5 | .643 | 16 | 7 | .696 |
| 5 | Kentucky | 8 | 6 | .571 | 16 | 9 | .640 |
| 6 | Alabama | 7 | 7 | .500 | 14 | 11 | .560 |
| 7 | Tennessee | 6 | 8 | .429 | 13 | 11 | .542 |
| 8 | Louisiana State | 5 | 9 | .357 | 12 | 12 | .500 |
| 8 | Florida | 5 | 9 | .357 | 12 | 14 | .462 |
| 10 | Georgia | 4 | 10 | .286 | 9 | 17 | .346 |
| 10 | Mississippi | 4 | 10 | .286 | 7 | 17 | .292 |
| 10 | Tulane | 4 | 10 | .286 | 6 | 16 | .273 |
| School | Pre | 12/4 | 12/11 | 12/18 | 12/25 | 1/1 | 1/8 | 1/15 | 1/22 | 1/29 | 2/5 | 2/12 | 2/19 | 2/26 | 3/5 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi State | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Auburn | 10 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||
| Kentucky | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
Regional Third Place
Mississippi State won (65-60) versus Bowling Green State (Mideast Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Mississippi State lost (61-51) versus Loyola (IL) (Mideast Regional)