The SEC's collective ascent in softball has reached new heights in the past two seasons as the conference saw all of its members reach the NCAA Tournament.
The lone exception, of course, is Vanderbilt, which does not have a softball team.
With as much success as the league is having in softball, Vanderbilt is not looking to join its SEC brethren anytime in the near future due mainly to the difficultly in building a facility on campus in Nashville.
"Every year or every two years we go back and look at what we have and what we would like to have," Vanderbilt athletic director David Williams said. "I think that if we ever get to the position where we want to expand softball and volleyball would be the first two. Right now, it's not on our radar. We've done all the due diligence.
"I would say that if you look at those two, volleyball would be ahead of softball only because of the facility. We have a place we can play volleyball. We'd have to build (a softball stadium) and we really don't own any more land."
Also the only SEC school without a volleyball team, which is a headcount sport, Vanderbilt could more quickly add that sport and play matches in Memorial Gymnasium.
But to add softball would mean a far greater cost in building a new facility and the school would need to buy land.
Williams said most of the parking lots and garages near the school's other sports facilities are controlled by the medical center, making both purchasing and construction a challenge as parking spots would be lost in the process.
"When you come on Saturday it's not a problem because they're not there," he said, "but during the week that's where they park."
One possible remedy would be a facility in which the softball field is on top of a parking garage, something other schools in urban areas have done.
But for now it's not a high priority for Vanderbilt, which won a national championship in women's bowling and is one of two schools with a women's lacrosse team.
The SEC is pleased with the results as they are in softball.
"I think 13's worked well for the league since the last two years all 13 have played in the postseason and this year Vandy won the women's bowling national championship," SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said. "It may support the wisdom of some flexibility around sports offerings."
James Crepea is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @JamesCrepea.