Conference play will begin on January 4, 2024, and will end in March, after which the 16 member teams will participate in the 2025 SEC men's basketball tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

[22] The teams and representatives in respective order are as follows: Source:[23] Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Before the season, it was announced that for the seventh consecutive season, all regular-season conference games and conference tournament games would be broadcast nationally by ESPN Inc. family of networks including ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and the SEC Network.

Challenge Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking The SEC has a record of 184–24 in non-conference play for the 2024–25 season.

Thru Nov. 2, 2024 Through Nov. 2, 2024 [26] *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season.