Traditions run deep throughout the south and a school’s football stadium is more than just a place where college football games are played.
If college football is our religion, the home stadium is the cathedral. It’s a holy place that provides a spiritual-like afternoon and an intense sense of nostalgia that can move even the most casual fan to tears.
From Tennessee’s iconic checker-board Neyland Stadium to Athens’ Between the Hedges, LSU’s Death Valley, the Swamp in Gainesville and South Carolina’s Williams-Brice when ‘Sandstorm’ starts shaking the city of Columbia –– each school’s stadium has its rituals and traditions that help make college football in the South the region’s favorite pastime.
Aesthetics and traditions are important when it comes to college football stadiums, but when it comes down to it, the thing schools care most about is how hostile an environment its fans can create inside that stadium.
Below I rank all 14 SEC football stadiums based on how hostile it gets for the opposing team/fans.
14. Vanderbilt Stadium
It's typically a noon kickoff and Vandy's fans expect to lose. A bad combo.
13. Mississippi State's Davis Wade Stadium
This stadium needs work in terms of expansion for it to move up on this list.
12. Missouri's Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium
This place can actually get pretty loud during big games. The problem is it does not…
This place can actually get pretty loud during big games. The problem is it does not last long.
11. Kentucky's Kroger Field
Credit to Wildcats fans. They have the second-smallest stadium in the SEC but check in at…
Credit to Wildcats fans. They have the second-smallest stadium in the SEC but check in at No. 11 on this list. That's because when Kentucky's competitive, its fans don't let up.
10. Arkansas' Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium
It's just hard to be all that intimidating when your team is guaranteed usually four losses…
It's just hard to be all that intimidating when your team is guaranteed usually four losses per season.
9. Ole Miss' Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
Ole Miss fans simply want to have fun. They can be scary when they need to,…
Ole Miss fans simply want to have fun. They can be scary when they need to, but for the most part, they're focused on having a good time.
8. Tennessee's Neyland Stadium
If this were based off a historical viewpoint, the Vols would certainly be higher on this…
If this were based off a historical viewpoint, the Vols would certainly be higher on this list. Unfortunately for the folks on Ol' Rocky Top, your team just doesn't win. And it's hard to be scary when your team does not win.
7. Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium
This is where it starts to get difficult. When Auburn fields a good program, this place…
This is where it starts to get difficult. When Auburn fields a good program, this place gets crazy. But does it get louder than the remaining venues on this list?
6. Texas A&M's Kyle Field (12th Man)
It's the league's biggest stadium, but the 12th Man is not quite the conference's most frightening…
It's the league's biggest stadium, but the 12th Man is not quite the conference's most frightening place to play. But don't overlook a trip to Kyle Field, that place rocks.
5. Alabama's Bryant-Denny Stadium
It's hard to fault Alabama fans for this, but when you're so used to winning, I…
It's hard to fault Alabama fans for this, but when you're so used to winning, I guess you're allowed to take your foot off the gas a little as a fan. Think about it — when was the last time you heard Bryant-Denny Stadium going bonkers? When was the last time it even needed to?
4. Florida's Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (The Swamp)
There's no doubt The Swamp is one of America's toughest places to play a football game.…
There's no doubt The Swamp is one of America's toughest places to play a football game. Look at how the stadium's built. No matter where in the stadium you are, you're basically right on top of the sideline.
3. Georgia's Sanford Stadium
Do you remember when Georgia beat LSU in 2013 on a last-minute Aaron Murray touchdown throw?…
Do you remember when Georgia beat LSU in 2013 on a last-minute Aaron Murray touchdown throw? That's all I have to say. The hedges can absolutely rock when UGA fans get going.
2. South Carolina's Williams-Brice Stadium
I already know 99% of you are going to call me crazy for this and accuse…
I already know 99% of you are going to call me crazy for this and accuse me of being an undercover Gamecock fan, but I don't care. I've been to 10/14 SEC stadiums, and aside from LSU I've not heard a louder, more intimidating atmosphere in my life. The date was Oct. 6, 2012 and No. 5 Georgia was visiting No. 6 South Carolina. Georgia lost 35-7 and the level of hostility was through the roof. I was actually almost scared to return two years later when Georgia lost again by the last link of the chain.
1. LSU's Tiger Stadium
It's nearly impossible to find a better college football atmosphere than on a Saturday night in…
It's nearly impossible to find a better college football atmosphere than on a Saturday night in Baton Rouge. Tiger fans have no mercy and make it clear that visiting Death Valley is not for everybody.
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