SEC Stadiums are modern day Coliseums, but how do the stack up in capacity from smallest to largest?
Part of what makes the Oklahoma Sooners' schedule so difficult this season is the incredible stadiums they'll be playing in. SEC play takes you through some of the best college football environments in the sport. From Death Valley to The Swamp, the Southeastern Conference is filled with American cathedrals and coliseums. Saturdays in the south are set aside for football with iconic venues and passionate fanbases.
In the SEC, there are five stadiums that are capable of holding more than 100,000 people and another five that can fit 80,000 or more. The ACC has just one stadium with a capacity of more than 80,000: Clemson. The Big Ten has five schools with a capacity over 80,000, while the Big 12's biggest stadium, BYU's LaVell Edwards Stadium, holds just 62,073. 13 SEC schools have a bigger stadium than BYU.
The SEC is simply, as the kids say, "built different."
Here's a look at how the SEC stadiums stack up from smallest to largest capacities.
16. FirstBank Stadium
Capacity: 40,350
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Year built: 1981 (on the same site as Dudley Field, which was originally built in 1922).
15. Kentucky's Kroger Field
Capacity: 61,000
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
Year built: 1973
14. Mississippi State's Davis Wade Stadium
Capacity: 61,337
Location: Starkville, Mississippi
Year built: 1914
13. Missouri's Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium (The Zou)
Capacity: 62,621
Location: Columbia, Missouri
Year built: 1926
12. Ole Miss' Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
Capacity: 64,038
Location: Oxford, Mississippi
Year built: 1915
11. Arkansas' Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium
Capacity: 76,000
Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Year built: 1938
10. South Carolina's Williams-Brice Stadium
Capacity: 80,250
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Year built: 1934
9. Oklahoma's Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Palace on the Prairie)
Capacity: 86,112
Location: Norman, Oklahoma
Year built: 1925
8. Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium
Capacity: 87,451
Location: Auburn, Alabama
Year built: 1939
7. Florida's Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (The Swamp)
Capacity: 88,548
Location: Gainesville, Florida
Year built: 1930
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6. Georgia's Sanford Stadium (Between the Hedges)
Capacity: 92,746
Location: Athens, Georgia
Year built: 1929
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5. Texas' Darrel K. Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 100,119
Location: Austin, Texas
Year built: 1924
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4. Alabama's Bryant-Denny Stadium
Capacity: 101,821
Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Year built: 1929
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3. LSU's Tiger Stadium (Death Valley)
Capacity: 102,321
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Year built: 1924
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2. Tennessee's Neyland Stadium
Capacity: 102,455
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Year built: 1921
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1. Texas A&M's Kyle Field
Capacity: 102,733
Location: College Station, Texas
Year built: 1905
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