Location: The city/state in which the campus is located. Quality of life there for family, entertainment, etc.
1. Vanderbilt - Nashville, TN
2. Georgia - Athens, GA
3. Ole Miss - Oxford, MS
4. Tenn - Knoxville, TN
5. LSU - Baton Rouge, LA
6. Bama - Tuscaloosa, AL
7. Auburn - Auburn, AL
8. Kent - Lexington, KY
9. Mizzou - Columbia, MO
10. Florida - Gainesville, FL
11. Aggies - College Station, TX
12. USCe - Columbia, SC
13. Arky - Fayetteville, AR
14. Miss St - Starkville, MS

Fan support: Amount of fans, fans ability to show up in the stands when things aren’t going well, etc.
1. Alabama
2. LSU
3. Georgia
4. Florida
5. Auburn
6. Texas A&M
7. Tennessee
8. Ole Miss
9. S Carolina
10. Miss St
11. Mizzou
12. Arkansas
13. Kentucky
14. Vanderbilt

Tradition/prestige: The clout the program carries based on its past accomplishments.
1. Alabama 850-325-43
2. Tennessee 811-367-53
3. Georgia 777-410-54
4. LSU 761-401-47
5. Auburn 734-421-47
6. Texas A&M 709-461-48
7. Florida 691-400-40
8. Arkansas 691-475-40
9. Missouri 653-537-52
10. Ole Miss 645-501-35
11. Kentucky 587-599-44
12. S Carolina 584-552-44
13. Vanderbilt 585-591-50
14. Miss St 532-558-39

Stadium: Quality of the stadium, size of the stadium, crowd, and vibe of game day atmosphere.
1. LSU - Death Valley
2. Bama - Bryant-Denny
3. Tennessee - Neyland
4. Florida - The Swamp
5. Auburn - Jordan-Hare
6. Texas A&M - Kyle Field
7. Georgia - Samford
8. Mizzou - Faurot Field
9. Ole Miss - Vaught-Hemingway
10. S Carolina - Williams Brice
11. Kentucky - Commonwealth
12. Arkansas - Razorback/War Memorial
13. Vanderbilt - Vanderbilt
14. Miss St - Davis-Wade

In-state talent: The quality of high school recruits that are predisposed to come play for the football program.
1. LSU
2. Georgia
3. Florida
4. Texas A&M
5. Tennessee
6. Alabama
7. Ole Miss
8. Mizzou
9. Auburn
10. Arkansas
11. S Carolina
12. Kentucky
13. Vanderbilt
14. Miss St

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Posted by DaleDenton

Member since Jun 2010

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Posted on 8/16/15 at 5:55 pm to chilge1

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12. Arkansas - Razorback/War Memorial

See Little Rock, this is how far you drag us down.

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Posted by FearlessFreep

Baja Alabama

Member since Nov 2009

17366 posts

Posted on 8/16/15 at 6:22 pm to chilge1

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Location: The city/state in which the campus is located. Quality of life there for family, entertainment, etc.

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4. Tenn - Knoxville, TN
5. LSU - Baton Rouge, LA

Anybody outside of UTee and LSU fans think these might be a bit too high?

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Posted by GetCocky11

Calgary, AB

Member since Oct 2012

51448 posts

Posted on 8/16/15 at 6:25 pm to chilge1

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Location: The city/state in which the campus is located. Quality of life there for family, entertainment, etc.
12. USCe - Columbia, SC

In-state talent: The quality of high school recruits that are predisposed to come play for the football program.
11. S Carolina

Jesus, it is like SC is some foreign program to yall.

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Posted by MedDawg

Member since Dec 2009

4471 posts

Posted on 8/16/15 at 6:26 pm to chilge1

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Stadium: Quality of the stadium, size of the stadium, crowd, and vibe of game day atmosphere.
1. LSU - Death Valley
2. Bama - Bryant-Denny
3. Tennessee - Neyland
4. Florida - The Swamp
5. Auburn - Jordan-Hare
6. Texas A&M - Kyle Field
7. Georgia - Samford
8. Mizzou - Faurot Field
9. Ole Miss - Vaught-Hemingway
10. S Carolina - Williams Brice
11. Kentucky - Commonwealth
12. Arkansas - Razorback/War Memorial
13. Vanderbilt - Vanderbilt
14. Miss St - Davis-Wade

In-state talent: The quality of high school recruits that are predisposed to come play for the football program.
1. LSU
2. Georgia
3. Florida
4. Texas A&M
5. Tennessee
6. Alabama
7. Ole Miss
8. Mizzou
9. Auburn
10. Arkansas
11. S Carolina
12. Kentucky
13. Vanderbilt
14. Miss St

State underranked here, both compared to Ole Miss and some other SEC schools. OM does not dominate State for in-state talent, and Mississippi's in-state talent is better than a few other SEC states.

State's stadium is pretty good and our in-game atmosphere is very good now. The stadium may seat fewer than others, but can be louder due to the cowbells and our crowd. Our crowd gets into the game (yelling/ringing for average plays vs just clapping at some schools). The tailgating at State is pretty good, too. We had many complements from the ESPN Gameday crew.

I would like to add that I imagine the coaches and players care very little about the tailgating. The most they see of it is walking the team through to the stadium.

And the coaches love the towns so much that most of them choose to live out of town. Coaches also don't care how many bars a town has. May help them recruit, but they don't go to them. So 'nightlife' is way overrated in determining how good a job is for a coach.

The posters here love to talk about their bars but also ignore that their college towns have a lot more murders, robberies, bad traffic, etc.

LSU #9 most dangerous campus

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Posted by BluegrassBelle

RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019

Member since Nov 2010

99471 posts

Posted on 8/16/15 at 6:27 pm to chilge1

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Fan support: Amount of fans, fans ability to show up in the stands when things aren’t going well, etc.
1. Alabama
2. LSU
3. Georgia
4. Florida
5. Auburn
6. Texas A&M
7. Tennessee
8. Ole Miss
9. S Carolina
10. Miss St
11. Mizzou
12. Arkansas
13. Kentucky
14. Vanderbilt

If we want to talk about fans who show up when shite isn't going well, South Carolina has to be Top 5. I've seen them absolutely pack it in when there's been some awful arse football on the field. Gotta give credit where credit is due on this one.

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