Which SEC stadium will be the most challenging to go in and win in 2015? Let’s spice things up a bit and rank next season’s craziest SEC environments based on each program’s momentum, returning impact players, national relevance and home schedule in terms of difficulty.

Before anyone pouts over an exclusion, I’ll say this about Texas A&M’s Kyle Field: While the Aggies’ football mecca is one of the nation’s loudest and structurally-beautiful venues, Kevin Sumlin hasn’t made that place intimidating, yet. Since he took over in 2012, Texas A&M is just 4-7 against SEC opponents at home.

5. Sanford Stadium: Some of the SEC swagger was regained between the hedges last fall when the Bulldogs humiliated defending SEC champ Auburn at night in a game that was never close. A loss to Georgia Tech spoiled a perfect slate at Sanford, but Georgia’s 11-2 mark since the start of the 2013 campaign is the Eastern Division’s best home record during that span. Before next season’s only bye week, Georgia takes on South Carolina, Alabama and Mizzou at home, a three-game slate that will likely dictate the Bulldogs’ worth nationally and position in the Eastern Division.

4. Neyland Stadium: The lone historic wild-card on the list, the Vols appear ready to take the next step in making the brick monstrosity along the water meaningful again. Heartbreaking home losses to Florida, Mizzou, Georgia and, ahem, Vanderbilt during the Butch Jones era make many gawk at the thought of Neyland Stadium being one of the SEC’s craziest gameday environments, but it is. This year’s home bout with Oklahoma on Sept. 12 will be a great barometer for Tennessee. Lose that one and crowd volume will drop considerably the rest of the way.

3. Jordan-Hare Stadium: You get a sense that the Tigers will be back in 2015, equipped with a stellar recruiting class, an upgraded coaching staff and a quarterback who appears ready to lead a balanced, potent offense. Toomer’s Corner has new oaks, the south end zone’s getting college football’s largest scoreboard and Will Muschamp will bring the decibels to another level on third down. Over next season’s final five weeks, Auburn hosts Georgia and Alabama, two teams that will be division frontrunners ranked inside the Top 10. Jordan-Hare shoots to the top of the list for 2016 if the Tigers can win both.

2. Bryant-Denny Stadium: Alabama is the SEC’s only team since 2009 that has lost one or fewer home games every year, compiling a league-best 39-3 mark inside its home digs over that span. During last season’s league title run, the Crimson Tide beat three ranked teams in Tuscaloosa including No. 1 Mississippi State. Equipped with arguably the SEC’s best top to bottom roster heading into this season, there’s no reason why Bryant-Denny won’t once again be treacherous for the opposition.

1. Tiger Stadium: Heisman candidate Leonard Fournette backed by a fanbase anxious in getting back to the top? That’s a deadly combination heading into next season in Baton Rouge at the recently-renovated Tiger Stadium, now boasting a capacity of 102,321. Admittedly, Death Valley lost some of its mystique last September when LSU fell flat — at night — against Mississippi State after it was bludgeoned for 302 yards rushing and 34 points. The bounce-back game came against unbeaten and third-ranked Ole Miss a few weeks later and nearly full circle during an overtime affair with No. 1 Alabama. By our estimation, the Tigers have a somewhat favorable this fall by SEC standards, which factors into this ranking. If LSU gets revenge at home against Auburn in Week 3, the Tigers should finish a sparkling 7-0 at Tiger Stadium next season.

Just missed the cut for 2015: Donald W. Reynolds Stadium (Arkansas); Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State); Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss)