Ranking the SEC towns

[BornonRockyTop]

Knoxville comes in 6th here? Take it from someone that's been to Columbia, MO, no way should it be above 9th or 10th here: SEC towns ranked 1-14 -

 

[Hacksaw]

 

[NATHAN05]

Writer must have attended Columbia with a Fayetteville graduate school follow-up to rank either of those over Knoxville. I'll hide my Vol bias and when talking about party towns give you Nashville and agree that Athens is comparable to Knoxville on game day.......but Columbia and Fayetville? ....C'mon man!!!!

 

[The Original Fade]

I never thought I’d hear Knoxville and “decadent nightlife” in the same sentence

 

[vegasvolfan]

I never thought I’d hear Knoxville and “decadent nightlife” in the same sentence

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

This author is a Mizzou grad. The only thing Columbia, MO has in the Top 5 in the SEC is the number of safe spaces....

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

Here's my thoughts:

Nashville, Baton Rouge, Lexington, Columbia, SC and Knoxville are not college towns. I've been to all 9 so here are my thoughts:

1. Oxford
2. Athens
3. Fayetteville
4. Auburn
5. Tuscaloosa
6. College Station
7. Gainesville
8. Columbia, MO
9. Starkville

 

[Catbone]

Here's my thoughts:

Nashville, Baton Rouge, Lexington, Columbia, SC and Knoxville are not college towns. I've been to all 9 so here are my thoughts:

1. Oxford
2. Athens
3. Fayetteville
4. Auburn
5. Tuscaloosa
6. College Station
7. Gainesville
8. Columbia, MO
9. Starkville

Probably true

 

[macrovol]

Knoxville is number 1. I can give some credence to those who rank Nashville ahead of Knoxville, but not much.

 

[OffTackleVol]

Here's my thoughts:

Nashville, Baton Rouge, Lexington, Columbia, SC and Knoxville are not college towns. I've been to all 9 so here are my thoughts:

1. Oxford
2. Athens
3. Fayetteville
4. Auburn
5. Tuscaloosa
6. College Station
7. Gainesville
8. Columbia, MO
9. Starkville

Baton Rouge and Knoxville aren't college towns? Okay..............

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

Baton Rouge and Knoxville aren't college towns? Okay..............

A college town is one where the university makes up the town/jobs. The 5 cities I listed do not fall into that criteria because state capital (BR, Nashville, Columbia SC) or because they are predominant city in 500K+ metropolitan area (Knox, Lex)

If you take the colleges out of the 5 cities excluded, those would still be cities. If you take it out of the other 9, they'd be lucky to have a WalMart

 

[dobre_shunka]

I don't get the issues people have with Columbia, MO. I didn't see anything wrong with it.

With so many empty restaurant buildings, places like Sam & Andy's, Vic & Bills closing leaving mostly national chain restaurants and everything else being turned into apartments, the Strip isn't what it once was either.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

I don't get the issues people have with Columbia, MO. I didn't see anything wrong with it.

With so many empty restaurant buildings, places like Sam & Andy's, Vic & Bills closing leaving mostly national chain restaurants and everything else being turned into apartments, the Strip isn't what it once was either.

Columbia is just blah, IMO. If the writer didn't have an obvious bias, then it'd be one thing. I find it similar to Tuscaloosa and Gainesville without the ummm, scenery...

 

[LakeMaryFLVol]

I never thought I’d hear Knoxville and “decadent nightlife” in the same sentence

What happens in KnoxVegas stays in KnoxVegas

 

[dobre_shunka]

Columbia is just blah, IMO. If the writer didn't have an obvious bias, then it'd be one thing. I find it similar to Tuscaloosa and Gainesville without the ummm, scenery...

A blah Missouri Columbia beats a rundown South Carolina Columbia.

 

[york.adamray]

What happens in KnoxVegas stays in KnoxVegas

Windermere Vol here

 

[GAVol]

Here's my thoughts:

Nashville, Baton Rouge, Lexington, Columbia, SC and Knoxville are not college towns. I've been to all 9 so here are my thoughts:

1. Oxford
2. Athens
3. Fayetteville
4. Auburn
5. Tuscaloosa
6. College Station
7. Gainesville
8. Columbia, MO
9. Starkville

I like that top 5.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

IMHO, Knoxville and Nashville should not be in the top 10 because of rising crime rates in these two cities.

If Auburn was not in the Town, it would still be a cow pasture.

 

[GAVol]

If Auburn was not in the Town, it would still be a cow pasture.

True story... I was going down the road several months ago listening to a conference call and zoned out. I got off the call and thought to myself "Where am I?" as I came into a town. Seconds later I see a massive stadium and realize it's Jordan-Hare and I'm in Auburn.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

I have always thought of Auburn as a suburb of Columbus, GA. Maybe there is a bit more distance than appears, and I have not spend any appreciable amount of time in Auburn. It just seems like you leave one and enter the other.

 

[esarmstrong]

This is old news (July 26, 2019). It was done before the start of last season and it has already made the rounds on here at least once before.

 

[ru4real-really?]

there was a time when Auburn played their home games in a stadium in Columbus Ga.

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

Pick um:
Tier 1 (1-3): Knoxville, Nashville, Athens
Tier 2 (4-7): Fayetteville, Oxford, Auburn, College Station
Tier 3 (8-12): Lexington, Columbia, Columbia, Baton Rouge, Tuscaloosa
Bottom Feeders (13-14): Starkvegas and Gainesville

 

[Berry4Heisman14]

Windermere Vol here

same here! Windermere checking in haha

 

[barknoxbrawler]

Pick um:
Tier 1 (1-3): Knoxville, Nashville, Athens
Tier 2 (4-7): Fayetteville, Oxford, Auburn, College Station
Tier 3 (8-12): Lexington, Columbia, Columbia, Baton Rouge, Tuscaloosa
Bottom Feeders (13-14): Starkvegas and Gainesville

I might have to move Lexington up due to its close proximity to Gods chosen beverage - Bourbon.