The road slate for Alabama football in 2025 isn’t quite as tough as it was a season ago.

There’s no trip to Tiger Stadium. No visit to Neyland Stadium. Both are two of the most raucous and difficult environments to be the visitor in college football. This season, Alabama will face LSU and Tennessee in the comfort of Bryant-Denny Stadium. The 2025 road schedule might not be as tough as 2024, but some challenges still await.

Coach Kalen DeBoer and the Crimson Tide will play five road games this season, four against SEC opponents and one against an ACC team — Florida State.

Which road environment will be the toughest?

Here are the contenders as well as our pick.

Aug. 30: Doak Campbell Stadium (Tallahassee, Florida)

Capacity: 79,560

This crowd figures to have some animosity toward the Crimson Tide. Alabama, after all, got the final CFP spot in 2023 over the undefeated ACC champions. It’s been downhill ever since for the Seminoles. Florida State lost the Orange Bowl 63-3 to Georgia to end that season. Then the Seminoles put together a 2-10 campaign this past season. College football fans aren’t quick to forget. Expect a good bit of hostility in the season opener on the road.

Sept. 27: Sanford Stadium (Athens, Georgia)

Capacity: 93,033

This is one of the premier matchups of the college football season. Put that in front of a crowd that is sure to be sold out, and it’s going to lead to an environment rich with hostility. This will also be the biggest stadium in which Alabama plays away from home this season.

Oct. 11: Memorial Stadium (Columbia, Missouri)

Capacity: 71,168

The Rock M in the end zone is unique, but this is far from one of the toughest places to play in the SEC. It’s not the most raucous environment either. Plus, it has the smallest capacity of any stadium to which the Crimson Tide will travel this season. It really feels more like a Big 12 stadium, which makes sense considering that’s where Missouri was prior to joining the SEC.

Oct 25: Williams-Brice Stadium (Columbia, South Carolina)

Capacity: 77,559

Alabama fans know well the danger of a road trip to South Carolina. Two trips ago, when the Crimson Tide played at Williams-Brice in 2010, the Gamecocks won 35-21. And after South Carolina almost got the best of the Crimson Tide in Bryant-Denny Stadium a season ago, Gamecocks fans will want revenge. This could be a hostile environment, especially if the Gamecocks are undefeated or close to it.

Nov. 29: Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn, Alabama)

Capacity: 87,451

The voodoo magic of Jordan-Hare is all too familiar to Alabama fans. The Crimson Tide hasn’t lost to Auburn since 2019, but each of the past two visits to the Plains has created plenty of stress. Alabama needed fourth-and-31 heroics from Jalen Milroe and Isaiah Bond to win the most recent matchup on the Plains. Two years prior, Alabama needed a Heisman Trophy moment from Bryce Young to force overtime and win in the fourth overtime. Jordan-Hare Stadium is always a tough place for the Crimson Tide to play.

The selection: Jordan-Hare Stadium

The easy pick here would be Sanford Stadium, but where’s the fun in taking the easy way out? Sure, Georgia will likely be the best team Alabama faces this season. And sure, Sanford Stadium will have the biggest crowd. But it doesn’t get more intense than the Alabama-Auburn rivalry. That’s especially the case when facing an Auburn crowd starving for an Iron Bowl win.

Nick Kelly is an Alabama beat writer for AL.com and the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X and Instagram.