It just means more.

In the SEC, every weekend matters and there's always the threat of a loss — or several — detonating a potentially special season.

Alabama and Georgia have owned the top of the league back-to-back years from a national standpoint, but there's others nipping at the heels of titans capable of making noise in 2019, including Auburn, a program that took out both the Crimson Tide and Bulldogs on the Plains two seasons ago.

The Tigers bring back nearly every capable body up front and are getting back to basic offensively with head coach and run-game guru Gus Malzahn resuming play-calling duties. Auburn however will be starting a new quarterback, but whether that's true freshman Bo Nix or redshirt Joey Gatewood is still to be decided in camp.

There's the opposite side of the spectrum, too. The challenges of getting through a full-SEC slate for a program still making the climb to the top can be headache-inducing as South Carolina and Texas A&M are expected to feel this fall. Both have to battle Clemson, Alabama and Georgia, the three presumptive Playoff favorites during the regular season.

That's a tall order for Will Muschamp and Jimbo Fisher's crews.

Here's a look at every SEC schedule this season, ranked in descending order beginning with the league's most challenging slate: