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A top-10 battle, No. 9 Auburn’s trip to Baton Rouge to face No. 2 LSU is the most anticipated game on the October 26 SEC slate.
Featuring two of the conference’s more exciting quarterbacks, the two programs have posted a combined 13-1 record. Winning the job as a true freshman, Bo Nix has thrown for 1,301 yards and 11 scores for Auburn. Joe Burrow, on the other hand, is having a Heisman Trophy caliber season, throwing for 2,484 yards and a program-record 29 touchdowns.
Set to kick at 3:30PM ET, the game will be broadcast as part of the SEC on CBS. At the moment, ESPN’s FPI is giving LSU a 66.3-percent chance to prevail victorious.
Improving to 7-0, LSU throttled Mississippi State, 36-13, on October 19. One of four different Tigers to catch a touchdown pass, junior Justin Jefferson led the team with 89 yards receiving.
Also winning on the road, Auburn ran past Arkansas, 51-10, in Fayetteville. Registering four scores – three passing, one rushing – Nix racked up 195 total yards.
ESPN’s FPI definition:
The Football Power Index (FPI) is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of a team’s performance going forward. FPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. Projected results are based on 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season using FPI, results to date and the remaining schedule. Ratings and projections update daily.
A graduate of Bowling Green State University, Teddy Rydquist has been contributing to Saturday Down South and Saturday Tradition since 2019. In addition to his work here, he has covered the Michigan Wolverines for GBMWolverine and Wolverine Digest. He can be found on Twitter @TeddyRydquist.
