Auburn Top Ten vs. Top Ten

[StatTiger 3,188]

Top Ten Showdowns

When the No. 6 LSU Tigers arrive on the plains to take on the No. 3 ranked Auburn Tigers this Saturday it will mark the 9th biggest showdown Auburn has been involved in since 1951 in terms of the combined rankings of both teams. Since 1951, Auburn has been involved in 29 match ups of two top ten teams. The Tigers are 14-13-2 in those contests. Auburn has never been involved in a No. 1 vs. No. 2, the closest match up being the 1983 Georgia game when Auburn was ranked No. 3 and Georgia was No. 4 in the Associated Press Poll. It happened again during the 1994 Florida game, when the Gators were ranked No. 1 and Auburn was No. 6.

Including the pending match up with LSU, here are the most significant Auburn games since 1951 based on the combined rankings of both squads…

1983: Auburn (#3) vs. Georgia (#4) …….. Auburn 13-7

1994: Auburn (#6) vs. Florida (#1) ……... Auburn 36-33

1971: Auburn (#5) vs. Alabama (#3) …… Alabama 31-7

1983: Auburn (#5) vs. Texas (#3) ………. Texas 20-7

1985: Auburn (#6) vs. Florida (#2) …...… Florida 14-10

1990: Auburn (#3) vs. Tennessee (#5) .… Auburn 26-26

1974: Auburn (#7) vs. Alabama (#2) …… Alabama 17-13

1983: Auburn (#4) vs. Florida (#5) …….. Auburn 28-21

2006: Auburn (#3) vs. LSU (#6) ………... to be decided

Records against Top Ten teams when AU is ranked in the Top Ten:

* 14-13-2 overall

* 11-4-1 when Auburn is the higher ranked team.

* 8-4-0 when Auburn is ranked #5 or higher.

* 5-1-1 when Auburn is ranked #3 or higher.

* 11-5-0 when the opponent is ranked between #6 and #10.

* 8-1-1 when Auburn scores at least 20 points.

* Coach Jordan was 4-4-0.

* Coach Dye was 6-5-2.

* Coach Bowden was 1-3-0.

* Coach Tuberville is currently 3-1-0.

* Largest margin of victory was the 2004 Tennessee game, Auburn winning 34-10.

* Worst margin of defeat came to the 1972 LSU team, when LSU won 35-7.

Auburn 23 LSU 20

[aumoore 0]

Thanks Stat

I like your prediction as i have said 21-17 in favor of Auburn.

[Tigermike 3,039]

* Worst margin of defeat came to the 1972 LSU team, when LSU won 35-7.

My wife and I went to that game with friends who were LSU grads. That was a long night and an even longer drive back to Mobile.

[GalensGhost 0]

One thing to note? In the games when both are ranked in the top ten, when Auburn is the higher ranked team, the Tigers are 3-0.