BATON ROUGE — In a weekend where a record seven games will pit Top 25 teams going against one another, there’s no doubt where the biggest matchup on Saturday will be held and that’s in Auburn, Ala., where LSU and Auburn will square off in an SEC Western Division clash.
The LSU-Auburn game is the only contest this weekend to feature two teams ranked in the top 10. LSU goes into the game ranked No. 6 nationally, while Auburn is No. 3. In addition, it’s the first time both team come into the game ranked in the top 10 since 1972 when then-No. 8 LSU beat No. 9 Auburn, 35-7, in Tiger Stadium.
According to Kirk Sampson of the Auburn Sports Information Department, over 530 credentials have been issued for Saturday’s contest between LSU and Auburn. That’s just shy of the nearly 600 credentials issued a year ago for the annual Iron Bowl between Auburn and Alabama.
Sampson said that the national media covering the LSU-Auburn contest include Ivan Maisel from EPSN.com, Dennis Dodd from CBS Sportsline.com, Kelly Whiteside from USA Today, Ray Glier form the New York Times and Luke Winn from Sports Illustrated.
The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Rivals.com, CSTV and even the NFL Network will be on hand for the LSU-Auburn game. Sampson said the NFL Network will carry both the post-game press conferences of both Les Miles and Tommy Tuberville live to their viewing audience.
The only thing missing from Saturday’s game will be ESPN’s College Gameday, which will be in Los Angeles for the Southern Cal game with Nebraska. LSU and Auburn will be televised to a national audience by CBS at 2:30 p.m.