Saturday’s Alabama-Ole Miss matchup is clearly the SEC’s biggest this week in terms of SEC West and national championship ramifications.

But Saturday night’s game between Texas A&M and Auburn might be one of the most underrated contests of the weekend.

Even though the teams have met only six times, they’d had some memorable games since Texas A&M officially began playing as an SEC team in 2012.

Who can forget the Aggies’ 63-21 victory that year, thanks to Johnny Manziel’s five total touchdowns? Auburn got payback the following season with its 45-41 win in College Station, which propelled the Tigers to an eventual SEC West title, the conference championship and a spot in the BCS National Championship Game.

Two seasons ago, Kyle Allen threw four first-half TD passes and the Aggies recovered two late fumbles in Texas A&M’s 41-38 triumph on The Plains. The telling thing about that game was that A&M was a 23-point underdog.

Last year, Auburn went into College Station and returned the favor, coming away with a 26-10 victory. It turned out to be the Tigers’ biggest win of the season.

AU has the upper hand in the all-time series between the two teams, going 4-2 against A&M. It’s a series that kicked off in 1911 and took a 75-year hiatus before resuming on New Year’s Day in 1986, when Texas A&M beat Auburn 36-16 in the Cotton Bowl.

Despite not having an extensive history against each other, Texas A&M and Auburn go into this game with a fair share of storylines, not the least of which is the job security of respective coaches Kevin Sumlin and Gus Malzahn.

Sumlin, one of the highest-paid coaches in the SEC with a salary of $5 million a year, is coming off two straight 8-5 seasons. Not only did both of his starting QBs from last season decide to transfer, Sumlin also parted ways with offensive coordinator Jake Spavital and replaced him with Noel Mazzone.

Meanwhile, Malzahn has watched his team regress after losing to Florida State in the final game of the 2013 season, finishing 12-2 that year before going 8-5 two years ago, then 7-6 last season.

Malzahn got a contract extension earlier this year, but the sense of uneasiness at Auburn has not subsided. It was a good thing that Sumlin beat UCLA in this year’s opener, but the Aggies’ faithful expect more victories such as that one.

What are Auburn fans saying about Texas A&M? Do they feel their team will win?

As far as talk actually related to on-field activities, Auburn fans seem confident about two things and concerned about two things.

Concerns:

1. Auburn fans’ greatest concern is Texas A&M’s outstanding receiving corps, which might be the best in the country. Sophomore Christian Kirk, who is tied for first in the SEC with 13 receptions, leads the group. Kirk is averaging 12.6 yards per catch while teammate Josh Reynolds is sixth in the SEC with an average of 21.8 yards per catch. No. 3 wideout Ricky Seals-Jones doesn’t have eye-opening numbers (6 receptions, 90 yards), but he does have a history of hurting Auburn DBs, figuratively and literally, just ask Jeremiah Dinson. What adds to the concern is the fact that new A&M QB Trevor Knight has gotten off to a good start and the fact that the Tigers are ninth in the SEC against the pass, allowing 254 yards per game.

2. The other concern regards A&M’s defensive line bookends Myles Garrett and Daeshon Hall. Shon Coleman held Garrett, perhaps the best pass-rusher in the country, in check last season, but he’s now with the Cleveland Browns. It will be up to Auburn’s current left tackle, Austin Golson, and the rest of his teammates on the offensive line to contain the Aggies’ dynamic duo.

Areas of confidence:

1. Auburn’s usually vaunted running attack under Malzahn seems to be back. Although they did it against a Sun Belt opponent in Arkansas State, the Tigers rushed for 462 yards last week, the fourth-highest total in school history. Not only did Kamryn Pettway (152 yards) and Kerryon Johnson (124) have big rushing games, quarterback Sean White added 60 yards on the ground, nearly double his 2015 total. Under coordinator John Chavis, Texas A&M has been good against the run, ranking fourth in the SEC with 78.5 yards allowed per game. But if Auburn can win the battle in the trenches, its running game might be able to neutralize the Aggies’ pass rush.

2. Auburn fans also believe their team’s quarterback spot has some stability for now. White has done a nice job so far – putting Auburn in position to potentially beat Clemson on the final play of the game and guiding the offense to 706 total yards against Arkansas State. Including his time with Oklahoma, Knight has more experience and has more weapons at receiver than White currently does, but Auburn’s redshirt sophomore is making Malzahn’s decision to go with him as the starter look good.