Two teams have knocked off top-10 opponents in the young 2018 season. They’ll meet Saturday.
Both Auburn and LSU faced tough tests to start the season. No. 7 Auburn defeated then-No. 6 Washington in Mercedes-Benz Stadium, proving the Tigers are not actually cursed in Atlanta. LSU pulled off one of the more impressive upsets so far, thumping a Miami squad that rolled into Dallas ranked No. 8. In Week 3, the Tiger Bowl will be about getting a leg up in the SEC West race. Below, find kickoff time, TV channel information and odds for the LSU-Auburn football game.
LSU-Auburn football: TV channel, game time, odds
All times are ET. Odds via MyBookie.
TV channel: The LSU-Auburn football game will air on CBS.
Time: The LSU-Auburn football game kicks off at 3:30 p.m. Saturday Sept. 15, 2018.
Location: The LSU-Auburn football game will be played at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala.
Odds: Auburn is favored by 9 points.
The lead up
SDS columnist Connor O’Gara: Here are the Playoff implications at stake in the Tiger Bowl
Not every mid-September game between ranked teams has Playoff implications (looking at you, 2017 Tennessee-Florida game). But the one that will take place between No. 7 Auburn and No. 12 LSU this Saturday at Jordan-Hare does have some big-time potential Playoff implications at stake.
The winner will, in my opinion, be deserving of a top 4 spot in the Associated Press Top 25 next week. With 2 victories over legitimate top 15 teams in the first 2 weeks, no other team would have a résumé as good as that.
SDS News: Paul Finebaum shares early prediction for Auburn-LSU game
Appearing on WJOX 94.5, Paul Finebaum shared his thoughts on the LSU-Auburn game, including his prediction.
“This is once again the game of the day, and these are two teams a year ago were kind of all over the place,” Finebaum said. “I like Auburn right now because of what I’ve seen from them. You can’t compare beating Miami to beating Washington. I think Washington was a far-more significant impactful win. I don’t want to take anything away from LSU — they looked really good, which no one quite expected them to do. But this is a pretty tall mountain to climb to beat Auburn at Jordan-Hare Stadium.”
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