Early Opponent Analysis: Auburn

LSU makes its first road trip of the year to take on the No. 5 Auburn Tigers in Jordan-Hare Stadium, where they’ve won two of the last three meetings.

Here’s an early overview of Auburn as we start to look toward Saturday.

Auburn Team Leaders

Passing: Nick Marshall, 548 yards, 6 TD
Rushing: Cameron Artis-Payne, 468 yards, 5 TD
Receiving: D’haquille Williams, 357 yards, 3 TD
Tackles: Cassanova McKinzy, 29 tackles
Interceptions: Jermaine Whitehead, Trovon Reed, 2 INT
Sacks: DaVonte Lambert, 2.5 sacks

Auburn National Team Rankings

Scoring Offense: 42.3 points per game (No. 15)
Scoring Defense: 16.3 points per game (No. 15)
Pass Offense: 219.5 yards per game (No. 79)
Pass Defense: 22.5 yards per game (No. 52)
Rush Offense: 260.5 yards per game (No. 18)
Rush Defense: 90.8 yards per game (No. 14)

Brett Weisband

A former freelance journalist from Philadelphia, Brett has made the trek down to SEC country to cover the greatest conference in college football.