We’re finally getting to the meat of the SEC schedule, as both No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Alabama hit the road for games against ranked opponents on Saturday.

The Bulldogs will take on No. 10 Auburn in the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry — a game that has extra meaning this year as both teams fight for their College Football Playoff lives.

Georgia has won the last three matchups in the intense SEC East-West rivalry game, but that won’t matter on Saturday afternoon when the two talented squads meet up at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

The game is sure to be a thrilling one, especially considering neither team can afford a loss. Here are 10 bold predictions about what to expect:

1. Kerryon Johnson will score multiple touchdowns

Johnson leads the SEC with 15 total touchdowns (14 rushing and one receiving) and gets a bulk of the Tigers’ touches down near the goal line.

If Auburn is going to pull off a big win over the No. 1 team in the country, Johnson is going to have to be at his best. It’ll be interesting to see how OC Chip Lindsey decides to use Johnson, as he’ll need to find creative ways to get the ball in his hands against Georgia’s tough defense.

2. Jake Fromm won’t throw an interception

There’s been a lot of talk about how Fromm will handle his biggest challenge since Week 2 at Notre Dame — his first career start.

However, the true freshman has shown a lot of poise in the past few weeks and has proven he can handle Georgia’s offense, even against tougher defensive units.

3. D’Andre Swift will affect the game … as a receiver

Swift is part of the three-headed monster in the Georgia backfield along with seniors Nick Chubb and Sony Michel, but the true freshman also has shown some serious skills as a receiver.

Getting Swift the ball in space is never a bad idea, and Fromm is clearly comfortable throwing to the rising star. If the Bulldogs get the ball in Swift’s hands 8-10 times, he’s likely to do something special.

4. Darius Slayton will score a long touchdown

On only six catches the past two weeks, Slayton has put up 245 yards and two touchdowns and has come into his own as a big-play receiver.

Georgia’s defense has been vulnerable against deep passes at times this season, so look for Slayton to break off at least one big touchdown.

5. Sony Michel will lead Georgia in rushing yards

Nick Chubb and Sony Michel have been one of the best backfield duos in the nation, but Michel has really been hitting his stride lately.

Since running for 150 yards on 12 carries against Vanderbilt, Michel has been averaging a lot of yards on not many carries. He’ll have a tougher time finding room against Auburn, but look for him to have more yards than Chubb when all is said and done.

6. Mecole Hardman will have one game-changing return

The Bulldogs are finding more ways to get the ball in Hardman’s hands offensively, but against Auburn, his biggest contributions will likely come in the return game.

Auburn has allowed long kickoff returns in each of its last two games, so if Hardman sees a crease, he should attack it at full speed. In what’s sure to be a tight game, a long return by Hardman could have huge implications.

7. Auburn will have one kick blocked

Last week, the Tigers allowed the Texas A&M defense to block two of Daniel Carlson’s field-goal attempts, exposing a massive weakness in their kicking game.

Against a better, more-athletic Georgia special-teams unit, it wouldn’t be too surprising to see the Dawgs make one game-changing block.

8. Jarrett Stidham will throw for less than 200 yards

That doesn’t mean Stidham will have a bad game, per se, but his 165-yard, one-touchdown performance against LSU earlier this year seems to be a good indicator of how he’ll fare against an even tougher Georgia defense.

If he can avoid throwing an interception, the Tigers will still have a chance to win, but he’s going to find it difficult to make consistent throws against the pressure Georgia is sure to bring.

9. More than 50 points will be scored

In a matchup of two of the best defenses in the country, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see a final score of 17-14 or something similarly low. However, these are also a couple of the SEC’s best offenses, so it’ll be interesting to see which side of the ball wins out.

This feels like a game where both defenses play well, but by the time the game goes final, the score reads something like 30-24.

10. Georgia will make it four in a row against Auburn

This will likely be a close game, but Auburn is only 1-8 in games against top-10 teams since 2014, with the lone victory coming in 2014 against No. 4 Ole Miss.

The magic of the “Kick-Six” and “Prayer at Jordan-Hare” season is long gone, and these are the sorts of games coach Gus Malzahn’s Tigers haven’t been winning in recent years. Look for Auburn to keep it close, but Georgia is too deep and too talented to let a 10-0 start slip away.