There’s a lot of football today, but let’s be honest: One game matters a whole lot more than the others.

Today, you are either pulling for Alabama to obliterate Auburn or for Auburn — thank you! — to finally end Alabama’s Playoff streak.

That’s 1 of the 6 biggest storylines to follow as we celebrate Hate Week, err, Rivalry Week in and around the SEC.

1. What margin will be enough to impress the Playoff committee?

First things first. Let’s start with the obvious: Alabama’s Playoff chances are over if:

A) Auburn wins. Or …

B) Georgia beats LSU in the SEC title game (in which case LSU still has a far superior résumé and the head-to-head win over Alabama in the race for the No. 4 seed).

Alabama can control A) but it’ll have to sweat out B).

Let’s say Alabama wins today and LSU beats Georgia next week. That brings us to the all-important eye-test portion of the Playoff discussion. Forget the metrics, OK? Metrics are opponent-based, and college football’s biggest problem is no 2 schedules are similar.

So obviously the eye test matters. It’s impossible to watch Alabama and ignore the fact you are watching as many as 8 future 1st-round talents on both sides of the ball. Nobody else in the race for No. 4 can claim that. Not Utah, not Oklahoma.

So what’s the magic number today?

Nobody has scored more than 24 points against Auburn this season. Oregon and Georgia scored 21. LSU scored 23. Florida scored 24 (with the help of a broken-play, 88-yard TD run in the 4th quarter).

What happens if Mac Jones and the Tide get to 35? At Jordan-Hare?

Auburn has lost 3 games this year, by margins of 11 (at Florida), 3 (at LSU) and 7 (vs. Georgia).

What happens if Mac Jones and the Tide win by 21 — the combined margin of Auburn’s 3 previous losses? At Jordan-Hare?

That would have to impress.

If Alabama scores more against Auburn, at Auburn, in Auburn’s Super Bowl and wins by 20+, the only rationale for keeping the Tide out of the Playoff would be simply because you’re tired of seeing the Tide in the Playoff.

I’m not sure “Bama Fatigue” is part of the criteria.

2. Remember last year?

Auburn’s offense was a wreck and Gus’ seat was hotter than the asphalt in August, but Auburn’s D still was legit.

Four ranked teams — including 3 in the top 12 — played Auburn, and none scored more than 28 points.

Sounds familiar, no?

Alabama promptly hung 52 on them. Now, that was with Tua and the game was at Bryant-Denny, 2 important factors. But a lot of the same faces will be staring across the line at one another today at Jordan-Hare.

Alabama knows it has to do damage. A 28-17 win ain’t gonna get it done.

3. Florida better be careful …

The Gators ended a 5-game losing streak against FSU last year with an emphatic, cathartic 41-14 whipping in Tallahassee.

This FSU team ain’t that FSU team. It’s not even last month’s team. Starting at the top, interim coach Odell Haggins has re-energized the Noles. They love him and it’s possible he might earn the job full-time with a victory at The Swamp.

Intangibles aside, Cam Akers is still the best offensive player on either sideline and all these guys who played against and with each other in high school look forward to this game like no other on the schedule.

Florida’s seniors know the pain of losing this game. It’s difficult to believe they would be overconfident simply because of last year’s thrashing, but kids are kids. Here’s all the reminder they need: The Gators haven’t beaten the Seminoles in consecutive years since Tim Tebow left.

FSU is far more talented than its results under Willie Taggart showed, and that’s the primary reason Taggart no longer is on the sideline.

4. Break ’em all, Joe Burrow

Tim Couch threw for 4,275 yards in 1998. It’s one of the SEC’s magic numbers. It’s as old as most of the players in the SEC.

It’s about to be replaced.

Joe Burrow (who turned 2 in 1998) enters tonight’s game against Texas A&M with 4,014 yards. He needs to throw for 262 yards to break the record. His season-low is 278. He has topped 300 in 5 consecutive games and 9 times already this season.

So, yes, it’s merely a matter of when.

But that’s not the only SEC single-season record that could fall tonight. Drew Lock threw for a record 44 TD passes in 2017. Burrow has 41.

Burrow could break both records on senior night. And you know, after what happened last year at Texas A&M, he’s going to get every opportunity to reach those numbers and soar past them. LSU might go for 72 tonight in regulation. Exaggerating, but there’s no caging these Tigers. Not tonight.

What did Coach O say? It’s on.

Burrow’s assault on the record book isn’t merely a product of maximum reps, either. He’s only attempted 369 passes this season. Couch threw it 553 times during his record-setting campaign. Lock threw it 419 times in 2017.

Burrow is on pace for 5,000 yards and 50 TDs, magic numbers that will never be touched.

5. Have yourself a day, Jarrett Guarantano

I hope the place is packed and Jarrett Guarantano receives the loudest ovation imaginable when he is introduced today before the Vandy game.

He deserves it.

Few players have been through more. I don’t care how many times a kid fumbles at the goal line, nobody should endure death threats.

Football players embrace adversity like no others. They’re taught to embrace it and overcome it.

He’s the poster-child for that. What better way to cap a wild 2019 regular season than with a victory formation and ovation?

6. Shea Patterson vs. Justin Fields: Which ex-SEC QB steals the show?

Each week this season, we’ve ranked the best former SEC QBs. It’s been a great vehicle for keeping up to date on how they’re doing.

Today, in Ann Arbor, Shea Patterson and Justin Fields meet in the biggest game of their life.

Ohio State is No. 1 and Fields is a Heisman candidate with 33 TD passes against just 1 interception. He’s also rushed for 10 TDs.

Michigan has hit its stride, largely because Patterson has hit his. Patterson has had back-to-back games of 360 yards passing. He’s thrown 9 of his 21 TD passes in that span, too. More important, he’s finally taking care of the football.

If he can keep it going today, oh, my, he could run for mayor in Ann Arbor.

Ohio State has turned this rivalry into, well, basically a spring game: No matter what happens, Ohio State wins.

The Buckeyes have won 7 in a row and 14 of the past 15.

Can The Shea Show create an alternate ending? I’m not sure, but I’ll be watching.