When Oklahoma and Texas join the SEC in 2024, there will be changes concerning the football scheduling format.
While it has not been determined how the SEC will schedule conference games, but the most popular rumor is the 3-6 format, where each team will play nine conference games with three permanent opponents, and six rotating ones. Because of this, some rivalries are in jeopardy.
Will Backus of 247Sports recently published a list of his top-eight SEC rivalries that need to be protected and two of Auburn’s fiercest rivalry games made the list.
One of the top rivalries on the list is the fierce Iron Bowl that is played annually between Auburn and Alabama. The Crimson Tide holds a 12-game advantage over Auburn by leading the all-time series, 49-37-1. Alabama has also won three games in a row in the set, but there have been memorable games played between these two hated rivals including the Cam Back, The Kick Six, Punt Bama Punt, and The Kick. It seems obvious that this one would be protected, but no one knows until the deal is officially set.
The Iron Bowl has more memorable moments throughout its history than most rivalries. Every college football fan, from casual to hardcore, knows of the Kick 6, when Auburn’s Chris Davis caught a short Alabama field goal on the last play of the game and housed it from 109 yards away in 2013 to snap a two-game Alabama winning streak. In 2019, Alabama missed a field goal late in the fourth quarter and then handed Auburn a fourth-down conversion thanks to a costly penalty, as the Tigers won 48-45. The loss that year also eliminated Alabama from playoff contention for the first time since its inception in 2014.
Next on the list is the rivalry that has remained the most consistent throughout Auburn’s history, the rivalry with Georgia that is dubbed The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry. There have been many classic games played between these two teams. Two of both programs’ most successful coaches also played for the rival…
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