Auburn will once again have a tough schedule in 2021.
The SEC announced the official schedule for each conference team on Wednesday. The Tigers will once again face off with some of the best teams in the country. Not only will Auburn host Alabama and Georgia, but the Tigers will also travel to Baton Rouge to take on LSU and College Station to face Texas A&M along with a first-ever trip to State College to battle Penn State.
Here are some takeaways on the schedule.
- Auburn opens with four straight nonconference games before closing season with eight SEC games.
- Starting SEC play by travelling to LSU then hosting UGA is a tough start for Brian Harsin.
- Auburn alternates home and road games for an entire SEC season for the first time since 2003.
- Auburn will travel to Colombia for the second straight season, the first time they have played an opponent in the same place in consecutive years since Georgia came to Jordan-Hare in 2012 and 2013.
- After tough start the SEC schedule is balanced, having two weeks between Texas A&M and Alabama could be important.
Here is the complete schedule:
Sept. 4 – vs. Akron
Sept. 11 – vs. Alabama State
Sept. 18 – at Penn State
Sept. 25 – vs. Georgia State
Oct. 2 – at LSU
Oct. 9 – vs. UGA
Oct. 16 – at Arkansas
Oct. 23 – Open week
Oct. 30 – vs. Ole Miss
Nov. 6 – at Texas A&M
Nov. 13 – vs. Mississippi State
Nov. 20 – at South Carolina
Nov. 27 – vs. Alabama