Welcome to part 4 of our ongoing series remembering The Streak. Today, we go back to the only game in the streak where both teams were ranked entering the game.
The 2005 Iron Bowl was without a doubt the game of the streak with the best match-up. 11th ranked Auburn entered 8-2 (6-1 in the SEC). The only blemishes for the Tigers were an opening loss to Georgia Tech, and a tough road loss to LSU in overtime. Auburn managed put together the best offense in the SEC despite losing 3 first round draft picks. The Tigers were coming off of their best performance of the season, a wild, late 31-30 victory in Athens over 9th ranked Georgia.