Auburn routinely endures one of the nation’s toughest football schedules. The Tigers are the only team that must play Alabama, Georgia and LSU each season.
Regardless of which schedule format the SEC selects for its future after Oklahoma and Texas join, AU’s schedule should at least ease up a bit.
That would especially be true if the SEC approves a 1-7 schedule model. In that setup, each SEC team would have one designated rival it played annually, plus seven other rotating SEC foes.
Some rivalries would be sacrificed in the 1-7 schedule model.