Auburn's defense showed up to play against No. 2 Alabama. Unfortunately for Gus Malzahn's underdogs, Alabama's showed up to play, too.
The Tigers got a wild 77-yard one-man tip drill touchdown from Jason Smith to pull within 19-13 of Alabama late in the third quarter, but never threatened again as the Crimson Tide pulled away for a 29-13 win. The victory improves Alabama to 11-1 and sends them to Atlanta for their third SEC Championship Game appearance in four years, this time against SEC East champion Florida.
While the Crimson Tide defense was holding Auburn to 154 yards and all of 2.