Georgia and Auburn's traditional late-season rivalry has been moved up in the unique 2020 college football schedule this year, and the two SEC titans will face off in Athens on Saturday night.
This weekend's meeting will be the earliest on the calendar between the Tigers and Bulldogs since their first contest in 1892. The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry is typically played during the final three weeks of the regular season. This year's matchup was originally scheduled for Oct. 10 after Auburn expressed interest in recent years in playing Georgia earlier in the season. However, the rivalry clash was bumped up to an even earlier date after the SEC announced its 10-game conference-only schedule amid the coronavirus pandemic.