Auburn (1-0) vs. Alabama State (1-0)When: Sept. 8 at 6:30 p.m. CT
TV: SEC Network Alternate
Where: Jordan-Hare Stadium
Betting line: N/A
Hornets this season:
Alabama State is in its first full season under coach Donald Hill-Eley, who led the Hornets to a 5-1 mark to end last season as the interim coach. The Hornets were picked to finish second in the SWAC East in the preseason and had six preseason second team All-SWAC honorees.
After opening with a 26-20 overtime win over Tuskegee, its first win in the rivalry since 2011, ASU opens a six-game road stretch at Auburn. It will be one of two FBS games this season for ASU, which travels to South Alabama on Oct. 13.
While the Hornets are not expected to pose any challenge to Auburn, the game is significant because it is ASU's first ever trip to the Plains.
Impact player: QB Darryl Pearson Jr.
Pearson, a redshirt-sophomore, threw for a career-high 164 yards with a touchdown and had 15 rushing yards and a score in a 26-20 overtime win over Tuskegee in the Labor Day Classic.
He was a preseason second team All-SWAC selection.
ASU head coach Donald Hill-Eley gives his thoughts following the win over Tuskegee. pic.twitter.com/VJdNcirLQ5— Kamarri Darrington (@kamarrid) September 2, 2018
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