After Wednesday’s overtime victory against Mississippi State on the road, Auburn would be able to hang another banner, but there was still work to do. A large part of the goal comes in preventing other teams from being able to hang banners in their arenas, and there was a distinct possibility that two other teams in this league would’ve been able to do that if they had won today and Auburn lost.
With the Tigers entering the final day of the regular season at 14-3 in the SEC, a game ahead of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas (all at 13-4), they needed to beat South Carolina to claim an outright SEC regular season championship.