ESPN College GameDay Headed to Starkville for Mississippi State vs Auburn Week 7

You're up, Starkville.

One week after watching Ole Miss upset Alabama, the ESPN College GameDay crew is making a short trip south to watch another undefeated team from Mississippi (Mississippi State) take on an undefeated team from Alabama (Auburn) in a game with considerable SEC West and College Football Playoff implications.

The show's Twitter account announced the news Sunday morning:

Auburn and Mississippi State are tied atop the SEC West with 5-0 overall records and 2-0 records in conference play. Both are coming off convincing wins over division rivals: Auburn's a 41-7 win over LSU, Mississippi State's a 48-31 win over Texas A&M. In my prediction of the Week 7 Associated Press Poll (which will come out Sunday afternoon), I had them ranked No. 2 and No. 5 in the country, respectively.

All of this makes Starkville an obvious choice to host GameDay, despite the crew having just visited the state of Mississippi this week. If it ain't broke, don't fix it…right?

Auburn beat Mississippi State in Week 3 last season, setting the stage for its miraculous national-title run with a wild 24-20 win. The Tigers trailed until the final 10 seconds of the game, at which point Nick Marshall found tight end C.J. Uzomah for the game-winning touchdown pass. It was the first of three miracles that would happen in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Earlier in the game, Marshall did something even crazier:

With that loss fresh in its mind, Mississippi State will not spend a long time celebrating last week's win. Especially now that it's considered a national title contender—and rightfully so—Dan Mullen's team is ready to seek revenge on the Tigers for last year's disappointment.

"It's Auburn time now," said offensive guard Ben Beckwith after the Texas A&M game, per Mike Herndon of AL.com. "We're going to go out and celebrate with our fans tonight, our student body, and we're going to be safe, but Sunday starts Auburn week."

The game many though would host GameDay this week during the preseason, Oregon at UCLA, lost a ton of luster when the Ducks and Bruins both fell during Week 6. TCU at Baylor must have been an intriguing option after the Horned Frogs beat Oklahoma—especially since it would have meant a visit to Baylor's new stadium—but it is hard to find fault with heading to Starkville for a game as huge as this one.

It's a great time for football in the Magnolia State.