Auburn's defense has been excellent on third down this season

One interesting stat from Auburn's football season thus far is how good the Tigers have been on third down.

Auburn is currently fourth in football in defensive third down conversion percentage. Opponents so far this season are ten for 41, converting third downs for a .244 percentage against Auburn.

This is the fourth-best percentage in college football, but the funny thing is that Auburn's next opponent, Texas A&M, is third in this metric.

Opponents are only getting first down on .206% of third downs against the Texas A&M Aggies.

This means that this upcoming football game on Saturday will be won by which offense is able to pick up a big-time third down conversions.

Let's take a look at the numbers on third down for Auburn against their opponents this season.

UMass was 1-9 on third down, Cal was 4-18, and Samford was 5-14.

If Auburn can continue this trend and slow the Aggie's solid offense on third down, they can win this game on the road. However, Payton Thorne and company will need to be successful in picking up first downs if Auburn wants to score a lot.

This is going to be a fun football game that has a real opportunity to shake up the West if Auburn can leave the Lone Star State with the victory.

Auburn's defense has been excellent on third down this season

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