Auburn, Alabama, Duke and Florida each earned a No. 1 seed in NCAA selection committee's lone mock men's bracket reveal of the season.

Auburn was the No. 1 overall seed in the preliminary rankings unveiled Saturday by the committee that will select the 68-team field for the NCAA Tournament.

Despite all of the awesome football players who have come through Auburn (like Cam Newton), and all of the awesome football players who have come through Alabama (like Jalen Hurts), none of us have ever watched a No.

Auburn and Alabama top a talented Southeastern conference, each boasting 10-1 conference record. Today’s matchup will settle the No. 1 seed in the SEC. Auburn would retain the No. 1 spot with a win while Alabama would take over the top seed with a victory.

The Alabama intrastate rivalry shifts to the basketball court on Saturday, where the top-ranked Auburn Tigers will host the No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide.

It's a historic matchup in Tuscaloosa as No. 1 Auburn takes on No. 2 Alabama, the first 1-2 matchup in SEC history.

The rivalry between Auburn and Alabama has intensified immensely over the last several seasons. The battles between the squads of Auburn's Bruce Pearl and Alabama's Nate Oats have provided quality entertainment since 2019 and brought the rivalry to levels last seen during the Sonny Smith-Wimp Sanderson era in the 1980s.