Tailback Glen Coffee says Alabama's players are not looking past Auburn, which has won the last six games in the series.

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Glen Coffee doesn't want to hear it.

So Alabama is in line for a potential No. 1 versus No. 2 showdown for a Southeastern Conference championship and national title shot. So the top-ranked Crimson Tide has been bullying the competition while Auburn has been getting picked on.

So what, says Coffee.

"I don't think anybody is going to look past this game, considering they beat us the last six times — and it being Auburn," the Tide tailback said. "If anybody is looking past this game, they have problems."

Alabama (11-0, 7-0 SEC) does have six years of frustration to work out on the Tigers (5-6, 2-5).

That six-game Iron Bowl losing streak and the in-state rivalry makes this much more than a tuneup for No. 2 Florida and the SEC title game for the Tide.

"We've lost to them six years in a row," safety Rashad Johnson said. "I think the biggest task we have right now is to get that monkey off our back."

The Tigers have incentive of their own, besides stretching their winning streak in the storied rivalry to seven games. Coach Tommy Tuberville's job status is uncertain thanks to a disappointing season when Auburn was picked to be the team winning the SEC West, not Alabama.

NEW ORLEANS — The late Eddie Robinson, father of the Bayou Classic, would have taken pride in the high-stakes environment surrounding this year's edition of the nationally televised rivalry game between Grambling State and Southern.

Grambling (9-1, 6-0 Southwestern Athletic Conference), can clinch the SWAC Western Division with a victory today over its nemesis from Baton Rouge and advance to play Jackson State in the conference championship in Birmingham, Ala., on Dec. 13.

● In Ypsilanti, Mich., Andy Schmitt broke the NCAA record for completions, Tyler Jones tied the NCAA Division I record for receptions, and Eastern Michigan upset Central Michigan 56-52 on Friday.

Schmitt's 58 completions broke the NCAA record of 57, which was set by Jeremy Moses of Stephen F. Austin earlier this season.

Jones' 23 receptions tied the mark of UNLV's Randy Gatewood, who set it in 1994. Jerry Rice of Mississippi Valley State holds the NCAA record of 24 catches in 1983.