The 2024 edition of the Iron Bowl kicks off this weekend as Alabama welcomes Auburn in arguably college football’s most hotly-contested rivalry. Here’s the latest prediction for the matchup from an expert analytical football model that simulates games.

The No. 12 Clemson Tigers and No. 15 South Carolina Gamecocks will try to keep their College Football Playoff hopes alive when they square off in a rivalry game on Saturday afternoon during the Week 14 college football schedule.

Since then, both programs have enjoyed dominant stretches in the head-to-head series, the first of which was a six-game winning streak from Auburn from 2002-07. Alabama then reversed that when former head coach Nick Saban arrived in Tuscaloosa, going a combined 12-5 since 2007, with only one of those losses coming in Tuscaloosa.