New Fox analyst and longtime college football coach Urban Meyer knows what it takes to win big games in the SEC. When it comes to today in Gainesville, Meyer likes the Florida Gators to do exactly that.

Speaking on the Fox pregame show, Meyer explained exactly why he likes Florida to beat Auburn in a battle of undefeated teams.

“We gave Florida a hard time for playing Towson, but don’t devalue that (compared to) a bye week,” said Meyer, a former Gators coach in his own right. “I’m telling you right now, there’s no chance that Dan Mullen and that staff, they were working for two weeks on this game. And not only working two weeks, but I bet they didn’t even watch film on Towson. This is all about Auburn. Giving a team two weeks, this is better than a bye week because a bye week you have to give players off. They worked right through it. They played the game. I like the Gators in a very-close game. Home-field advantage is going to be huge there. I love Bo Nix, but I just think the Florida defense and environment will keep it close. Offensively, they’ll do enough to win by a slight margin at the end.”

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Fellow Fox host, and former Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn, argued for Auburn as the victory.

“They’ve been tested,” Quinn said. “We know what to expect from this Auburn team. They’re a very complete football team when you look at their make up. They run the football well, we know that. Their defense is solid. We know about Derrick Brown up front. But to me, it’s all about the quarterback play of Bo Nix. He’s been phenomenal so far as a true freshman, late in games but also on the road. I think he’s got a lot of confidence coming into this one.”

Florida’s defense faces its toughest test of the season so far with Gus Malzahn back to play calling at Auburn.

“We’ve had some battles," defensive coordinator Todd Grantham said this week, asked about his previous matchups with Malzahn. "He is a guy that challenges you to be really good in the run defense, so we have to make sure we do that."

In five previous meetings against a Grantham-led defense (two as offensive coordinator at Auburn from 2010-11, then three times as head coach at Auburn from 2013-17), Malzahn has had Grantham's number four times.