AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn coach Gus Malzahn believes his kicker is the best in the entire country.

The numbers certainly at least back up an argument for Daniel Carlson in the conversation: he's hit 29 out of his last 30 field goals and scored every point with a school-record six field goals in the 18-13 victory against then-No. 18 LSU on Saturday.

His career-long kick is 56 yards against Louisville in the 2015 season opener. Malzahn is ready to set him up for more school records this season.

"I really believe he’s going to kick a 60-plus yarder this year. He may kick a couple," Malzahn said. "We’re going to give him opportunities. In practice he’s just drilling them and making it look easy. He’s a weapon on kickoff, too. There have not been many returns and he can make pressure kicks. The hardest kicks are the ones when you have to make it at the end of the game and there were about three of them in the third or fourth quarter that were huge pressure kicks."

Neil O'Donoghue and Philip Yost own the Auburn record with 57-yard field goals against Tennessee in 1976 and Western Kentucky in 2003, respectively.

Carlson previously said he hit field goals as long as 70 yards in high school.

"I hit that, actually, back in Colorado in high school," Carlson said in August. "But a lot of guys can do that with some wind at their back and stuff. So I try not to mess around too much with that. I can hit 60-plus pretty easily."