It will be all about revenge at The Swamp. The Gators (4-0 and ranked No. 4) have won 11 straight games, one shy of tying the school record for consecutive triumphs. And guess who beat them last? If you said Auburn, you are right. The Tigers used home-field advantage to upend Florida 27-17 last season at Jordan-Hare. Now it’s the Gators’ turn.

There’s no pretense in Gainesville that revenge is not a factor in the upcoming game. The Gators remember well how they felt that October night last year in Auburn and want the Tigers to feel the same pain on Saturday. The fact that the defeat served as a turning point for the Gators, pulling them together as a team and setting them on their way to the national title, doesn’t change the fact that Florida wants revenge. The loss lingers because they are few and far between these days in Gainesville.

The drama surrounding the Alabama-FSU game is the Bobby Bowden saga. The coach that always wanted to coach in Tuscaloosa and was turned down in favor of Bill Curry will be coaching his first game against the Tide. Bowden is the winningest college football coach in history with 368 victories and a lifelong Alabama fan - such a fan that when growing up he used to cry when the Tide suffered a loss.

Maybe because the game is in Florida, maybe because of Bowden, but for some reason the oddsmakers have made the 2-1 and unranked Seminoles slight favorites over the No. 22-ranked Tide, 3-1 after its overtime loss last week to Georgia.

The game could be a low-scoring affair. FSU has one of the best run defenses in the nation, while struggling on offense this year. Bama QB John Parker Wilson had a rough outing against the Bulldogs last week and will need a better performance if the Tide is to prevail.

The rest of this week’s SEC slate is fairly ho-hum. There are two other conference games, both East-West division battles, with the East team favored in both. No. 16 South Carolina (3-1, 1-1) hosts Mississippi State (3-1, 1-1) as a 14-point favorite. No. 15 Georgia (3-1, 1-1) entertains hard luck Ole Miss (1-3, 0-2). The Bulldogs are favored to win by 15.

There are four other SEC games this Saturday, with conference teams taking on homecoming-game-type foes, all heavily favored to win. Kentucky (4-0 and ranked No. 15) is hosting Florida Atlantic (3-1), Arkansas (1-2) will be at home to North Texas (0-3) and Vanderbilt (2-1) entertains Eastern Michigan (2-2). The only one of the four to not be at home will be LSU. The No. 2-ranked Tigers (4-0) play in-state rival Tulane (1-2) in the New Orleans Superdome. LSU in a 40-point favorite.

Saturday’s weekend TV lineup, other than pay-for-view:

N.C. at Virginia Tech, 11 a.m., WB
Villanova at James Madison., 11 a.m., CSS
Notre Dame at Purdue, 11 a.m., ESPN
LSU at Tulane, 11 a.m., ESPN2
Temple at Army, 11 a.m., ESPNU
Miss. State at South Carolina, 11:30 a.m., Lincoln Financial Sports
Baylor at Texas A&M, 11:30 p.m., Versus
Oklahoma at Colorado, 12:30 p.m., FSN South
Tenn. St, at Florida A&M, 2 p.m., SportSouth
Clemson at Ga. Tech, 2:30 p.m., ABC
W. Carolina at Ga. Southern, 2:30 p.m., CSS
Michigan St. at Wisconsin, 2:30 p.m., ESPN
Louisville at N.C. State, 2:30 p.m., ESPNU
Alabama at FSU, 4 p.m., CBS
UCLA at Oregon St., 5:30 p.m., FSN South
La. Monroe at Troy, 6 p.m., CSS
Pitt at Virginia, 6 p.m., ESPNU
Auburn at Florida, 7 p.m., ESPN
Ohio St. at Minnesota, 7 p.m., ESPN2
Southern Cal at Washington, 7 p.m., ABC
Southern at Alabama St., 9 p.m., ESPNU
Cincinnati at San Diego, 9 p.m., Versus