Nick Marshall accounts for 4 TDs as No. 5 Auburn blows out LSU

AUBURN, Ala. -- Nick Marshall and the Auburn Tigers rose to the occasion on a week when most of the teams ranked ahead of them fell. Marshall passed for 207 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 119 and two more scores to lead No. 5 Auburn to a 41-7 blowout of No. 15 LSU on Saturday night. Auburn (5-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) dominated from the start on a week when No. 2 Oregon, No. 3 Alabama and No. 4 Oklahoma were upset. The 41 points equaled Auburn's highest total in the rivalry -- set with the same margin in the 1999 game. "Nick played like one of the better quarterbacks in the entire country," Malzahn said. And Auburn played like one of the better teams. LSU (4-2, 0-2), which turned to freshman quarterback Brandon Harris , has dropped its first two SEC games for the first time in coach Les Miles' decade-long tenure.