No. 12 Auburn is looking to stay in contention for the Southeastern Conference Western Division against No. 13 Texas A&M, the team that kept the Tigers’ hopes alive with the Aggies’ win over Alabama.
With Auburn’s victory over Ole Miss, the Tigers have climbed to No. 12 in the latest AP Top 25 College Football Poll.
Auburn quarterback Bo Nix passed for 276 yards and a touchdown and ran for two more scores and No. 18 Auburn’s defense made a number of big stops in a 31-20 victory over 10th-ranked Mississippi on Saturday night.
No. 10 Mississippi is set to visit No. 18 Auburn. It’s a matchup of the two remaining challengers to third-ranked Alabama in the Southeastern Conference Western Division.
Auburn coach Bryan Harsin declined to address his vaccination status days after the university imposed a mandate requiring all employees be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
The top of the AP Top 25 went through a shakeup despite the entire top five winning in Week 8.
With Alabama and Auburn earning important victories, the Crimson Tide has moved up while Auburn has returned to this week’s AP Top 25 College Football Poll.
Bo Nix threw for 292 yards and a pair of touchdowns and ran for  score to lead Auburn to a 38-23 win over No. 17 Arkansas, the Tigers’ sixth straight in the series.
Auburn hopes for an upset when it plays at Arkansas’ homecoming game on Saturday. The Tigers are coming off a 34-10 loss to Georgia under first-year coach Bryan Harsin and have fallen out of the AP Top 25.
After losses on Saturday, Alabama has fallen to No. 5 and Auburn has dropped out of the latest AP Top 25 College Football Poll.
