Auburn rises to No. 4, Alabama falls to No. 8 in latest AP Top 25 College Basketball Poll
Auburn’s win over Kent State and Alabama’s loss to Purdue had the teams going in opposite directions in the latest AP Top 25 College Basketball Poll.
Auburn’s win over Kent State and Alabama’s loss to Purdue had the teams going in opposite directions in the latest AP Top 25 College Basketball Poll.
Auburn is now one loss away from the Tigers’ fourth straight losing season after falling to Vanderbilt 17-7 at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Quarterback Diego Pavia and the surprising Vanderbilt Commodores will visit Auburn as the Tigers hope to keep their bowl hopes alive.
Auburn rallied from a 10-0 deficit with 24 unanswered points to beat Kentucky 24-10 on Saturday night.
Auburn looks to snap a four-game losing streak and revive its bowl prospects when it plays at Kentucky on Saturday.
“We seem to not make the right call as coaches or the right play from time to time in critical moments, and that’s kind of been the story the whole year,” said Auburn head football coach Hugh Freeze.
Auburn coach Hugh Freeze and Missouri counterpart Eli Drinkwitz got to know each other years ago through Gus Malzahn, who served as a mentor of sorts to both of them, and they have only grown closer now that they’re together in the SEC.
Auburn’s first road game of the season comes at No. 5 Georgia, a difficult place to win.
No. 21 Oklahoma rallied from an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat Auburn, 27-21.
Auburn and Oklahoma enter Saturday’s game at Jordan-Hare Stadium with issues at quarterback.