AP Top 25 Poll: Alabama Drops to No. 5, Auburn Falls Out
After losses on Saturday, Alabama has fallen to No. 5 and Auburn has dropped out of the latest AP Top 25 College Football Poll.
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After losses on Saturday, Alabama has fallen to No. 5 and Auburn has dropped out of the latest AP Top 25 College Football Poll.
Despite taking a 3-0 lead in the opening drive of the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry, the No. 18 Auburn Tigers were unable to keep up with No. 2 Georgia and the Bulldogs quarterback Stetson Bennett.
The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry will be at Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday as the Auburn Tigers, fresh off an upset win over LSU, hope for a second upset victory over Georgia.
Alabama and Georgia remain the top two teams in The Associated Press college football poll after a week in which nine ranked teams lost. Auburn has moved up for the second straight week.
Bo Nix passed for a touchdown and ran for a score and Jarquez Hunter scored on a 1-yard run with 3:11 to give No. 22 Auburn its first lead and a 24-19 victory over LSU on Saturday night.
Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin isn’t tipping his hand on No. 22 Auburn’s starting quarterback against LSU.
Auburn has fired first-year wide receivers coach Cornelius Williams four games into the season. Williams spent the last six years coaching receivers at Troy, where he played from 2006-09.
The Auburn Tigers have moved up one spot to No. 22 in the latest AP Top 25 College Football Poll, while Alabama remains No. 1.
Auburn trailed Georgia State by 12 points at halftime but avoided losing to a Sun Belt team for the first time in program history with the help of a quarterback change.
No. 23 Auburn is attempting to rebound from its first loss of the season.
While Alabama remains at the top of the AP Top 25 Poll, Auburn dropped one spot this week following the Tigers 28-20 loss to Penn State, which rose from tenth to sixth with the victory.
Jaquan Brisker broke up a last pass toward the end zone by Auburn’s Bo Nix as time expired and No. 10 Penn State held on to beat No. 22 Auburn 28-20.
Alabama maintains its first-place spot in the Associated Press College Football Poll, while Auburn has moved up three spots to No. 22.
Demetris Robertson scored three touchdowns and Jarquez Hunter rushed for 147 yards as No. 25 Auburn raced past FCS program Alabama State 62-0.
No surprise, Alabama remains the top-ranked college football team in the country. Georgia has moved up three spots to No. 2.
Bo Nix passed for 275 yards and three touchdowns in just over a half and Auburn gave new coach Bryan Harsin a 60-10 cakewalk in his debut against Akron in the season opener for both teams.
A person with knowledge of the move says the New England Patriots have released quarterback Cam Newton, who was the Heisman-winning quarterback for Auburn in 2010, when the Tigers won the BCS National Championship.
Auburn coach Bryan Harsin expects to be out of COVID-19 quarantine by game week, but says the Tigers’ vaccination rate hasn’t reached the 85% threshold required by the Southeastern Conference to avoid regular testing.
Auburn University officials are asking fans to hold off for another year on rolling the Auburn Oaks and descendants along Samford Park.
Auburn Defensive Coordinator Derek Mason says he has recovered from a breakthrough case of COVID-19.
Auburn head football coach Bryan Harsin has announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19.
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