Is Auburn en route to a 10-win season?

In his SEC spring overreactions, Brandon Marcello of CBS Sports said that Auburn has the talent to contend for the SEC Championship.

Spring practice is over, and now the minds of college football fans everywhere will be filled with predictions, projections, and other filler as they eagerly await the start of the 2025 season.

Brandon Marcello of CBS Sports recently contributed to the offseason discussion by revealing his “overreactions” for every SEC team following the spring practice season. His assessment of Auburn can be written off as a positive overreaction, as he projects the Tigers to take a giant leap towards SEC Championship contention.

I have long argued that Auburn is the most magical place in the SEC. The Tigers can go from a winless season in the SEC to playing for a national championship in a single calendar year (2012-13), but rarely does the rollercoaster break down into a slow trolley ride through a valley, outside the view of the national landscape. That’s where Auburn sits today. The Tigers have not recorded a winning record since 2020, the program’s worst stretch since the 1940s. Hugh Freeze enters Year 3 with the talent to contend in the SEC thanks to top-10 recruiting classes and impressive portal hauls. Is Jackson Arnold the quarterback to lead Auburn back to prominence? The vibes are high on the Plains, and a resurgence is on tap this fall. Don’t count out a 10-win season.

Auburn has posted a 28-33 record over the last five seasons and has had three different head coaches lead the program. Auburn also played in three bowl games in that span, losing each one. Auburn fans are hungry for a winning season and the possibility of an SEC Championship appearance.

The good news for Auburn is that the coaching staff has worked tirelessly to boost its roster with talented high school recruits and…

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Publish date : 2025-05-09 19:00:00

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