Auburn — SEC
HC
Alex Golesh · Jordan-Hare Stadium · Auburn, AL · 87,451 cap
PPA off / def
0.17 / 0.06
2025
Class rank
#31
class of 2026
Returning PPA
14%
returning production
| 1989 |
OSU L 14–31 | away |
| 1917 |
OSU T 0–0 | Columbus |
2026 schedule
2025 results (5–7)
Statistical comps — 2025 Auburn's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (39 in / 39 out)
Origins
Played the Deep South's first football game against Georgia in 1892. Auburn's history is a series of impossible afternoons — Bo over the top, the Kick Six, Cam Newton's one perfect season.
Founded 1856 · East Alabama Male College, later the state's land-grant school · first football 1892 · defined by Pat Dye
All-time record
All-time
783–475–43
1902–2025
Win %
61.8%
123 seasons played
Winning seasons
80
65% of seasons
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2010 | 14 | 0 | SEC |
| 2004 | 13 | 0 | SEC |
| 2013 | 12 | 2 | SEC |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 | SEC |
| 1983 | 11 | 1 | SEC |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1902 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 336 | 56% |
46% | 34 of 136 | 5.8 | 11% |
| 2nd down | 253 | 51% |
43% | 61 of 136 | 5.3 | 10% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 43 | 70% |
72% | — | 4.2 | 7% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 49 | 27% |
37% | — | 3.9 | 8% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 64 | 28% |
20% | — | 6.5 | 13% |
| 4th down | 23 | 57% |
52% | — | 3.9 | 17% |
133 drives · 36% ended in points · 7.7 plays and 40.5 yards per drive · 0.94 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 14 | Alabama |
Malcolm Simmons 64 Yd pass from Ashton Daniels (Alex McPherson Kick) |
64 | 6.87 |
| 13 | Mercer |
(08:22) Shotgun #9 D.Knight pass complete deep middle to #4 M.Simmons caught at MER50, for… |
91 | 6.82 |
| 13 | Mercer |
(14:58) Shotgun #9 D.Knight rush right for 75 yards gain to the MER00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:… |
75 | 6.08 |
| 13 | Mercer |
(00:39) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 D.Knight rush middle for 51 yards gain to the MER00 TOUCHDOWN… |
51 | 6.06 |
| 14 | Alabama |
(13:07) No Huddle-Shotgun #12 A.Daniels pass complete short middle to #4 M.Simmons caught … |
66 | 5.28 |
| 13 | Mercer |
(05:24) No Huddle-Shotgun #11 J.Arnold rush right for 56 yards gain to the MER00 TOUCHDOWN… |
56 | 4.37 |
| 11 | Vanderbilt |
(08:19) No Huddle-Shotgun #12 A.Daniels pass complete short right to #4 M.Simmons caught a… |
39 | 4.26 |
| 2 | Ball State |
Durell Robinson run for 54 yds for a TD (Alex McPherson KICK) |
54 | 4.18 |