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1957 Auburn

10–⁠0 (7–⁠0 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ralph Jordan, finished No. 1 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1957, game by game: won at No. 8 Tennessee 7–0; won vs. Chattanooga 40–7; won vs. Kentucky 6–0; won at Georgia Tech 3–0; won at Houston 48–7; won vs. No. 19 Florida 13–0; won vs. No. 17 Mississippi State 15–7; won vs. Georgia 6–0; won at Florida State 29–7; won vs. Alabama 40–0+41Won 7–0 at No. 8 Tennessee+7No. 8 TennesseeWon 40–7 vs. Chattanooga+33ChattanoogaWon 6–0 vs. Kentucky+6KentuckyWon 3–0 at Georgia Tech+3Georgia TechWon 48–7 at Houston+41HoustonWon 13–0 vs. No. 19 Florida+13No. 19 FloridaWon 15–7 vs. No. 17 Mississippi State+8No. 17 Mississippi Sta…Won 6–0 vs. Georgia+6GeorgiaWon 29–7 at Florida State+22Florida StateWon 40–0 vs. Alabama+40Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28at8TennesseeW 7–⁠033%
Oct 5vsChattanoogaW 40–⁠796%
Oct 12vsKentuckyW 6–⁠072%
Oct 19atGeorgia TechW 3–⁠037%
Oct 26atHoustonW 48–⁠750%
Nov 2vs19FloridaW 13–⁠070%
Nov 9vs17Mississippi StateW 15–⁠773%
Nov 16vsGeorgiaW 6–⁠083%
Nov 23atFlorida StateW 29–⁠779%
Nov 30vsAlabamaW 40–⁠088%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Alabama 40–⁠0; No. 1 in the final AP poll; Southeastern Conference champions.

In program history: The 12th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15
  2. Wk 3: 7
  3. Wk 4: 9
  4. Wk 5: 9
  5. Wk 6: 5
  6. Wk 7: 4
  7. Wk 8: 3
  8. Wk 9: 3
  9. Wk 10: 2
  10. Wk 11: 1
  11. Final: 1

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1957.

National championsNo. 1 in the final AP poll, and a title the school claims

Southeastern Conference champions7–⁠0 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanJim Phillips, E

Record
10–⁠0
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 1 peak No. 1
Points
207–⁠28
Coach
Ralph Jordan
Elo
1722 +149 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
23.1 No. 3 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 1Jim Phillips WRLos Angeles Rams
Rd 3Bobby Hoppe BSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 5Billy Atkins BSan Francisco 49ers

All-SEC

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Ben PrestonOTAP-2; UP-2
  • Jackie BurkettCAP-2; UP-2
  • Bill AtkinsBAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn7–⁠010–⁠01
Ole Miss5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Mississippi State4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠114
Florida4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠117
Tennessee4–⁠38–⁠313
LSU4–⁠45–⁠5
Vanderbilt3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Georgia Tech3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Georgia3–⁠43–⁠7
Alabama1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8
Kentucky1–⁠73–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.