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1988 Auburn

10–⁠2 (6–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Pat Dye, finished No. 8 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1988, game by game: won vs. Kentucky 20–10; won vs. Kansas 56–7; won vs. Tennessee 38–6; won vs. North Carolina 47–21; lost at LSU 6–7; won vs. Akron 42–0; won vs. Mississippi State 33–0; won at Florida 16–0; won vs. Southern Miss 38–8; won vs. No. 17 Georgia 20–10; won vs. No. 17 Alabama 15–10; lost vs. No. 4 Florida State 7–13+49−6Won 20–10 vs. Kentucky+10KentuckyWon 56–7 vs. Kansas+49KansasWon 38–6 vs. Tennessee+32TennesseeWon 47–21 vs. North Carolina+26North CarolinaLost 6–7 at LSU-1LSUWon 42–0 vs. Akron+42AkronWon 33–0 vs. Mississippi State+33Mississippi Sta…Won 16–0 at Florida+16FloridaWon 38–8 vs. Southern Miss+30Southern MissWon 20–10 vs. No. 17 Georgia+10No. 17 GeorgiaWon 15–10 vs. No. 17 Alabama+5No. 17 AlabamaLost 7–13 vs. No. 4 Florida State-6No. 4 Florida State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vsKentuckyW 20–⁠1077%
Sep 17vsKansasW 56–⁠791%
Sep 24vsTennesseeW 38–⁠676%
Oct 1vsNorth CarolinaW 47–⁠2186%
Oct 8atLSUL 6–⁠749%
Oct 15vsAkronW 42–⁠091%
Oct 22vsMississippi StateW 33–⁠090%
Oct 29atFloridaW 16–⁠062%
Nov 5vsSouthern MissW 38–⁠875%
Nov 12vs17GeorgiaW 20–⁠1070%
Nov 25vs17AlabamaW 15–⁠1065%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs4Florida StateSugar BowlL 7–⁠1349%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida State 13–⁠7 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 8 in the final AP poll; Southeastern Conference champions.

In program history: The 5th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 7
  2. Wk 2: 7
  3. Wk 3: 7
  4. Wk 4: 6
  5. Wk 5: 4
  6. Wk 6: 4
  7. Wk 7: 4
  8. Wk 8: 12
  9. Wk 9: 10
  10. Wk 10: 9
  11. Wk 11: 9
  12. Wk 12: 9
  13. Wk 13: 8
  14. Wk 14: 7
  15. Wk 15: 7
  16. Wk 16: 7
  17. Final: 8

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 1988.

Southeastern Conference champions6–⁠1 in the conference, shared with LSU

Outland TrophyTracy Rocker, DT; also the Lombardi

Consensus All-AmericanTracy Rocker, DT

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠1 shared first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 8 peak No. 4
Points
338–⁠92
Coach
Pat Dye
Elo
1757 +88 this season
SP+ rating
23.5 No. 8 of 102; offense No. 32, defense No. 2
SRS
19.2 No. 9 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Wayne Hall

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 2Lawyer Tillman WRCleveland Browns
Rd 2Walter Reeves TEPhoenix Cardinals
Rd 2Brian Smith LBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 3Tracy Rocker DTWashington Redskins
Rd 4Ron Stallworth DENew York Jets
Rd 7Benji Roland DTMinnesota Vikings

All-SEC

7 first team

First team

  • Jim ThompsonOTAP-1
  • Rodney GarnerOGAP-1
  • Reggie SlackQBAP-1
  • Tracy RockerDTAP-1
  • Benji RolandMGAP-1
  • Quentin RigginsLBAP-1
  • Brian ShulmanPAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn6–⁠110–⁠28
LSU6–⁠18–⁠419
Georgia5–⁠29–⁠315
Alabama4–⁠39–⁠317
Florida4–⁠37–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss3–⁠45–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠55–⁠6
Vanderbilt2–⁠53–⁠8
Mississippi State0–⁠71–⁠10

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