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2007 Auburn

9–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Tommy Tuberville, finished No. 15 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 2007, game by game: won vs. Kansas State 23–13; lost vs. South Florida 23–26; lost vs. Mississippi State 14–19; won vs. New Mexico State 55–20; won at No. 4 Florida 20–17; won vs. Vanderbilt 35–7; won at Arkansas 9–7; lost at No. 5 LSU 24–30; won vs. Ole Miss 17–3; won vs. Tennessee Tech 35–3; lost at No. 10 Georgia 20–45; won vs. Alabama 17–10; won vs. No. 16 Clemson 23–20+35−25Won 23–13 vs. Kansas State+10Kansas StateLost 23–26 vs. South Florida-3South FloridaLost 14–19 vs. Mississippi State-5Mississippi Sta…Won 55–20 vs. New Mexico State+35New Mexico StateWon 20–17 at No. 4 Florida+3No. 4 FloridaWon 35–7 vs. Vanderbilt+28VanderbiltWon 9–7 at Arkansas+2ArkansasLost 24–30 at No. 5 LSU-6No. 5 LSUWon 17–3 vs. Ole Miss+14Ole MissWon 35–3 vs. Tennessee Tech+32Tennessee TechLost 20–45 at No. 10 Georgia-25No. 10 GeorgiaWon 17–10 vs. Alabama+7AlabamaWon 23–20 vs. No. 16 Clemson+3No. 16 Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsKansas StateW 23–⁠1373%
Sep 8vsSouth FloridaL 23–⁠2665%
Sep 15vsMississippi StateL 14–⁠1978%
Sep 22vsNew Mexico StateW 55–⁠2079%
Sep 29at4FloridaW 20–⁠1725%
Oct 6vsVanderbiltW 35–⁠777%
Oct 13atArkansasW 9–⁠751%
Oct 20at5LSUL 24–⁠3030%
Oct 27vsOle MissW 17–⁠386%
Nov 3vsTennessee TechW 35–⁠394%
Nov 10at10GeorgiaL 20–⁠4538%
Nov 24vsAlabamaW 17–⁠1070%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvs16ClemsonChick-fil-A BowlW 23–⁠2045%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Clemson 23–⁠20 in the Chick-fil-A Bowl; No. 15 in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 18
  2. Wk 2: 17
  3. Wk 7: 22
  4. Wk 8: 18
  5. Wk 9: 23
  6. Wk 10: 19
  7. Wk 11: 18
  8. Wk 13: 25
  9. Wk 14: 23
  10. Final: 15
Record
9–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 15 peak No. 15
Points
315–⁠220
Coach
Tommy Tuberville
Elo
1646 +27 this season
SP+ rating
20.7 No. 13 of 120; offense No. 44, defense No. 4, special teams No. 38
SRS
9.8 No. 20 of 119 in FBS
Recruiting class
No. 9
Offensive coordinators
Al Borges and Tony Franklin
Defensive coordinator
Will Muschamp
Offense
Gulf Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

How good, play by play

  • Offense68th of 119
  • Defense14th of 119
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense0.0243%0.8468th of 119
Defense-0.0338%0.8314th of 119
How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season.

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.2own 323% allowed
Defense0.0own 312% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2007 class

Michael McNeil S★★★★No. 32
Lee Ziemba OT★★★★No. 47
Ryan Pugh OC★★★★No. 106
Kodi Burns DUAL★★★★No. 134
Chaz Ramsey OG★★★★No. 143
Enrique Davis RB★★★★No. 144
Tim Lamb DT★★★★No. 176

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2007 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks14.00.933
Running backs23.50.898
Receivers13.00.830
Offensive line53.60.903
Defensive line33.30.869
Linebackers22.50.783
Defensive backs33.30.907
Whole class173.40.881

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2008

The 2008 draft
Rd 2Quentin Groves DEJacksonville Jaguars
Rd 2Patrick Lee CBGreen Bay Packers
Rd 3Pat Sims DTCincinnati Bengals
Rd 4Jonathan Wilhite CBNew England Patriots
Rd 7King Dunlap OTPhiladelphia Eagles

All-SEC

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2007 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2007 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU6–⁠212–⁠21
Georgia6–⁠211–⁠22
Tennessee6–⁠210–⁠412
Florida5–⁠39–⁠413
Auburn5–⁠39–⁠415
Arkansas4–⁠48–⁠5
Mississippi State4–⁠48–⁠5
Alabama4–⁠47–⁠6
Kentucky3–⁠58–⁠5
South Carolina3–⁠56–⁠6
Vanderbilt2–⁠65–⁠7
Ole Miss0–⁠83–⁠9

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