Entering this season, Auburn was viewed as a team that could finish somewhere around 8-4 and maybe crack the AP Top 25. After getting to a bowl game a year ago, Auburn needs to win four of its last five games to keep that slim dream alive. Losing at Missouri to a depleted Tigers team was brutal. Brady Cook went to the hospital, got an MRI, returned and then led Mizzou on a game-winning drive.
At 2-5 on the season and 0-4 in SEC play, there is a chance that Auburn may not only go 0-for-8 in league play, but they could conceivably lose out. The Tigers could face three teams in SEC play with some chance of making the playoff in Alabama, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt. Their other SEC game is on the road this week at Kentucky. Their other remaining game is vs. a 5-1 ULM team at Jordan-Hare.
Looking at Auburn’s upcoming schedule, it would not be shocking if this team were to finish 2-10…..