2014–2026 performance history

Auburn over time

Season-by-season offense and defense game grades, with head-coaching changes placed on the timeline.

SECHead coach: Alex GoleshView Auburn games →
Offense · 2026 estimate59.9/100

17.7 average through 1 game

65.4 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate70.4/100

87.3 average through 1 game

67.8 prior · 8 equivalent games

The trajectory

Game and Season Unit Ratings

Each small dot is one offensive or defensive game rating, arranged in the order played. For completed seasons, the short bar is that season’s average game rating. Both dot and bar values are labeled on a percentile scale. For 2026, the bar is the Bayesian estimate, while the outlined circle is the empirical games-only mean. Labeled background bands show each head coach’s era.

Auburn individual offense and defense game grades by seasonEach small point is one game. Horizontal bars show completed-season means and the Bayesian estimate for 2026. The outlined 2026 circle is the empirical games-only mean. Alternating labeled bands identify head-coaching eras.Malzahn · ’14–’20Gus Malzahn, 2014–2020Harsin · ’21–’22Bryan Harsin, 2021–2022Freeze · ’23–’25Hugh Freeze, 2023–2025GoleshAlex Golesh, 2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Auburn vs. Arkansas · W 45–21; offense 97.2 percentile2014 Week 2: Auburn vs. San José State · W 59–13; offense 95.7 percentile2014 Week 4: Auburn at Kansas State · W 20–14; offense 39.5 percentile2014 Week 5: Auburn vs. Louisiana Tech · W 45–17; offense 89.5 percentile2014 Week 6: Auburn vs. LSU · W 41–7; offense 98.2 percentile2014 Week 7: Auburn at Mississippi State · L 23–38; offense 67.9 percentile2014 Week 9: Auburn vs. South Carolina · W 42–35; offense 98.3 percentile2014 Week 10: Auburn at Ole Miss · W 35–31; offense 97.1 percentile2014 Week 11: Auburn vs. Texas A&M · L 38–41; offense 86.2 percentile2014 Week 12: Auburn at Georgia · L 7–34; offense 41.8 percentile2014 Week 13: Auburn vs. Samford · W 31–7; offense 44.1 percentile2014 Week 14: Auburn at Alabama · L 44–55; offense 84.7 percentile2014 Week 1: Auburn vs. Wisconsin · L 31–34; offense 93.2 percentile2015 Week 1: Auburn vs. Louisville · W 31–24; offense 84.0 percentile2015 Week 2: Auburn vs. Jacksonville State · W 27–20; offense 19.1 percentile2015 Week 3: Auburn at LSU · L 21–45; offense 29.6 percentile2015 Week 4: Auburn vs. Mississippi State · L 9–17; offense 22.7 percentile2015 Week 5: Auburn vs. San José State · W 35–21; offense 67.7 percentile2015 Week 7: Auburn at Kentucky · W 30–27; offense 66.3 percentile2015 Week 8: Auburn at Arkansas · L 46–54; offense 35.7 percentile2015 Week 9: Auburn vs. Ole Miss · L 19–27; offense 43.9 percentile2015 Week 10: Auburn at Texas A&M · W 26–10; offense 90.2 percentile2015 Week 11: Auburn vs. Georgia · L 13–20; offense 47.9 percentile2015 Week 12: Auburn vs. Idaho · W 56–34; offense 63.9 percentile2015 Week 13: Auburn vs. Alabama · L 13–29; offense 52.1 percentile2015 Week 1: Auburn vs. Memphis · W 31–10; offense 78.1 percentile2016 Week 1: Auburn vs. Clemson · L 13–19; offense 15.4 percentile2016 Week 2: Auburn vs. Arkansas State · W 51–14; offense 99.6 percentile2016 Week 3: Auburn vs. Texas A&M · L 16–29; offense 18.5 percentile2016 Week 4: Auburn vs. LSU · W 18–13; offense 62.9 percentile2016 Week 5: Auburn vs. UL Monroe · W 58–7; offense 98.6 percentile2016 Week 6: Auburn at Mississippi State · W 38–14; offense 82.5 percentile2016 Week 8: Auburn vs. Arkansas · W 56–3; offense 99.1 percentile2016 Week 9: Auburn at Ole Miss · W 40–29; offense 89.5 percentile2016 Week 10: Auburn vs. Vanderbilt · W 23–16; offense 57.4 percentile2016 Week 11: Auburn at Georgia · L 7–13; offense 15.2 percentile2016 Week 12: Auburn vs. Alabama A&M · W 55–0; offense 54.4 percentile2016 Week 13: Auburn at Alabama · L 12–30; offense 35.3 percentile2016 Week 1: Auburn vs. Oklahoma · L 19–35; offense 28.0 percentile2017 Week 1: Auburn vs. Georgia Southern · W 41–7; offense 71.5 percentile2017 Week 2: Auburn at Clemson · L 6–14; offense 28.6 percentile2017 Week 3: Auburn vs. Mercer · W 24–10; offense 29.3 percentile2017 Week 4: Auburn at Missouri · W 51–14; offense 92.4 percentile2017 Week 5: Auburn vs. Mississippi State · W 49–10; offense 87.7 percentile2017 Week 6: Auburn vs. Ole Miss · W 44–23; offense 89.9 percentile2017 Week 7: Auburn at LSU · L 23–27; offense 60.3 percentile2017 Week 8: Auburn at Arkansas · W 52–20; offense 54.5 percentile2017 Week 10: Auburn at Texas A&M · W 42–27; offense 75.5 percentile2017 Week 11: Auburn vs. Georgia · W 40–17; offense 92.6 percentile2017 Week 12: Auburn vs. UL Monroe · W 42–14; offense 71.7 percentile2017 Week 13: Auburn vs. Alabama · W 26–14; offense 76.5 percentile2017 Week 14: Auburn vs. Georgia · L 7–28; offense 42.5 percentile2017 Week 1: Auburn vs. UCF · L 27–34; offense 50.9 percentile2018 Week 1: Auburn vs. Washington · W 21–16; offense 76.8 percentile2018 Week 2: Auburn vs. Alabama State · W 63–9; offense 48.4 percentile2018 Week 3: Auburn vs. LSU · L 21–22; offense 47.2 percentile2018 Week 4: Auburn vs. Arkansas · W 34–3; offense 6.3 percentile2018 Week 5: Auburn vs. Southern Miss · W 24–13; offense 50.0 percentile2018 Week 6: Auburn at Mississippi State · L 9–23; offense 51.8 percentile2018 Week 7: Auburn vs. Tennessee · L 24–30; offense 55.4 percentile2018 Week 8: Auburn at Ole Miss · W 31–16; offense 49.7 percentile2018 Week 10: Auburn vs. Texas A&M · W 28–24; offense 29.6 percentile2018 Week 11: Auburn at Georgia · L 10–27; offense 23.4 percentile2018 Week 12: Auburn vs. Liberty · W 53–0; offense 78.3 percentile2018 Week 13: Auburn at Alabama · L 21–52; offense 66.7 percentile2018 Week 1: Auburn vs. Purdue · W 63–14; offense 87.0 percentile2019 Week 1: Auburn vs. Oregon · W 27–21; offense 63.9 percentile2019 Week 2: Auburn vs. Tulane · W 24–6; offense 33.8 percentile2019 Week 3: Auburn vs. Kent State · W 55–16; offense 95.7 percentile2019 Week 4: Auburn at Texas A&M · W 28–20; offense 52.1 percentile2019 Week 5: Auburn vs. Mississippi State · W 56–23; offense 96.6 percentile2019 Week 6: Auburn at Florida · L 13–24; offense 39.4 percentile2019 Week 8: Auburn at Arkansas · W 51–10; offense 80.0 percentile2019 Week 9: Auburn at LSU · L 20–23; offense 13.8 percentile2019 Week 10: Auburn vs. Ole Miss · W 20–14; offense 51.1 percentile2019 Week 12: Auburn vs. Georgia · L 14–21; offense 18.9 percentile2019 Week 13: Auburn vs. Samford · W 52–0; offense 43.6 percentile2019 Week 14: Auburn vs. Alabama · W 48–45; offense 66.4 percentile2019 Week 1: Auburn vs. Minnesota · L 24–31; offense 28.5 percentile2020 Week 4: Auburn vs. Kentucky · W 29–13; offense 39.9 percentile2020 Week 5: Auburn at Georgia · L 6–27; offense 18.1 percentile2020 Week 6: Auburn vs. Arkansas · W 30–28; offense 47.4 percentile2020 Week 7: Auburn at South Carolina · L 22–30; offense 42.2 percentile2020 Week 8: Auburn at Ole Miss · W 35–28; offense 56.9 percentile2020 Week 9: Auburn vs. LSU · W 48–11; offense 85.7 percentile2020 Week 12: Auburn vs. Tennessee · W 30–17; offense 72.4 percentile2020 Week 13: Auburn at Alabama · L 13–42; offense 42.7 percentile2020 Week 14: Auburn vs. Texas A&M · L 20–31; offense 81.0 percentile2020 Week 15: Auburn at Mississippi State · W 24–10; offense 59.9 percentile2020 Week 1: Auburn vs. Northwestern · L 19–35; offense 27.8 percentile2021 Week 1: Auburn vs. Akron · W 60–10; offense 99.1 percentile2021 Week 2: Auburn vs. Alabama State · W 62–0; offense 68.2 percentile2021 Week 3: Auburn at Penn State · L 20–28; offense 75.4 percentile2021 Week 4: Auburn vs. Georgia State · W 34–24; offense 27.0 percentile2021 Week 5: Auburn at LSU · W 24–19; offense 66.2 percentile2021 Week 6: Auburn vs. Georgia · L 10–34; offense 56.8 percentile2021 Week 7: Auburn at Arkansas · W 38–23; offense 77.6 percentile2021 Week 9: Auburn vs. Ole Miss · W 31–20; offense 76.0 percentile2021 Week 10: Auburn at Texas A&M · L 3–20; offense 24.0 percentile2021 Week 11: Auburn vs. Mississippi State · L 34–43; offense 63.2 percentile2021 Week 12: Auburn at South Carolina · L 17–21; offense 58.7 percentile2021 Week 13: Auburn vs. Alabama · L 22–24; offense 3.3 percentile2021 Week 1: Auburn vs. Houston · L 13–17; offense 26.6 percentile2022 Week 1: Auburn vs. Mercer · W 42–16; offense 56.6 percentile2022 Week 2: Auburn vs. San José State · W 24–16; offense 85.5 percentile2022 Week 3: Auburn vs. Penn State · L 12–41; offense 50.1 percentile2022 Week 4: Auburn vs. Missouri · W 17–14; offense 6.3 percentile2022 Week 5: Auburn vs. LSU · L 17–21; offense 39.7 percentile2022 Week 6: Auburn at Georgia · L 10–42; offense 15.2 percentile2022 Week 7: Auburn at Ole Miss · L 34–48; offense 69.8 percentile2022 Week 9: Auburn vs. Arkansas · L 27–41; offense 41.6 percentile2022 Week 10: Auburn at Mississippi State · L 33–39; offense 50.0 percentile2022 Week 11: Auburn vs. Texas A&M · W 13–10; offense 21.0 percentile2022 Week 12: Auburn vs. Western Kentucky · W 41–17; offense 66.0 percentile2022 Week 13: Auburn at Alabama · L 27–49; offense 94.5 percentile2023 Week 1: Auburn vs. Massachusetts · W 59–14; offense 85.5 percentile2023 Week 2: Auburn at California · W 14–10; offense 26.1 percentile2023 Week 3: Auburn vs. Samford · W 45–13; offense 34.7 percentile2023 Week 4: Auburn at Texas A&M · L 10–27; offense 2.6 percentile2023 Week 5: Auburn vs. Georgia · L 20–27; offense 37.7 percentile2023 Week 7: Auburn at LSU · L 18–48; offense 13.6 percentile2023 Week 8: Auburn vs. Ole Miss · L 21–28; offense 7.5 percentile2023 Week 9: Auburn vs. Mississippi State · W 27–13; offense 50.5 percentile2023 Week 10: Auburn at Vanderbilt · W 31–15; offense 33.9 percentile2023 Week 11: Auburn at Arkansas · W 48–10; offense 98.3 percentile2023 Week 12: Auburn vs. New Mexico State · L 10–31; offense 29.3 percentile2023 Week 13: Auburn vs. Alabama · L 24–27; offense 73.1 percentile2023 Week 1: Auburn vs. Maryland · L 13–31; offense 16.2 percentile2024 Week 1: Auburn vs. Alabama A&M · W 73–3; offense 97.3 percentile2024 Week 3: Auburn vs. New Mexico · W 45–19; offense 83.2 percentile2024 Week 4: Auburn vs. Arkansas · L 14–24; offense 65.3 percentile2024 Week 5: Auburn vs. Oklahoma · L 21–27; offense 71.4 percentile2024 Week 6: Auburn at Georgia · L 13–31; offense 58.7 percentile2024 Week 8: Auburn at Missouri · L 17–21; offense 9.8 percentile2024 Week 9: Auburn at Kentucky · W 24–10; offense 90.6 percentile2024 Week 10: Auburn vs. Vanderbilt · L 7–17; offense 2.9 percentile2024 Week 12: Auburn vs. UL Monroe · W 48–14; offense 90.7 percentile2024 Week 14: Auburn at Alabama · L 14–28; offense 53.5 percentile2025 Week 1: Auburn at Baylor · W 38–24; offense 89.7 percentile2025 Week 2: Auburn vs. Ball State · W 42–3; offense 88.6 percentile2025 Week 3: Auburn vs. South Alabama · W 31–15; offense 87.6 percentile2025 Week 4: Auburn at Oklahoma · L 17–24; offense 27.1 percentile2025 Week 7: Auburn vs. Georgia · L 10–20; offense 24.0 percentile2025 Week 8: Auburn vs. Missouri · L 17–23; offense 55.5 percentile2025 Week 9: Auburn at Arkansas · W 33–24; offense 39.8 percentile2025 Week 10: Auburn vs. Kentucky · L 3–10; offense 13.0 percentile2025 Week 11: Auburn at Vanderbilt · L 38–45; offense 94.5 percentile2025 Week 13: Auburn vs. Mercer · W 62–17; offense 91.7 percentile2025 Week 14: Auburn vs. Alabama · L 20–27; offense 62.7 percentile2026 Week 1: Auburn vs. Baylor · W 17–16; offense 17.7 percentile2014 offense season mean: 86.7 percentile2015 offense season mean: 55.0 percentile2016 offense season mean: 68.2 percentile2017 offense season mean: 69.1 percentile2018 offense season mean: 51.0 percentile2019 offense season mean: 55.7 percentile2020 offense season mean: 52.8 percentile2021 offense season mean: 57.1 percentile2022 offense season mean: 49.8 percentile2023 offense season mean: 38.0 percentile2024 offense season mean: 64.1 percentile2025 offense season mean: 65.4 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 59.9 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 17.7 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Auburn vs. Arkansas · W 45–21; defense 56.7 percentile2014 Week 2: Auburn vs. San José State · W 59–13; defense 78.3 percentile2014 Week 4: Auburn at Kansas State · W 20–14; defense 94.8 percentile2014 Week 5: Auburn vs. Louisiana Tech · W 45–17; defense 93.5 percentile2014 Week 6: Auburn vs. LSU · W 41–7; defense 92.0 percentile2014 Week 7: Auburn at Mississippi State · L 23–38; defense 65.6 percentile2014 Week 9: Auburn vs. South Carolina · W 42–35; defense 43.8 percentile2014 Week 10: Auburn at Ole Miss · W 35–31; defense 44.0 percentile2014 Week 11: Auburn vs. Texas A&M · L 38–41; defense 23.2 percentile2014 Week 12: Auburn at Georgia · L 7–34; defense 58.6 percentile2014 Week 13: Auburn vs. Samford · W 31–7; defense 49.0 percentile2014 Week 14: Auburn at Alabama · L 44–55; defense 11.2 percentile2014 Week 1: Auburn vs. Wisconsin · L 31–34; defense 41.8 percentile2015 Week 1: Auburn vs. Louisville · W 31–24; defense 35.1 percentile2015 Week 2: Auburn vs. Jacksonville State · W 27–20; defense 8.9 percentile2015 Week 3: Auburn at LSU · L 21–45; defense 6.7 percentile2015 Week 4: Auburn vs. Mississippi State · L 9–17; defense 83.8 percentile2015 Week 5: Auburn vs. San José State · W 35–21; defense 29.4 percentile2015 Week 7: Auburn at Kentucky · W 30–27; defense 25.7 percentile2015 Week 8: Auburn at Arkansas · L 46–54; defense 43.1 percentile2015 Week 9: Auburn vs. Ole Miss · L 19–27; defense 67.0 percentile2015 Week 10: Auburn at Texas A&M · W 26–10; defense 64.2 percentile2015 Week 11: Auburn vs. Georgia · L 13–20; defense 75.6 percentile2015 Week 12: Auburn vs. Idaho · W 56–34; defense 39.0 percentile2015 Week 13: Auburn vs. Alabama · L 13–29; defense 25.5 percentile2015 Week 1: Auburn vs. Memphis · W 31–10; defense 95.4 percentile2016 Week 1: Auburn vs. Clemson · L 13–19; defense 90.8 percentile2016 Week 2: Auburn vs. Arkansas State · W 51–14; defense 71.1 percentile2016 Week 3: Auburn vs. Texas A&M · L 16–29; defense 61.9 percentile2016 Week 4: Auburn vs. LSU · W 18–13; defense 77.7 percentile2016 Week 5: Auburn vs. UL Monroe · W 58–7; defense 82.4 percentile2016 Week 6: Auburn at Mississippi State · W 38–14; defense 94.4 percentile2016 Week 8: Auburn vs. Arkansas · W 56–3; defense 99.4 percentile2016 Week 9: Auburn at Ole Miss · W 40–29; defense 31.8 percentile2016 Week 10: Auburn vs. Vanderbilt · W 23–16; defense 62.2 percentile2016 Week 11: Auburn at Georgia · L 7–13; defense 95.3 percentile2016 Week 12: Auburn vs. Alabama A&M · W 55–0; defense 88.3 percentile2016 Week 13: Auburn at Alabama · L 12–30; defense 52.2 percentile2016 Week 1: Auburn vs. Oklahoma · L 19–35; defense 25.8 percentile2017 Week 1: Auburn vs. Georgia Southern · W 41–7; defense 99.6 percentile2017 Week 2: Auburn at Clemson · L 6–14; defense 82.4 percentile2017 Week 3: Auburn vs. Mercer · W 24–10; defense 55.3 percentile2017 Week 4: Auburn at Missouri · W 51–14; defense 93.3 percentile2017 Week 5: Auburn vs. Mississippi State · W 49–10; defense 86.7 percentile2017 Week 6: Auburn vs. Ole Miss · W 44–23; defense 87.6 percentile2017 Week 7: Auburn at LSU · L 23–27; defense 80.9 percentile2017 Week 8: Auburn at Arkansas · W 52–20; defense 52.4 percentile2017 Week 10: Auburn at Texas A&M · W 42–27; defense 67.9 percentile2017 Week 11: Auburn vs. Georgia · W 40–17; defense 97.8 percentile2017 Week 12: Auburn vs. UL Monroe · W 42–14; defense 92.7 percentile2017 Week 13: Auburn vs. Alabama · W 26–14; defense 75.0 percentile2017 Week 14: Auburn vs. Georgia · L 7–28; defense 47.3 percentile2017 Week 1: Auburn vs. UCF · L 27–34; defense 87.6 percentile2018 Week 1: Auburn vs. Washington · W 21–16; defense 80.6 percentile2018 Week 2: Auburn vs. Alabama State · W 63–9; defense 87.3 percentile2018 Week 3: Auburn vs. LSU · L 21–22; defense 78.6 percentile2018 Week 4: Auburn vs. Arkansas · W 34–3; defense 78.0 percentile2018 Week 5: Auburn vs. Southern Miss · W 24–13; defense 94.4 percentile2018 Week 6: Auburn at Mississippi State · L 9–23; defense 55.4 percentile2018 Week 7: Auburn vs. Tennessee · L 24–30; defense 45.8 percentile2018 Week 8: Auburn at Ole Miss · W 31–16; defense 83.6 percentile2018 Week 10: Auburn vs. Texas A&M · W 28–24; defense 68.2 percentile2018 Week 11: Auburn at Georgia · L 10–27; defense 28.0 percentile2018 Week 12: Auburn vs. Liberty · W 53–0; defense 98.3 percentile2018 Week 13: Auburn at Alabama · L 21–52; defense 32.1 percentile2018 Week 1: Auburn vs. Purdue · W 63–14; defense 88.9 percentile2019 Week 1: Auburn vs. Oregon · W 27–21; defense 86.8 percentile2019 Week 2: Auburn vs. Tulane · W 24–6; defense 99.5 percentile2019 Week 3: Auburn vs. Kent State · W 55–16; defense 80.6 percentile2019 Week 4: Auburn at Texas A&M · W 28–20; defense 90.2 percentile2019 Week 5: Auburn vs. Mississippi State · W 56–23; defense 86.6 percentile2019 Week 6: Auburn at Florida · L 13–24; defense 80.7 percentile2019 Week 8: Auburn at Arkansas · W 51–10; defense 92.8 percentile2019 Week 9: Auburn at LSU · L 20–23; defense 91.3 percentile2019 Week 10: Auburn vs. Ole Miss · W 20–14; defense 86.8 percentile2019 Week 12: Auburn vs. Georgia · L 14–21; defense 85.5 percentile2019 Week 13: Auburn vs. Samford · W 52–0; defense 88.0 percentile2019 Week 14: Auburn vs. Alabama · W 48–45; defense 47.4 percentile2019 Week 1: Auburn vs. Minnesota · L 24–31; defense 49.8 percentile2020 Week 4: Auburn vs. Kentucky · W 29–13; defense 53.0 percentile2020 Week 5: Auburn at Georgia · L 6–27; defense 16.8 percentile2020 Week 6: Auburn vs. Arkansas · W 30–28; defense 44.4 percentile2020 Week 7: Auburn at South Carolina · L 22–30; defense 51.3 percentile2020 Week 8: Auburn at Ole Miss · W 35–28; defense 50.3 percentile2020 Week 9: Auburn vs. LSU · W 48–11; defense 93.4 percentile2020 Week 12: Auburn vs. Tennessee · W 30–17; defense 10.8 percentile2020 Week 13: Auburn at Alabama · L 13–42; defense 22.1 percentile2020 Week 14: Auburn vs. Texas A&M · L 20–31; defense 8.4 percentile2020 Week 15: Auburn at Mississippi State · W 24–10; defense 66.1 percentile2020 Week 1: Auburn vs. Northwestern · L 19–35; defense 41.8 percentile2021 Week 1: Auburn vs. Akron · W 60–10; defense 89.7 percentile2021 Week 2: Auburn vs. Alabama State · W 62–0; defense 78.6 percentile2021 Week 3: Auburn at Penn State · L 20–28; defense 47.4 percentile2021 Week 4: Auburn vs. Georgia State · W 34–24; defense 71.7 percentile2021 Week 5: Auburn at LSU · W 24–19; defense 85.2 percentile2021 Week 6: Auburn vs. Georgia · L 10–34; defense 49.5 percentile2021 Week 7: Auburn at Arkansas · W 38–23; defense 59.2 percentile2021 Week 9: Auburn vs. Ole Miss · W 31–20; defense 59.5 percentile2021 Week 10: Auburn at Texas A&M · L 3–20; defense 77.1 percentile2021 Week 11: Auburn vs. Mississippi State · L 34–43; defense 29.2 percentile2021 Week 12: Auburn at South Carolina · L 17–21; defense 46.1 percentile2021 Week 13: Auburn vs. Alabama · L 22–24; defense 99.3 percentile2021 Week 1: Auburn vs. Houston · L 13–17; defense 59.9 percentile2022 Week 1: Auburn vs. Mercer · W 42–16; defense 53.8 percentile2022 Week 2: Auburn vs. San José State · W 24–16; defense 93.3 percentile2022 Week 3: Auburn vs. Penn State · L 12–41; defense 21.8 percentile2022 Week 4: Auburn vs. Missouri · W 17–14; defense 78.7 percentile2022 Week 5: Auburn vs. LSU · L 17–21; defense 95.0 percentile2022 Week 6: Auburn at Georgia · L 10–42; defense 63.7 percentile2022 Week 7: Auburn at Ole Miss · L 34–48; defense 10.3 percentile2022 Week 9: Auburn vs. Arkansas · L 27–41; defense 8.2 percentile2022 Week 10: Auburn at Mississippi State · L 33–39; defense 93.5 percentile2022 Week 11: Auburn vs. Texas A&M · W 13–10; defense 84.8 percentile2022 Week 12: Auburn vs. Western Kentucky · W 41–17; defense 86.6 percentile2022 Week 13: Auburn at Alabama · L 27–49; defense 6.0 percentile2023 Week 1: Auburn vs. Massachusetts · W 59–14; defense 64.4 percentile2023 Week 2: Auburn at California · W 14–10; defense 92.8 percentile2023 Week 3: Auburn vs. Samford · W 45–13; defense 56.1 percentile2023 Week 4: Auburn at Texas A&M · L 10–27; defense 47.2 percentile2023 Week 5: Auburn vs. Georgia · L 20–27; defense 78.4 percentile2023 Week 7: Auburn at LSU · L 18–48; defense 16.5 percentile2023 Week 8: Auburn vs. Ole Miss · L 21–28; defense 47.1 percentile2023 Week 9: Auburn vs. Mississippi State · W 27–13; defense 62.2 percentile2023 Week 10: Auburn at Vanderbilt · W 31–15; defense 95.0 percentile2023 Week 11: Auburn at Arkansas · W 48–10; defense 74.1 percentile2023 Week 12: Auburn vs. New Mexico State · L 10–31; defense 23.3 percentile2023 Week 13: Auburn vs. Alabama · L 24–27; defense 54.5 percentile2023 Week 1: Auburn vs. Maryland · L 13–31; defense 45.1 percentile2024 Week 1: Auburn vs. Alabama A&M · W 73–3; defense 84.6 percentile2024 Week 3: Auburn vs. New Mexico · W 45–19; defense 54.9 percentile2024 Week 4: Auburn vs. Arkansas · L 14–24; defense 78.3 percentile2024 Week 5: Auburn vs. Oklahoma · L 21–27; defense 42.3 percentile2024 Week 6: Auburn at Georgia · L 13–31; defense 34.2 percentile2024 Week 8: Auburn at Missouri · L 17–21; defense 89.0 percentile2024 Week 9: Auburn at Kentucky · W 24–10; defense 90.3 percentile2024 Week 10: Auburn vs. Vanderbilt · L 7–17; defense 90.5 percentile2024 Week 12: Auburn vs. UL Monroe · W 48–14; defense 95.7 percentile2024 Week 14: Auburn at Alabama · L 14–28; defense 51.6 percentile2025 Week 1: Auburn at Baylor · W 38–24; defense 47.6 percentile2025 Week 2: Auburn vs. Ball State · W 42–3; defense 98.1 percentile2025 Week 3: Auburn vs. South Alabama · W 31–15; defense 64.5 percentile2025 Week 4: Auburn at Oklahoma · L 17–24; defense 85.1 percentile2025 Week 7: Auburn vs. Georgia · L 10–20; defense 91.3 percentile2025 Week 8: Auburn vs. Missouri · L 17–23; defense 87.1 percentile2025 Week 9: Auburn at Arkansas · W 33–24; defense 46.4 percentile2025 Week 10: Auburn vs. Kentucky · L 3–10; defense 74.3 percentile2025 Week 11: Auburn at Vanderbilt · L 38–45; defense 30.8 percentile2025 Week 13: Auburn vs. Mercer · W 62–17; defense 11.5 percentile2025 Week 14: Auburn vs. Alabama · L 20–27; defense 61.8 percentile2026 Week 1: Auburn vs. Baylor · W 17–16; defense 87.3 percentile2014 defense season mean: 61.0 percentile2015 defense season mean: 45.8 percentile2016 defense season mean: 78.2 percentile2017 defense season mean: 84.3 percentile2018 defense season mean: 75.4 percentile2019 defense season mean: 85.8 percentile2020 defense season mean: 40.5 percentile2021 defense season mean: 70.2 percentile2022 defense season mean: 60.0 percentile2023 defense season mean: 60.6 percentile2024 defense season mean: 75.5 percentile2025 defense season mean: 67.8 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 70.4 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 87.3 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2020Gus Malzahn / Kevin Steele
2021Bryan Harsin
2022Bryan Harsin / Cadillac Williams
2023Hugh Freeze
2025Hugh Freeze / D.J. Durkin
2026Alex Golesh

How to read 2026

The current-season estimate intelligently blends last season with new data.

The 2026 estimate is a Bayesian weighted average of normal-score Z-values. The 2025 season mean counts like 8 games of prior evidence; each completed 2026 game counts once. The result is then translated back to the 0–100 percentile scale.

2026 Z = (8 × 2025 mean Z + games played × 2026 mean Z) ÷ (8 + games played)

Season record

Every annual grade and coach

Retrospective rows average the available single-game grades in normal-score space. The result is shown as a percentile. Roughly speaking, a 95th-percentile season corresponds to about the eighth-best team in a 160-team field.

SeasonHead coachGamesOffenseDefense
2026Live estimateAlex GoleshCoaching change1
59.9 estimate17.7 games-only average
70.4 estimate87.3 games-only average
2025Hugh Freeze / D.J. DurkinCoaching change1165.467.8
2024Hugh Freeze1064.175.5
2023Hugh FreezeCoaching change1338.060.6
2022Bryan Harsin / Cadillac WilliamsCoaching change1249.860.0
2021Bryan HarsinCoaching change1357.170.2
2020Gus Malzahn / Kevin SteeleCoaching change1152.840.5
2019Gus Malzahn1355.785.8
2018Gus Malzahn1351.075.4
2017Gus Malzahn1469.184.3
2016Gus Malzahn1368.278.2
2015Gus Malzahn1355.045.8
2014Gus Malzahn1386.761.0