Auburn football unranked in USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll. Here's how close Tigers got

Bennett Durando, Montgomery Advertiser
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AUBURN — Auburn football is unranked in the 2022 preseason USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll.

This is the second consecutive year the Tigers will begin the season unranked.

Auburn is sixth among teams outside the top 25 receiving votes. That makes the Tigers unofficially ranked No. 31 by the American Football Coaches Association, a board of 65 FBS coaches that votes on the rankings weekly. Second-year Auburn coach Bryan Harsin is not on the voting board this season.

Eight SEC teams will start the season above Auburn, including six that made the top 25. Tennessee and LSU were unranked but also received more votes.

Prior to last year, Auburn had started four consecutive seasons in the top 20 and five of the previous eight in the top 15.

In the last 15 years, Auburn has finished better than its preseason ranking five times and worse than its preseason ranking seven times, including six years when the Tigers began the year ranked and finished unranked.

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Auburn preseason vs. final rankings: USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll

2021: Unranked, finished unranked (6-7).

2020: No. 11, finished unranked (6-5).

2019: No. 16, finished No. 14 (9-4).

2018: No. 10, finished unranked (8-5).

2017: No. 13, finished No. 12 (10-4).

2016: Unranked, finished No. 22 (8-5).

2015: No. 7, finished unranked (7-6).

2014: No. 5, finished No. 23 (8-5).

2013: Unranked, finished No. 2 (12-2).

2012: No. 25, finished unranked (3-9).

2011: No. 19, finished unranked (8-5).

2010: No. 23, finished No. 1 (14-0).

2009: Unranked, finished unranked (8-5).

2008: No. 11, finished unranked (5-7).

2007: No. 14, finished No. 14 (9-4).

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