It's not. The only two high schools in Madison County that are pro-Auburn are Grissom and Madison Academy (only recently).
All the other high schools are mega-bammers.
I can't speak for only recently. But I went to HHS from 05-09. And my graduating class saw more kids go to auburn, and of the top 20, 16 went to auburn, 1 went to bama, and 3 went out of state. My neighborhood was pretty split 50/50. And others are similar. And still others trend auburn and others trend bama. I'd say overall if you look at alumni prevalence. Auburn is much closer to 50/50 than you'd think, which is statistically significant given bama graduates many more people a year than auburn
Choice of college doesn't dictate who high school kids and their families root for in the Fall. There are more kids in most high schools who don't go to a major College than those who do.
Plus, many top students choose a major College for their academics, not for their love of football...my dad included...he fell in love with AU football after he arrived.
I'm saying regardless if they go to College or not, the vast majority of high school kids in Madison County are bammers. And it's not even close.
Grissom is the only school who def have more kids rooting for AU than bammer.
I just respectively disagree with the vast majority statement. Is it more? Yes, but to me vast majority means greater than 65% and I just don't see that being the case, all evidence is anecdotal obviously. If I had to give my guess if you were to poll all high school kids, the final odds would be around 55 to 58 bama, 42 to 45 auburn, if they are only allowed to pick between those two. And just an FYI, almost everyone that I know that went to bama or auburn, did it because it was bama or auburn, very few chose those schools because of a specific program.