Auburn vs. the Best

[StatTiger 3,188]

Record against opponents that finished ranked in the top ten:

Jordan .......... 9-26-1 (.264)

Barfield ......... 0-6-0 (.000)

Dye ............. 6-18-2 (.269)

Bowden ........ 3-7-0 (.300)

Tuberville ..... 7-11-0 (.389)

Tuberville is 1-10 during his first 11 games against teams that finished in the top ten but has improved to 6-1 in the last seven games.

Record against opponents that finished ranked in the top 20:

Jordan ............ 20-42-1 (.325)

Barfield ........... 0-10-1 (.045)

Dye ................ 13-26-3 (.345)

Bowden ........... 5-13-0 (.278)

Tuberville ......... 15-19-0 (.441)

From 1983-1989, Auburn was 12-12-1 against opponents that finished in the top 20. From 1987-1989, AU was 4-5-2. From 2002-2006, AU was 12-9-0 and 9-3-0 from 2004-2006.

If AU was playing under the old SEC format of deciding the SECC without a championship game, Tuberville would have 2 SEC titles now.

Tuberville started off at 5-16-0 against opponents that finished ranked in the top 20 and has gone 10-3-0 since that point.

[GalensGhost 0]

Record against opponents that finished ranked in the top ten:

Jordan .......... 9-26-1 (.264)

Barfield ......... 0-6-0 (.000)

Dye ............. 6-18-2 (.269)

Bowden ........ 3-7-0 (.300)

Tuberville ..... 7-11-0 (.389)

Tuberville is 1-10 during his first 11 games against teams that finished in the top ten but has improved to 6-1 in the last seven games.

Record against opponents that finished ranked in the top 20:

Jordan ............ 20-42-1 (.325)

Barfield ........... 0-10-1 (.045)

Dye ................ 13-26-3 (.345)

Bowden ........... 5-13-0 (.278)

Tuberville ......... 15-19-0 (.441)

From 1983-1989, Auburn was 12-12-1 against opponents that finished in the top 20. From 1987-1989, AU was 4-5-2. From 2002-2006, AU was 12-9-0 and 9-3-0 from 2004-2006.

If AU was playing under the old SEC format of deciding the SECC without a championship game, Tuberville would have 2 SEC titles now.

Tuberville started off at 5-16-0 against opponents that finished ranked in the top 20 and has gone 10-3-0 since that point.

Man, Barfield. Not good.

Shug's record is tainted by Alabama's success. I'd be curious to know how many of his losses to top ten teams came to those underhanded turd wranglers.

[StatTiger 3,188]

Shug's record is tainted by Alabama's success. I'd be curious to know how many of his losses to top ten teams came to those underhanded turd wranglers.

In terms of SEC opponents that finished ranked in the top 20, here is Jordan's record:

Alabama ....... 2-14-0

Florida .......... 3-2-0

GT ............... 2-5-0

UGA ............. 1-4-0

LSU .............. 0-4-0

Miss State ..... 2-0-0

Tennessee .... 6-5-1

Ole Miss ........ 1-1-0

He was 15-21-1 against all other SEC schools that finished ranked in the top 20 but was 2-14-0 against Alabama.

[StatTiger 3,188]

Here are the SEC programs that finished in the nation's top 20 in terms of win percentage by decade:

1950-1959:

Ole Miss #3

GT #8

Tennessee #13

Auburn #30

Alabama #68

1960-1969:

Alabama #1

Ole Miss #9

LSU #12

Florida #18

Auburn #31

1970-1979:

Alabama #1

Auburn #26

1980-1989:

Georgia #6

Auburn #10

Alabama #12

Tennessee #20

1990-1999:

Florida #4

Tennessee #5

Alabama #17

Auburn #24

2000-2006:

LSU #7

Georgia #9

Auburn #12

Florida #14

Tennessee #16

Alabama #54

[AU alum 2]

My, how the mighty have fallen (Alabama #54)

[aerotiger 0]

but was 2-14-0 against Alabama.

Good lord, I'm not sure how you older folks were able to put up with that crap, not to mention the Barfield years.

[80Tiger 906]

What is hard to guage, is the times AU would beat these teams and then they would fall out of the top ten to finish the season. Beating a team and that team remaining in the top ten (especially those teams near the end of the season) is sometimes a hard thing to accomplish.

[au.tiger.96 12]

Record against opponents that finished ranked in the top ten:

Jordan .......... 9-26-1 (.264)

Barfield ......... 0-6-0 (.000)

Dye ............. 6-18-2 (.269)

Bowden ........ 3-7-0 (.300)

Tuberville ..... 7-11-0 (.389)

Tuberville is 1-10 during his first 11 games against teams that finished in the top ten but has improved to 6-1 in the last seven games.

Record against opponents that finished ranked in the top 20:

Jordan ............ 20-42-1 (.325)

Barfield ........... 0-10-1 (.045)

Dye ................ 13-26-3 (.345)

Bowden ........... 5-13-0 (.278)

Tuberville ......... 15-19-0 (.441)

From 1983-1989, Auburn was 12-12-1 against opponents that finished in the top 20. From 1987-1989, AU was 4-5-2. From 2002-2006, AU was 12-9-0 and 9-3-0 from 2004-2006.

If AU was playing under the old SEC format of deciding the SECC without a championship game, Tuberville would have 2 SEC titles now.

Tuberville started off at 5-16-0 against opponents that finished ranked in the top 20 and has gone 10-3-0 since that point.

Stat,

Not to take anything away from Tuberville, but how does this correlate to Tubby's OCs and DCs

[SouthLink02 8]

but was 2-14-0 against Alabama.

Good lord, I'm not sure how you older folks were able to put up with that crap, not to mention the Barfield years.

Same way I deal with UF these days?

[tigerdude 0]

Dont forget guys, for years we played Georgia, Florida and Alabama back to back to back. This is the infamous "Amen Corner" that Dye named. Not many teams would have fared well with that run.

[Nay4AU 2]

Dont forget guys, for years we played Georgia, Florida and Alabama back to back to back. This is the infamous "Amen Corner" that Dye named. Not many teams would have fared well with that run.

I’m not trying to discredit the toughness of “amen corner” but they weren’t back to back to back. There was always a non conference game sandwiched in between Florida and Georgia. Most of the time it was a fairly easy win, however that wasn’t the case in 1983 and 1987.

“Amen Corner 1983”

Auburn vs. Florida (#5) W

Auburn vs. Maryland (#7) W

Auburn @ Georgia (#4) W

Auburn vs. Alabama B’ham (#19) W

“Amen Corner 1987”

Auburn vs. Florida (#10) W

Auburn vs. Florida State (#4) L

Auburn @ Georgia (#8) W

Auburn vs. Alabama B’ham (#18) W

[StatTiger 3,188]

Stat,

Not to take anything away from Tuberville, but how does this correlate to Tubby's OCs and DCs

1990-2003, AU was 6-16 against opponents that finished ranked in the top 20.

1999-2001, AU was 3-10

2002-2003, AU was 3-6

2004-2006: AU is 9-3.