The Auburn Tigers could enter the 2025 season with increased expectations in-house, however the voters across the nation, a minimum of in the interim, do not see Hugh Freeze’s squad as a prime 25 contender. Auburn was unranked in the first AP Poll of the faculty soccer season, marking the fifth straight yr the Tigers have didn’t crack the highest 25.
Auburn was listed among the many applications that obtained votes, however their 10 nods had been nicely behind the likes of BYU (156), Utah (144), and opening opponent Baylor (132) in the race to obtain a rating. The Tigers had been one of 24 groups to obtain a minimum of one vote in the preliminary ballot. Hugh Freeze’s staff was additionally one of solely two SEC applications (Missouri, 33) to obtain votes with out incomes a spot in the highest 25.
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10 different applications in the convention had been awarded a spot in the highest 25, with Texas (1) main the best way in entrance of Georgia (5), Alabama (8), LSU (9), South Carolina (13), Florida (15), Oklahoma (18), Texas A&M (19), Ole Miss (21), and Tennessee (24). The 10 ranked SEC applications led the best way amongst all conferences, with the BIG 10 (6) coming in a distant second.
While Auburn certainly is disenchanted with their lack of a rating in both the AP or Coaches Poll, the Tigers might discover themselves in the highest 25 with a gap night time win on the street towards Baylor adopted by a pair of victories towards Ball State and South Alabama at residence.
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