Auburn defeated Mississippi State 24-10 on Saturday night in Starkville to end the regular season 6-4. Tank Williams rushed for 192 yards and Bo Nix threw for a touchdown and ran for a score while Kevin Steele’s defense shut down the Bulldogs Air Raid attack.
The victory was almost enough to get the Tigers back into the top 25 of the latest Amway Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports. Auburn came in just outside of the rankings with 45 votes, good enough for 27th.
Here is the complete poll:
| 1 | Alabama | 10-0 | 1548 | 60 | 1 | — | 1/3 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | 10-0 | 1481 | 2 | 2 | — | 2/10 |
| 3 | Clemson | 9-1 | 1403 | 0 | 3 | — | 1/4 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 5-0 | 1381 | 0 | 4 | — | 2/10 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | 7-1 | 1292 | 0 | 5 | — | 5/20 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 8-0 | 1213 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6/22 |
| 7 | Indiana | 6-1 | 1088 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7/NR |
| 8 | Iowa State | 8-2 | 1065 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8/NR |
| 9 | Georgia | 7-2 | 1038 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3/11 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 7-2 | 933 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3/NR |
| 11 | Florida | 8-2 | 912 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 3/11 |
| 12 | Coastal Carolina | 11-0 | 884 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 12/NR |
| 13 | Southern California | 5-0 | 798 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 13/NR |
| 14 | Northwestern | 6-1 | 779 | 0 | 14 | — | 13/NR |
| 15 | North Carolina | 8-3 | 626 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 6/NR |
| 16 | Brigham Young | 10-1 | 616 | 0 | 16 | — | 8/23 |
| 17 | Iowa | 6-2 | 526 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 17/NR |
| 18 | UL Lafayette | 9-1 | 510 | 0 | 17 | -1 | 17/NR |
| 19 | Miami | 8-2 | 488 | 0 | 8 | -11 | 7/NR |
| 20 | Tulsa | 6-1 | 365 | 0 | 19 | -1 | 19/NR |
| 21 | Liberty | 9-1 | 194 | 0 | 21 | — | 21/NR |
| 22 | Oklahoma State | 7-3 | 189 | 0 | NR | 4 | 6/NR |
| 23 | NC State | 8-3 | 185 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 22/NR |
| 24 | Texas | 6-3 | 176 | 0 | 23 | -1 | 8/NR |
| 25 | San Jose State | 6-0 | 127 | 0 | NR | 4 | 25/NR |
Buffalo 102; Auburn 45; Army 35; Boise State 30; Marshall 29; Washington 22; Missouri 17; Colorado 17; Nevada 10; Wisconsin 8; Southern Methodist 7; Oregon 6; Utah 4; Texas Christian 1.