The Auburn Tigers had themselves quite the interesting series last weekend, winning two of three games against A-Sun opponent Austin Peay.
After picking up a normal-enough walk-off Friday Night win, the Tigers were routed 15-6 on Saturday before returning the favor by claiming a 25-6 7-inning win on Sunday.
The 2-1 series result along with a midweek win over Air Force was enough to vault the Tigers up to the No. 19 spot in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. [autotag]Butch Thompson[/autotag]’s squad leapfrogged Texas Tech following the Red Raiders series loss against in-state rival Texas.
Despite the high ranking, Auburn is only the eighth-highest-ranked SEC program on the board.
Arkansas (1), LSU (2), Texas A&M (4), Tennessee (6), Vanderbilt (10), Florida (11), and Vanderbilt (12), all rank ahead of the Tigers.
Auburn will have a chance to improve on the No. 19 ranking this weekend when they travel to Nashville to take on No. 10 Vanderbilt. The Tigers will have one final pre-SEC tune up before the series on Tuesday against Troy.
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