Auburn football earned a win last weekend by defeating New Mexico, 45-19 at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
However, several experts across the country were not impressed with Auburn’s second victory of the 2024 slate including Paul Myerberg of USA TODAY Sports.
Myerberg released his weekly re-rank this week ahead of week four’s action and has placed Auburn at No. 67, a five-spot drop from week three’s ranking. The Tigers check in one spot behind their week four opponent, Arkansas, and are one spot ahead of Illinois, who gained five places in the ranking after defeating Central Michigan on Saturday, 30-19.
Auburn’s drop in Myerberg’s rankings is expected as the Tigers’ performance did not indicate what the scoreboard projected. It took Auburn three quarters to show signs of having control of the game as two touchdown passes allowed Auburn to move ahead, 31-13. New Mexico quarterback Devon Dampier also passed for 293 yards, further exposing Auburn’s struggles at stopping the pass.
Auburn’s offense saw an uptick in production, however, as [autotag]Hank Brown[/autotag] passed for 235 yards and four scores while [autotag]Jarquez Hunter[/autotag] rushed for 152 yards. Auburn will need an impressive showing this Saturday at home against Arkansas to be considered for a bump in Myerberg’s rankings next week.
Several interesting notes from this week’s re-rank include Oregon jumping five spots to No. 7 after beating rival Oregon State on Saturday, and Toledo cracking the top 25 after upsetting Mississippi State on the road. Indiana was this week’s biggest mover by jumping up 27 spots to No. 58 after beating UCLA in Los Angeles while UTSA and Air Force took the biggest tumble, falling 25 places respectively.
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