There are at least two writers at CBS Sports that thinks the Auburn Tigers are overrated heading into the 2020 college football season.
After stating that Gus Malzahn’s team was overrated in the AP Top 25 at No. 11 when the first poll comes out, the outlet doubled down in its predictions and season preview piece on Tuesday.
Auburn: There’s a negative connotation that comes with the word overrated, but to be clear, I don’t think Auburn’s going to be bad. I’m just not part of the group who believes it to be a top-10 team. I have serious concerns about the team’s offensive line and how it will hold up in a 10-game SEC schedule that won’t allow it many chances to breathe. That line will also be tasked with protecting Bo Nix, a quarterback who already comes with plenty of accuracy issues. I’m not sure he’ll be able to improve upon them if he’s under a lot of pressure. These offensive concerns limit Auburn’s overall ceiling.
Understandable. A remake of the offensive line is a major worry for the Tigers heading into the season but, for Jerry Palm, another writer for CBS Sports, he sees the season going a much different way for Malzahn, predicting that Auburn will be one of the last two teams out of the College Football Playoff.
Who will be right and who will be wrong? We shall start to see on Saturday, Sept. 26 as the Tigers host Kentucky in Jordan-Hare Stadium.