Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Auburn Extends Head Football Coaches Contract

ESPN reports that Auburn has extended head football coach Gus Malzahn's contract and named ESPN Home Depot Coach of the Year.  So let's take a look at Auburn under head football coach Malzahn this year using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model.

In the chart below are Auburn's offensive rank (blue), defensive rank (red) and total rank (green) as of the SEC Championship Game on December 7th. 



As you can see in the chart, Auburn did not start out as a very productive team at the beginning of the season, but has made substantial gains on both sides of the ball as the season progressed.

Below is Auburn's schedule (to date) with the data on offensive rank, defensive rank and total rank by week for this season.


Date Venue Opponent Result PF PA Off Rank Def Rank Total Rank
8/31/2013 Home Washington St. Won 31 24 88 70 82
9/7/2013 Home Arkansas St. Won 38 9 35 67 49
9/14/2013 Home Mississippi St. Won 24 20 69 62 66
9/21/2013 Away LSU Lost 21 35 69 105 93
9/28/2013




84 73 81
10/5/2013 Home Ole Miss Won 30 22 69 65 73
10/12/2013 Home Western Caro. Won 62 3 31 62 48
10/19/2013 Away Texas A&M Won 45 41 40 73 49
10/26/2013 Home Fla. Atlantic Won 45 10 15 52 24
11/2/2013 Away Arkansas Won 35 17 13 43 17
11/9/2013 Away Tennessee Won 55 23 12 46 17
11/16/2013 Home Georgia Won 43 38 9 66 20
11/23/2013




14 55 22
11/30/2013 Home Alabama Won 34 28 14 65 26
12/7/2013 Neutral Missouri Won 59 42 10 52 23