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