Auburn has fired head football coach Hugh Freeze. The Auburn Tigers were 15-19 during his tenure at the helm as head football coach. Here is a
look at the Auburn Tigers football program since 2008 (the
first year that in which I have data for the model) and only covers the final season of Tommy Tuberville (2008), Gene Chizik (2009-2012), Gus Malzahn (2013-2020), Bryan Harsin (2021-2022) and Hugh Freeze (2023-2025*). After the
figure
below is a more
detailed look at
the Auburn Tigers football program during head coach Freeze's
tenure based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com. (The vertical school color bars represent seasons where head coaches changed).
Hugh Freeze [2023-2025*]
2023
The
Tigers finished
the regular season at 6-6 making them bowl eligible, where they were defeated #46 ranked Maryland by a score of (13-31) to finish the season
at 6-7 overall. The Tigers played
against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS). Auburn's
best regular season win
was against #70 ranked California by a
score of (14-10) and their worst regular season loss was to #41 ranked New Mexico State by a
score of (10-31).
Auburn was the #60 ranked team overall, with the #70 ranked
offense and the #49 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2024
The Tigers finished
the regular season at 5-7 making them bowl ineligible. The Tigers played
against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS). Auburn's
best regular season win
was against #34 ranked Texas A&M by a
score of (43-41) and their worst regular season loss was to #70 ranked Vanderbilt by a
score of (7-17).
Auburn was the #35 ranked team overall, with the
#85 ranked
offense and
the #7 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2025*
The Tigers were 4-5 at the time of Freeze's firing. The Tigers played
against a “tougher”
strength
of schedule (SOS) to this point in the season. At the time, Auburn's
best win was against currently ranked #55 Arkansas by a score of (33-24) and their worst regular
season loss was to currently ranked #94 Kentucky by a
score of (3-10).
At the time of Freeze's firing, Auburn was the #62 ranked team overall, with the #98 ranked
offense and the #24 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2025 FBS Head Coach Changes
