Predicting the Rest of the 2016 Auburn Football Schedule

Here we take a look at who is left on the Auburn football schedule and predict how the Tigers will fair against them as the season progresses.

Auburn football has survived the first month of the season with a couple of wins and losses, but now we predict how they will do the rest of the way.

We have a good idea of what the identity of this Auburn football team will be in 2016, and surprisingly enough it’s the defense that will determine the success of this team.

That’s hard to imagine after how poor Auburn defenses have played over the past two seasons. We now have a strong and healthy defensive line, and a solid secondary with a shutdown cornerback.

The defense is giving up just 18.8 points per game so far this season, and 385.2 yards per game. And those numbers come against three ranked teams and two very good offenses.

It seems like the Gus Malzahn and the coaching staff has finally realized that the best thing about this team is the defense, and they are game planning around them.

Against LSU they played conservatively on offense and milked the clock, which gave the defense time to rest and play effectively. That’s not something we’re used to seeing under Gus Malzahn, but it’s the best way for us to win in 2016.

Keeping that style of play in mind, we’ll take a look at how we matchup against the rest of the opponents on the schedule this season.

We’re going to skip over the ULM game as I’ve already preview that for you here.

I think Auburn has a very good chance of reaching eight or nine wins if they can do a better job of reaching the endzone on offense.

So let’s get into the previewing the rest of the season.

Next: Mississippi State