Following Auburn's 24-17 loss to Oklahoma in Memorial Stadium on Saturday, the Tigers find themselves in a familiar place over the past several seasons: unranked.
The Tigers fell from No. 22 to outside of the top 25 this week, receiving 122 votes, just nine shy of No. 25 BYU.
Interestingly enough, Oklahoma, which defeated Auburn, was seen as a major winner this weekend, as the Sooners jumped from No. 11 to No. 7 in the latest poll.
The last two weeks were the first time the Tigers had been ranked in the AP Poll since November 2021.
It was a story of horrific officiating, bad offensive line play and Jackson Arnold hanging onto the ball too long, taking 10 sacks, in the 24-17 loss to the Sooners in Norman. Despite all of that, the Tigers fought hard, taking a 17-16 lead in the fourth quarter on a Malcolm Simmons touchdown run with 7:08 left.
Here is the complete Week 5 AP Poll:
- Ohio State
- Miami (FL)
- Penn State
- LSU
- Georgia
- Oregon
- Oklahoma
- Florida State
- Texas A&M
- Texas
- Indiana
- Texas Tech
- Ole Miss
- Iowa State
- Tennessee
- Georgia Tech
- Alabama
- Vanderbilt
- Michigan
- Missouri
- USC
- Notre Dame
- Illinois
- TCU
- BYU