The 2026 college football season is mere weeks away, and today the first AP top 25 poll dropped, the preseason rankings. Now that the list is out, the Auburn football team will officially be facing off against five opponents who are already ranked in the top 25.
The first of those opponents is Georgia, who came in at No. 3 in the preseason rankings. The Dawgs will host the Tigers this October for another rendition of the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry. Auburn has not won a game in Athens since 2005, but Golesh will be trying to break the streak on October 17.
The next ranked opponent the Tigers will go up against is Ole Miss. The Rebels, in their first year under Pete Golding, landed at spot No. 9 in the preseason poll. With Trinidad Chambliss returning at the quarterback spot, the Rebels are expected to have a big year. The Tigers will travel to Oxford to face No. 9 Ole Miss on October 31.
Lane Kiffin and the LSU Tigers were slotted in at spot No. 11, and Auburn will face the Bayou Bengals for the first time in two seasons again in 2026. It will be a tiger-on-tiger battle in Jordan-Hare Stadium on October 24, and the kickoff time has already been announced as 11 a.m.
Auburn's final game of the regular season will be the Iron Bowl, as usual, and the Tide is just outside the top 10 heading into the fall. Ranked at spot No. 13, Kalen DeBoer and his team will host Auburn on November 28 in Tuscaloosa. The Tigers haven't won an Iron Bowl in Tuscaloosa since 2010, and they haven't beat Alabama since 2019. Can Golesh grab a signature win in his first season?
The Tigers' final preseason ranked opponent is Tennessee. The Volunteers landed at spot No. 20, and will host Auburn football on October 3 for the first time since 2013.
Several other SEC schools that Auburn will not face this season were also ranked in the top 25. Texas is ranked No. 5, Texas A&M is No. 8, Oklahoma is No. 10 and Missouri is ranked No. 25. The Auburn Tigers did not make the list, but received 3 votes. See the full list below:
1. Ohio State
2. Oregon
3. Georgia
4. Notre Dame
5. Texas
6. Indiana
7. Miami (FL)
8. Texas A&M
9. Ole Miss
10. Oklahoma
11. LSU
12. Texas Tech
13. Alabama
14. BYU
15. USC
16. Michigan
17. Washington
18. Penn State
19. SMU
20. Tennessee
21. Utah
22. Iowa
23. Houston
24. Louisville
25. Missouri
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