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SEC · Alex Golesh, year 1 (2-0) · Jordan-Hare Stadium · 87,451 · 88,043 avg in 2026
The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#61 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #43 (+7.0) · FPI #23
The marketFlorida by 2.5vs Florida · our model 35% Auburn · a number, not a pick
LastW 43–8 vs Southern Miss · Sat Sep 12 · Byrum Brown 223 pass yds, 2 TD, 88 rush yds
Nextvs Florida · Sat Sep 19 · 7 pm ET · Jordan-Hare Stadium · Florida by 2.5 · series 44-39-2, last win 2011 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
Auburn's faithful can't agree on where this is headed.
Auburn fans can't agree.
If you don't like that, you don't like Auburn Football.
It was a terrible performance. And we have a lot of the same issues as last year but Golesh managed to get the W in a must win game to start his tenure
belief held flatvs prior week
Fanbase belief
Mixed
49/100 · 1,338 mentions
~ our readThe model
#61
CFB Zeitgeist · +1.1
✓ measured3The Pulse on Auburn
49
Δ -0.4 vs last wk
1,338
mentions this week · conversation velocity
What moved it — last 14 days
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Awaiting next signal window
"War Eagle is the greeting; the eagle flight before kickoff is the ritual."
— Auburn fanbase · recurring line
Fanbase Signals
Cohort Divergence1 pctSpread between sub-fanbase cohorts in the Pulse window.
The Fever Year
Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling
Inside the fanbase — all 12 corners
Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
LLocked On
AAUFamily
BBluesky
YYouTube
The split, staged
Warmest corner+0.00
Local
most bought-in cohort our read
vs
Coldest corner−0.00
National take
coolest cohort our read
How Auburn fans actually talk real · top-upvoted
Rr/CFBthe room
To be fair, adding one second to regulation that completely affects the outcome is something that Auburn is uniquely familiar with.
▲ 2.6k ▼open ↗
The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.
Loudest in the room this week real · by engagement
All 12 corners of the fanbase
skeptical
buying in
Local+0.15
National take+0.05
Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.
What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model
Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.
1828 mentions · 6 sources · week 2026-02. Counts, sources and the divergence rank are measured (fact). Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model read (our read) — never a quote attributed to a person.
Belief checkevidence-driven
~ our readAuburn fans are down on the program, and they're pointing to real stats and results to back it up — more than most fanbases right now.
backed by facts
the mood
✓ counted We read 1338 posts from Auburn fans this week.
Press Pulse
16 quotes collected this season
What the beat said, in their own words.
We took six times the amount of bets on Michigan moneyline compared with Western Michigan
Customers found the most success with LSU-Clemson, Wisconsin-Notre Dame, Texas State-Texas and pretty much every other big favorite easily covering
Bettors had the most difficulties with Washington State vs. Washington, Colorado vs. Georgia Tech, Oregon vs. Boise State and Baylor vs. Auburn
Five Lenses
What people are saying right now
Diehard fan boards16 posts
News & campus coverage5 posts
CFB analyst takes6 posts
Fanbase health · Auburn
Fanbase health · AuburnAuburn's fanbase is growing — 58 of 100.
Loud (239 weighted voices in the latest week), middling on the field (5-7 last season, 2-0 so far), and not arguing about much.
58
On the field — 5-7 last season, 2-0 so far61
How loud — 239 weighted voices in the latest week78
How much they argue — not arguing about much35
3 of 3 signals · on-field reading uses last season until 4 games are in · 0–100, bands at 26 / 51 / 76
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Recurring takes
Fan reads
What's in the air
Auburn is bolstering its defensive lineup with high-profile commits, aiming to strengthen its roster for future seasons.
Can Auburn's recruiting momentum translate into on-field success?
Texas got a mulligan from the refs in 2024. Much like Auburn did in 2010 (really 3 of them). The SEC gets help they don't deserve. Georgia is the outstanding team. The rest are simply above average. As in 79 to 82 percent of contender status. …YouTube · Josh Pate's College Football Show
Gilbert is a four-star prospect and the state's No. 4 recruit, adding defensive depth for Auburn.
How will Gilbert's commitment impact Auburn's secondary development?
We all know Auburn is NOT beating Georgia is AthensYouTube · Josh Pate's College Football Show
Warrrrr-Eagle 🦅 Definitely Auburn !! We're the best but we'll take number 3 !!!YouTube · ESPN College Football
Rivalry mood
The Iron Bowl
Fan mood across the 2025 season, both sides — our read
Hover a week for both sides’ game
Shaded weeks show whose fanbase read warmer, our measure of what fans actually said, not a poll.
Arguments
What fans are saying
Fan claims · every quote verified verbatim
player performanceOne fan's take
One fan believes Eric Winters made a key defensive stop
Eric Winters makes a tackle literally inches from the goal line to save the game.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 6, 2026 · via wde
injury availabilityOne fan's take that season
One fan believes Champ Anthony will have a major impact on the team when healthy
Champ has a great attitude of playing where he is needed. Seems like the embodiment of the Auburn man. I hope he finishes the season healthy
He's obviously capable of playing safety and the nickel, but he might have been the best cornerback on the team until he was injured in 2024.
Based on 2 comments from 1 poster across 2 threads · Jul 21, 2026–Jul 28, 2026 · via wde
scheme identityOne fan's take that season
One fan believes Alex Golesh has the ability to build a high-scoring offense and improve Auburn's chances of winning close games
Golesh has routinely posted top scoring offenses, and brings all of the decision makers from USF - QB, C, and 5 pass catchers.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 24, 2026 · via CFB
officiatingOne fan's take that season
One fan believes Auburn's offensive dysfunction last year was the primary reason for their poor performance
If you flip all of the 1 score games Auburn had last year, we’d have been 11-1. Our defense was really good, we sucked because our offense was completely dysfunctional.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 24, 2026 · via CFB
player performanceOne fan's take
One fan thinks players work harder with supportive coaching
Even starting from the beginning, you've got to want it within yourself, but seeing a coach want it for you, it makes you want to go even harder because you've got people who believe in you
Based on 1 comment across 1 thread · Aug 11, 2026
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player performanceOne fan's take that season
One fan believes the offensive line is a critical and uncertain factor in Auburn's success
Offense lives and dies in the trenches, and the Auburn Tigers are set to rely extra heavily on their unit as they head into the 2026 season, as their rushing attack is, by far, their strongest offensive asset this year. However, there have been some concerns about how the offensive line unit will perform in 2026, especially since the Tigers have had to rebuild the room completely.
Based on 1 comment across 1 thread · Jul 30, 2026
rivalryOne fan's take that season
One fan believes Auburn has a long-standing losing streak in the Iron Bowl and are eager to break it
the Auburn Tigers have lost six Iron Bowls in a row, and have, in fact, not beaten the Tide since Gus Malzahn was fired from the program in late 2020.
Based on 1 comment across 1 thread · Jul 21, 2026
Podcasts
From the booth
The obsession
Rent free · r/cfb fan posts, last season
Auburn fans this offseason 61% of posts bring up another team▲5pp saltier#17 of 70 saltiest · mostly about Baylor
Who they talk about
Who they talk about
1,028 posts and articles vs the field · 2026 season
The names this fanbase says more than anyone else does — players, coaches, the places they keep coming back to. Not slang: these are the people carrying the conversation.
Alex Golesh
×273.6 the field
Signature — named ≥10× as often as the rest of college football
Alex Golesh×273.6n=339
Xavier Atkins×70.4n=31
Alex McPherson×224.0n=34
Hugh Freeze×30.7n=21
“HC Alex Golesh - Scrimmage Recap,Fall Camp Day 13”
board · fan post, verbatim
Fans on Alex Golesh (8 examples)
Alex Golesh as head coach. This is a game where the Tigers should come away with a comfortable
Alex Golesh era. Game day is quickly approaching, which means it is time for another installment
Alex Golesh taking us to new heights and becoming the next coach at Ohio State. Lashlee isn’t
Alex Golesh understands how to win close games and values execution. Byrum Brown played probably
Good things Alex Golesh has done: HOLY SHIT THIS MAN AUBURN FOOTBALLS
auburnwire.usatoday.com Jordan's Review: It wasn't pretty, but Alex Golesh is 1-0 at Auburn Phillip Jordan 4–5 minutes Sept. 6, 2026, 7:02 a.m. ET In Auburn's
Now THIS is a coach.... al.com Rewinding what Alex Golesh said after Auburn’s nail-biting victory over Baylor Jerry Humphrey III | jhumphreyiii@al.com
Alex Golesh. November 30, 2025, the day after the Iron Bowl, Auburn football announced the hiring
Voice profile
Fanbase Voice
3,357 fan mentions
Measured
vs the 94 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by era
Season Vocabulary
2026BAYLOR
baylormisscampgoodlastsouthern
SEC Nation to be in Atlanta for week one vs baylor
2025CLASS
classconsensusnonjerryhallstar
I remember when I went to Auburn and seeing players who were in the transfer portal in class I know they don’t leave the school until the end of the semester but I’ve always found that funny
Defining terms
Words of the season
how the conversation changed, year to year
2026
baylor×3.1miss×3.0camp×4.4good×1.8last×1.6
2025
class×6.8consensus×81.5non×8.8jerry×10.7hall×11.1
Fanbase cluster
Your Vocabulary Clustercluster 0with 63 other fanbases
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