Auburn
2-0SEC · Alex Golesh, year 1 (2-0) · Jordan-Hare Stadium · 87,451 · 88,043 avg in 2026
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
All 90 stats
FBS rankings · 2026 season · all stats vs 136 FBS programs
| Player | # | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate | ZPR | QBR | Adj ANY/A | Sack% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.38 EPA/play | 17 | 2 | 43 / 63 | 68.3 | 482 #50 FBS | 7.7 | 2 | 3 | 133.5 | 46 | — | 5.2 | 8.7 | |
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| Player | # | G | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Stuff% | 10+% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.26 EPA/play | 23 | 2 | 24 | 138 | 5.8 | 1 | 19 | — | — | |
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| +0.13 EPA/play | 29 | 2 | 20 | 127 | 6.3 | 1 | 39 | — | — | |
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| Player | # | G | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.53 EPA/play | 11 | 2 | 10 | 131 | 13.1 | 0 | 20 | |
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| +0.73 EPA/play | 4 | 2 | 7 | 123 | 17.6 | 0 | 45 | |
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| +0.48 EPA/play | 5 | 2 | 11 | 93 | 8.5 | 0 | 26 | |
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| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | TFL | Sack | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 35 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sack | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thumper | 9 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 #30 FBS | 1 | 3 | 0 |
ThumperDownhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. 9 of 84 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate16.7% 95th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles PD rate16.7% 100th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Elijah Melendez's full player page | |||||||||
| 17 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 41 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 #22 FBS | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | PD | INT | TFL | Sack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 #43 FBS | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| — | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 2 | 5 | 2 #43 FBS | 2 #5 FBS | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | # | G | FG M/A | FG% | XP M/A | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 2 | 3/4 | 75 | 7/7 | 16 | 55 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 2 | 6 | 239 | 39.8 | 49 | 3 | 0 |
Net average is unavailable — CFBD's punting feed carries gross yards only, with no return-yardage or touchback deduction.
2026 stat leaders · Auburn
through 2 games
2026 stat leaders · AuburnElijah Melendez leads Auburn with 18 tackles through 2 games.
How They Play · 2025Auburn fields a capable methodical, ball-control offense behind an elite defense.
Percentile vs all FBS, based on this season's per-game production. Bar = where this team ranks — right is better.
Auburn reads strongest in rushing epa allowed (top 2%) and rushing epa (top 10%); the crux lives in explosive plays, where Auburn sits at the 7th percentile.
offense · strengths lead
defense · higher bar = harder to play against
hidden math · special situations
Home-field advantage · Auburn · 2018–present · FBS opponents
Auburn is worth +5.7 points more at home than on the road.
Top third of FBS, 76th percentile of 133 programs
56% at home, 36% away against FBS opponents since 2018 (28–22 home, 13–23 away). Interval ±3.9.
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge — per-team modelling was tested and did not survive scrutiny (why) — and the books use about 3. Against the closing line, Auburn has beaten the number by −5.1 more at home than away over 71 games — inside the ±6.1 that many games can resolve. Results here cannot tell the flat number apart from the building, and that is the honest reading of nearly every FBS stadium.
Jordan-Hare Stadium seats 87,451 and has averaged 99% full (86,519, 31 games reported). Visitors cover a median 308 miles to get here since 2018 — 37th-shortest of 135 FBS venues, inside the ordinary range. For the home side it is genuinely home ground: 29% of the 2026 roster (31 of 108 located players) grew up inside 100 miles of the stadium.
Edge = half the gap between average home margin and average road margin, FBS opponents only, non-neutral games since 2018; the interval is 95%. Market line: closing spread, seasons with lines on file. Trip length is straight-line miles from the visiting team's campus to the venue, measured across all 57 home games since 2018.
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Scheme claims
Standard downs vs. passing downs
Does Auburn hold up once the down-and-distance turns against them?
75th percentile success on standard downs, 55th on passing downs — a 20-point gap between the two.
View all FBS teams as a table
| Team | Standard-downs percentile | Passing-downs percentile |
|---|---|---|
| App State | 44th | 90th |
| Arizona | 92nd | 86th |
| Arkansas | 60th | 80th |
| Auburn | 75th | 55th |
| Ball State | 12th | 24th |
| Baylor | 40th | 96th |
| Boise State | 58th | 46th |
| Boston College | 27th | 56th |
| Buffalo | 7th | 14th |
| California | 9th | 25th |
| Central Michigan | 16th | 6th |
| Charlotte | 73rd | 83rd |
| Clemson | 1st | 19th |
| Coastal Carolina | 61st | 52nd |
| Colorado | 35th | 77th |
| Colorado State | 82nd | 91st |
| Delaware | 70th | 31st |
| Duke | 20th | 29th |
| Eastern Michigan | 52nd | 10th |
| Florida Atlantic | 43rd | 87th |
| Florida International | 46th | 43rd |
| Florida State | 28th | 65th |
| Georgia Southern | 24th | 45th |
| Georgia Tech | 58th | 44th |
| Hawai'i | 18th | 41st |
| Iowa State | 4th | 23rd |
| Jacksonville State | 65th | 82nd |
| Kansas | 70th | 35th |
| LSU | 33rd | 98th |
| Liberty | 14th | 59th |
| Louisiana | 19th | 92nd |
| Louisville | 96th | 70th |
| Memphis | 69th | 65th |
| Michigan | 2nd | 62nd |
| Michigan State | 62nd | 29th |
| Middle Tennessee | 87th | 68th |
| Missouri | 36th | 85th |
| Navy | 98th | 59th |
| Nevada | 77th | 52nd |
| New Mexico State | 45th | 75th |
| Norfolk State | 16th | 9th |
| North Dakota State | 86th | 27th |
| North Texas | 49th | 68th |
| Ohio | 38th | 17th |
| Ohio State | 90th | 40th |
| Oklahoma State | 41st | 49th |
| Ole Miss | 94th | 50th |
| Oregon | 35th | 33rd |
| Oregon State | 10th | 38th |
| Pittsburgh | 30th | 76th |
| Purdue | 83rd | 88th |
| Rutgers | 30th | 71st |
| Sacramento State | 23rd | 14th |
| Sam Houston | 78th | 61st |
| San Diego State | 4th | 40th |
| San José State | 54th | 22nd |
| South Alabama | 50th | 73rd |
| South Florida | 91st | 52nd |
| Stanford | 76th | 15th |
| Syracuse | 48th | 64th |
| TCU | 93rd | 8th |
| Tennessee | 65th | 78th |
| Texas | 72nd | 94th |
| Texas A&M | 85th | 72nd |
| Texas Tech | 88th | 48th |
| Troy | 22nd | 59th |
| Tulane | 31st | 2nd |
| Tulsa | 56th | 1st |
| UAB | 65th | 81st |
| UNLV | 51st | 7th |
| USC | 97th | 99th |
| UTSA | 99th | 29th |
| Utah State | 4th | 93rd |
| Vanderbilt | 80th | 12th |
| Wake Forest | 56th | 97th |
| Washington | 81st | 4th |
| Washington State | 8th | 3rd |
| Western Kentucky | 25th | 34th |
| Western Michigan | 39th | 20th |
| Wisconsin | 13th | 18th |
| Wyoming | 65th | 36th |
Halftime identity
Auburn by half
1st-half offense ranks 38th percentile in FBS; 2nd-half, 57th — competitive snaps only, garbage time excluded from both halves.
Pass defense by zone
Pass-depth identity
What this team throws, and gives up, by depth.
On short throws (≤19 air yards), Auburn’s passing game completes a completion rate above the FBS mean (70.2% vs 68.3% league-wide, shrunk toward the mean for its 62-play sample) — mid-pack, 31 of 41 qualifying offenses.
On short throws (≤19 air yards), Auburn’s defense allows a completion rate below the FBS mean (62.7% vs 65.2% league-wide, shrunk toward the mean for its 77-play sample) — mid-pack, 5 of 18 qualifying defenses.
We won’t show a deep-ball (20+ air yards) leaderboard here, on either side of the ball: even a full season of charted plays gives most teams well under 30 deep attempts — too thin to tell a real tendency from noise, so we won’t guess. Same refusal for yards-after-catch allowed and where a team’s attempts land by zone: both measured and both came back statistically indistinguishable from season-to-season noise.
Ratings
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Matched on how the programs are built — tier, prestige band, kind of fanbase, conference, voice and roster size — not on this season's stats. A calibration, not a prediction.
Conditions
73°F average kickoff temp; 4% of games had measurable precipitation; 6 mph average wind.
Based on 73 home games with weather data.