Hugh Freeze Reveals Bold Auburn Playoff Prediction That Could Shake College Football Landscape

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“It takes a little time to build it, and we’ve been doing that. Certainly I wish we would have won more games a few times, but the future is very bright in my eyes. We’ve been blessed everywhere we’ve been to win, and I expect nothing less than that at Auburn.”Is Auburn a playoff-caliber team in 2025? Tigers coach Hugh Freeze certainly thinks so.Auburn’s schedule is one of the toughest in the country as well. In addition to annual rivalry games with Georgia and Alabama, The Tigers have road games at Oklahoma and Texas A&M and also host a Missouri team that went 10-3 in 2024. A trip to Baylor is on tap in Week 1 too. The Bears ended the 2024 regular season on a six-game win streak and finished 8-5.

Auburn’s schedule is one of the toughest in the country as well. In addition to annual rivalry games with Georgia and Alabama, The Tigers have road games at Oklahoma and Texas A&M and also host a Missouri team that went 10-3 in 2024. A trip to Baylor is on tap in Week 1 too. The Bears ended the 2024 regular season on a six-game win streak and finished 8-5.

The Tigers are 11-14 in Freeze’s two seasons and 5-11 in the SEC. Former Oklahoma QB Jackson Arnold is in line to start after arriving from Norman in the offseason. But Arnold struggled himself in 2024 and was replaced as Oklahoma’s starter during the season.Freeze said Tuesday at SEC media days he believed his team would be in the playoff conversation at the end of the season. Auburn went 5-7 in 2024, but Freeze said that he felt his team was better than it was a season ago.