Auburn coach Gus Malzahn might have the most fickle seat in the SEC when it comes to rumors about his job security.

This season alone, Malzahn entered the year on somewhat of a hot seat, which heated up after a loss to Clemson in Week 2.

However, the Tigers rebounded nicely, rattling off four straight impressive wins to climb to No. 10 in the AP Poll. That seemed to take the pressure off the fifth-year head coach.

On Saturday, though, Auburn jumped to a 20-0 lead at LSU before collapsing in epic fashion in Baton Rouge.

Now, Malzahn is feeling the heat once again. Usually, one loss — especially when the Tigers are still a top-25 team — won’t swing the pendulum very far, but Malzahn has a history of letting Auburn fans down.

Since taking over the program in 2013 and leading Auburn to a national championship game appearance (a loss to Florida State), Malzahn’s Tigers have made a habit out of climbing in the polls, only to fall back down.

Here are five examples of Auburn letting us down under Malzahn’s leadership:

2017: No. 10 Auburn loses at unranked LSU

Saturday’s game was especially painful because Auburn was shut out in the second half. After building an impressive 20-0 lead, Auburn only led 23-14 at halftime, then did nothing in the final two quarters of the 27-23 loss.

Auburn fell from No. 10 to No. 21 in the AP poll, and now its College Football Playoff hopes are on life support.

There’s still a chance to have a special season, but Saturday’s loss left absolutely no margin for error the rest of the way.

2016: No. 8 Auburn loses at unranked Georgia

Just last year, the Tigers climbed even higher in the AP Poll, making it all the way up to No. 8 and bouncing back after two early losses to Clemson and Texas A&M.

However, once again, a road game against an unranked team tripped them up, as Auburn turned in another zero-point second-half performance in a devastating 13-7 loss.

The Tigers still made the Sugar Bowl last year, but fans were left wondering what could have been if the Tigers had taken care of business in Athens against true freshman quarterback Jacob Eason and first-year head coach Kirby Smart.

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2015: No. 18 Auburn loses at No. 8 LSU

Auburn started the 2015 season as the No. 6 team in the country, but that didn’t last long. The Tigers started 2-0 but voters dropped them all the way down to No. 18 after the Tigers needed overtime to defeat FCS squad Jacksonville State in Week 2.

Then a trip to Baton Rouge showed that it was going to be a down year for Malzahn’s squad, as Auburn was blown out 45-21.

That signaled the end of Auburn in the AP Poll. The Tigers finished a disappointing 7-6, though a Birmingham Bowl win against Memphis built some momentum for 2016.

2014: No. 2 Auburn loses at No. 3 Mississippi State

Auburn has spent 24 weeks in the AP Top 10 under Gus Malzahn, but has finished outside the Top 20 in each of the past three seasons and fell to No. 21 in the poll released Sunday.

Coming off a BCS title game appearance following the 2013 season, the Tigers got off to a hot 5-0 start and rose from No. 6 to No. 2 in the polls.

However, in Week 7, Auburn traveled to Starkville, where star Mississippi State QB Dak Prescott and the Bulldogs were waiting to had the Tigers a 38-23 loss.

That big win for Mississippi State propelled the Bulldogs to No. 1 in the polls, and it wouldn’t be the last disappointment the Tigers suffered in 2014…

2014: No. 3 Auburn loses vs. unranked Texas A&M

This is the only loss on this list at Jordan-Hare Stadium, but it was a big one.

After the Week 7 setback against Mississippi State, Auburn climbed back to No. 3 in the polls by Week 11, when the Aggies came to town.

But, once again, heartbreak was in store for Tiger fans, as a Texas A&M squad led by QB Kyle Allen came in and earned a narrow 41-38 victory, holding off a late Auburn comeback attempt.

That loss ended the Tigers’ hopes of making it back to the championship game. Auburn collapsed after that and finished a disappointing 8-5.

As you can see, that sort of painful loss has only become more common for the Tigers in Malzahn’s time with the program.