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ESPN’s FPI has released its projections for all 12 regular-season games on Auburn’s 2023 schedule.
The big news on the Plains is obviously the return of Hugh Freeze to the SEC following 4 seasons at Liberty, a move that Auburn officials hope pays off despite his resignation from Ole Miss in 2017.
Freeze’s debut at Jordan-Hare Stadium will be against UMass, a game where the Tigers are heavily favored. That’s followed by a trip to Cal the following week as a slight underdog before a respite against FCS Samford.
Fast forward to the Iron Bowl on Nov. 25, where the Tigers are projected as a massive underdog against Alabama.
Here are FPI’s game-by-game projections, along with the model’s percentage chance of Auburn winning each game:
- Sept. 2 vs. UMass — 95.9%
- Sept. 9 at Cal — 44.6%
- Sept. 16 vs. Samford — 97.5%
- Sept. 23 at Texas A&M — 26.6%
- Sept. 30 vs Georgia — 11.8%
- Oct. 14 at LSU — 14.4%
- Oct. 21 vs. Ole Miss — 36.1%
- Oct. 28 vs. Mississippi State — 54.4%
- Nov. 4 at Vanderbilt — 66.3%
- Nov. 11 at Arkansas — 35.5%
- Nov. 18 vs. New Mexico State — 94.6%
- Nov. 25 vs. Alabama — 11.1%
If you want to get in on the action and bet on Auburn this season, ESPN Bet is expected to launch this fall.
Auburn opens the season against UMass on Sept. 2.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
