2007 Auburn Tigers football team

The 2007 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Head coach Tommy Tuberville returned for his ninth season at Auburn, the third longest tenure among SEC head coaches in 2007. He was joined by returning offensive coordinator Al Borges and returning defensive coordinator Will Muschamp. Auburn played its eight-game home schedule at Jordan–Hare Stadium, the ninth largest on-campus stadium in the NCAA in 2007, seating 87,451. Conference foe Vanderbilt returned to the schedule while non-conference opponents South Florida and Tennessee Tech played the Tigers for the first time. The Tigers finished the season ranked #14 in the Coaches Poll and #15 in the AP Poll.

2007 Auburn Tigers football
Chick-fil-A Bowl champion
Chick-fil-A Bowl, W 23–20 OT vs. Clemson
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 15
Record9–4 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach
  • Tommy Tuberville (9th season)
Offensive coordinatorAl Borges (4th season)
Tony Franklin (bowl)
Offensive scheme"Gulf Coast" (run-oriented West Coast)
Defensive coordinatorWill Muschamp (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumJordan–Hare Stadium
(Capacity: 87,451)
2007 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 12 Tennessee xy  6 –2   10 –4  
No. 2 Georgia x%  6 –2   11 –2  
No. 13 Florida  5 –3   9 –4  
South Carolina  3 –5   6 –6  
Kentucky  3 –5   8 –5  
Vanderbilt  2 –6   5 –7  
Western Division
No. 1 LSU x$#  6 –2   12 –2  
No. 15 Auburn  5 –3   9 –4  
Arkansas  4 –4   8 –5  
Mississippi State  4 –4   8 –5  
Alabama  4 –4   7 –6  
Ole Miss  0 –8   3 –9  
Championship: LSU 21, Tennessee 14
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Alabama had 5 victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 2–6 (1–4).
Rankings from AP Poll
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