Tennessee running back Eric Gray (3) gets sandwiched between Auburn football defensive tackle DaQuan Newkirk (44) and Auburn linebacker Zakoby McClain (9) at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala., on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. Auburn defeated Tennessee 30-17.
No one is quite sure where to put Auburn football in the pre-season predictions. Some think that first-year head coach Bryan Harsin will make a big splash and finish the 2021 season with a better record than that of Gus Malzahn last year. Others harp on the fact that teams cannot be at their best in the first year of a coaching transition.