As the No. 12 team in the 2017 AP preseason top 25, Auburn will have to prove itself worthy of that ranking after going 8-5 last season and finishing at No. 24 in the final 2016 AP poll.
Transfer at the Helm
Jarrett Stidham, the 21-year-old true sophomore, was the top-ranked dual-threat quarterback recruit in the country coming out of high school.
He started as a freshman at Baylor, tossing 12 touchdowns and only two interceptions while completing nearly 70 percent of his passes. Infamously, Baylor was deeply embroiled in a wide-ranging sexual assault controversy that resulted in the exits of head coach Art Briles and university president Ken Starr.