Southern Bread Blog

The finalized Auburn football schedule just came out and I think it’s a good one. There are some quality non-conference games on the dock for next year which should give AU a boost in the SOS department. I like the fact that we are opening the seasons lately with mid-teir BCS conference opponents. We opened last year with Washington State. Kansas State is not as good as it used to be but the name recognition means a lot. South Florida is also a good opponent from a BCS conference. They aren’t terribly good but their penchant for knocking off either Louisville or West Virginia on an annual basis makes playing them a good bet for extra BCS formula points. New Mexico State is a good warmup game before the big one at Florida. I also like how most of the tough road games are spaced out with some softer sandwich games in between. It’s a good schedule. Here’s the schedule: