If you’re interested in how I determined the point system and top teams, be sure to read the intro article discussing the methodology.
Let’s play a game. Pick one of each:
Bruce Pearl or Sonny Smith?
Butch Thompson or Hal Baird?
Gus Malzahn or Pat Dye?
The above questions might be the hardest three questions you could ever ask an Auburn fan. They represent a sort of divide between the first golden age of Auburn athletics, and the modern golden age that we appear to be stepping in to now. Because Auburn teams are known to be wildly inconsistent from season to season, it’s been rare for us to field top level teams with top level coaches across the entire program at the same time.