Wk 12 · 2026
Samford Bulldogs at Auburn Tigers — Sat, Nov 21
Sat, Nov 21 ·
Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, AL
· SECN+
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 41 days away. Forecasts reach about 16 days ahead, so this fills in nearer the game. A seasonal average printed here would look exactly like a forecast, which is why there is not one.
Samford Bulldogs
FCS / Other · 0-1
at
3:30pET
no line posted yet
No ratings differential: Samford is not in the ratings file.
SEC · 3-2
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race.
What the ratings imply
The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers:
The CFB King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus
2.4 points of home field.
It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site
compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026
games are played it is last season’s measurement of two teams that have
changed.
Efficiency · 2026 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense (pts/100)
Defense (pts/100)
Pace (plays/g)
Yards / play
Yards / play allowed
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College
King's 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so
the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a
longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the
good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so
neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.
Team stats · 2026 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2026 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Samford form
L 14-33at UAB
2026 season
Auburn form
L 14-24at TENNW 21-15vs VANL 39-44vs FLAW 43-8vs USMW 17-16vs BAY
2026 season
Samford this season
Straight up0-1 · 0% (1 games)
Against the spread1-0 · 100% (1 games)
Over / under0-1 · 0% (1 games)
Auburn this season
Straight up3-2 · 60% (5 games)
Against the spread1-4 · 20% (5 games)
Over / under1-4 · 20% (5 games)
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.
Common opponents · 0
These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, Auburn leads 4–0 · Auburn has won the last 4
4 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
31.8 points toward Auburn
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2023-09-16 | Samford 13 — 45 Auburn | at AUB | Auburn |
| 2019 | 2019-11-23 | Samford 0 — 52 Auburn | at AUB | Auburn |
| 2014 | 2014-11-22 | Samford 7 — 31 Auburn | at AUB | Auburn |
| 2011 | 2011-11-19 | Samford 16 — 35 Auburn | at AUB | Auburn |
Samford leaders
No tracked players for this team.
From this site’s tracked-player feed; ESPN published no season leaders for this team.
No roster page: this site tracks the 138 FBS teams.
Auburn leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Byrum Brown QB #17 | 104/159, 1055 YDS, 7 TD, 7 INT |
| Tristan Ti'a QB #10 | 2/4, 39 YDS | |
| Rushing | Byrum Brown QB #17 | 81 CAR, 344 YDS, 4 TD |
| Jeremiah Cobb RB #23 | 45 CAR, 245 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Omar Mabson II RB #29 | 32 CAR, 213 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Keshaun Singleton WR #11 | 29 REC, 322 YDS, 1 TD |
| Chas Nimrod WR #5 | 25 REC, 273 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Jeremiah Koger WR #4 | 11 REC, 182 YDS | |
| DeShawn Spencer WR #9 | 5 REC, 44 YDS, 2 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Elijah Melendez LB #9 | 43 |
| Xavier Atkins LB #17 | 37 | |
| Eric Winters S #5 | 31 | |
| Sacks | Xavier Atkins LB #17 | 3 |
| Elijah Melendez LB #9 | 3 | |
| Da'Shawn Womack EDGE #15 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | Andre Jordan Jr. CB #22 | 2 |
| Sylvester Smith-Reed S #0 | 1 | |
| Da'Shawn Womack EDGE #15 | 1 |
These are regular-season totals for
the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year,
taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's
roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still
appears against the year he earned it; the
roster
pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is.
A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game. The roster
pages count bowl games too, so a player's two lines can differ by a game.