The Tigers played their home games at Jordan–Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama and competed in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

The Tigers would also add three transfer players: graduate student Blake Countess (CB) from Michigan who is able to play immediately, as well as Darius James (OL) from Texas and Jamel Dean (CB) from Ohio State, both of whom must sit out one year to satisfy the NCAA's transfer rule.

The Tigers will host SEC foes Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi State, and Ole Miss, and will travel to Arkansas, Kentucky, LSU, and Texas A&M, also the Tigers made it to the Birmingham Bowl which is played at Legion Field.

In a game that many expected to be a blowout, Jacksonville State hung with Auburn and led at halftime.

With 39 seconds left in the ballgame and Jacksonville State leading 20–13, Melvin Ray caught a touchdown from Jeremy Johnson.

Jenkins threw a pass to the end zone which was caught out of bounds, so it was incomplete and Auburn had escaped with a 27–20 win in overtime.

In the third game of the season, Auburn traveled to what is widely considered to be the toughest place to play in college football.

Leonard Fournette had a career game and LSU jumped out to a 24–0 lead en route to a 45–21 victory.

The offense and defense both looked improved from the last two weeks, but Auburn had to settle for field goals rather than touchdowns in the red zone.

Miscues such as an interception, and a high snap, both in the red zone hurt Auburn's chances in the ballgame, and Mississippi State won 17–9.

Kentucky had dropped passes and threw an interception in the end zone which cost the Wildcats.

On the final, possible game-winning, drive for Kentucky, Auburn stopped them on 4th and 3 with almost 30 seconds left to win.

In an exciting game, dropped passes hurt Auburn as the Tigers fell in 4 overtimes.

The defense was especially great, forcing 3 turnovers, all interceptions, 2 of which were inside Auburn's 5 yard line.

Behind Jeremy Johnson's 4 touchdowns, the offense put a season high 56 points on the scoreboard as they cruised to a 56–34 win.

In the twelfth and final game of the regular season, Auburn will take on arch-rival Alabama.