The Auburn Tigers are 8-0 following Saturday's win over LSU, and find themselves sitting high in the college football polls and atop the BCS standings. SB Nation's Track 'Em Tigers has been here before, however, and is perfectly cognizant of the Tigers' precarious position:
Auburn Fans Know Perils Of Topping BCS Standings
Auburn now has the big red bulls-eye on its chest. It’s something that’s not easy to carry on Saturday. Ask Oklahoma or Alabama. This is not Auburn’s first rodeo. The program has had varying success hanging around the top of the polls. The last time Auburn was ranked number one was way back in 1985 where it stayed in the top spot for two weeks before losing 38-20 at Tennessee in late September.
A year earlier, the Tigers were preseason number one to start the 1984 campaign. It was short-lived, with Auburn losing to Miami in week one, 20-18 at The Kickoff Classic in New Jersey. [...] Auburn finished the season 9-4.
Auburn fans would do well to stay cautiously enthusiastic. Apart from the obvious looming hurdle of the Iron Bowl (Alabama’s currently ranked No. 7, but they’re the furthest thing in the world from a pushover), the Tigers still have to play Ole Miss -- and Houston Nutt has yet to collect that one inexplicable win over a superior team he somehow pulls off every season.
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