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In a Monday interview on ESPN's "The Pat McAfee Show," President Donald Trump praised retired Alabama football coach Nick Saban and called on him to "get involved" in fixing the problems in NCAA sports that have come with the introduction of the transfer portal and Name, Image and Likeness (NIL).

In the first meeting between the two programs since 2006, No. 22 Auburn basketball cruised to a 93-62 win over Wofford on Tuesday night at Neville Arena to cap off a three-game homestand. 

Auburn is now in Week 2 of the post-Hugh Freeze era, and athletic director John Cohen is in full search mode as he tries to find the right guy to lead the Tigers to success. 

Is Nick Saban going to get out of retirement to return to a familiar sideline?

ESPN's Paul Finebaum saw enough from interim Auburn head football coach DJ Durkin in his first week leading the Tigers that he believes the defensive coordinator should be "seriously considered" to have the interim tag.

No. 4 Alabama grinded out a 20-9 win over LSU on Saturday to extend its season win streak to eight and home win streak to 17 straight.

The Auburn Tigers suffered another gut-wrenching loss on Saturday, falling 45-38 to No. 16 Vanderbilt in overtime at Firstbank Stadium in the program's first game of the post-Hugh Freeze era. 

No. 15 Alabama traveled to Madison Square Garden and defeated No. 5 St. John’s 103-96 to make an early season statement.

No. 4 Alabama will host LSU at Bryant-Denny Stadium in the 90th meeting between the two teams.

4 things to look for in Auburn’s matchup against No. 16 Vanderbilt 

4 takeaways from No. 20 Auburn's 95-57 win over Merrimack

During a Tuesday appearance on Real America's Voice's "Just the News, No Noise," U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) continued his warpath against the current state of college athletics by saying an anonymous football player had already blown through his NIL funds and was demanding additional money just to travel to an away game.

Auburn football interim head coach DJ Durkin announced on Wednesday that the Tigers would start Ashton Daniels at quarterback. Can the Tigers expect a different answer with Daniels and Derrick Nix running the show?

The College Football Playoff selection committee unveiled its first weekly rankings on Tuesday night, placing Alabama at No. 4.s

As the dust settles on Hugh Freeze's firing as Auburn University's football coach, one of his daughters took to social media to sound off about the "reality of getting fired in the SEC."

In 2023, New Mexico State University (NMSU), led by then-starting quarterback Diego Pavia, defeated first-year head coach Hugh Freeze's Auburn team 31-10 for one of the biggest upset wins in the program's history.

Auburn certainly didn't win any style points on the hardwood on Monday night, but the Tigers held on to narrowly escape Bethune-Cookman in overtime in their season opener at Neville Arena.

No. 15 Alabama opened the basketball season in Coleman Coliseum Monday night rolling over North Dakota 91-62, making it 23 straight wins in season openers.

Will there be any staff changes coming to Auburn football for the remainder of the season? 

During a Monday appearance on WJOX FM's "McElroy & Cubelic in the Morning," ESPN's Paul Finebaum said Auburn had "no choice" but to fire head football coach Hugh Freeze after an abysmal outing at home versus Kentucky over the weekend.

After a 10-3 defeat at the hands of Kentucky on Saturday night at Jordan-Hare Stadium,  Hugh Freeze was relieved of his duties as Auburn’s head coach, per multiple reports on Sunday evening. 

According to multiple reports, Freeze has been fired in the midst of his third season as head coach of the Tigers. Defensive coordinator DJ Durkin will assume interim head coaching duties for the remainder of the season, per ESPN's Pete Thamel.

It was another dreadful night of offense for Auburn on Saturday as it was dealt a 10-3 loss at the hands of Kentucky at Jordan-Hare Stadium. 

After snapping a four-game skid against Arkansas last week for its first conference win of the season, Auburn returns home on Saturday to take on Kentucky.

The University of Alabama made a profit of $16,711,266 on athletics for fiscal year 2025.