The Early Rankings

In today's Birmingham News, Ray Melick writes a nice column on Auburn and being surpassed by USC in the latest AP poll. Auburn was burned by the polls in '04, yet head coach Tommy Tuberville had little to say about USC jumping Auburn. Ray writes that he believes Auburn will hang points on opponents all year to make a statement and avoid the potential of being "on the outside looking in" again. However, Tuberville says that Auburn will just try to win their games.