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Auburn has already faced defending national champion Clemson on the road this season, but the easy half of its 2017 schedule is over.

Clemson, the No. 2-ranked team in the country, is the only team the No. 10 Tigers faced in the first half that’s more than a game over .500, and they lost that game 14-6. The five teams they beat — Georgia Southern, Mercer, Missouri, Mississippi State and Ole Miss — range from 3-2 (Bulldogs) to 0-4 (Eagles).

Combined, the first six opponents Auburn faced are 15-12. The six opponents it will face in the second half — LSU, Arkansas, Texas A&M, Georgia, Louisiana-Monroe and Alabama — are a combined 25-9.

The next three of those games will be on the road, and two of the last three will be at home against a pair of rivals who are 6-0 and ranked in the top four of the AP poll.

So where does Auburn stand heading into the back half of its season?

ON OFFENSE

The Tigers seem to have put their slow start against Georgia Southern, Clemson and Mercer behind them. After averaging 23.7 points, turning the ball over eight times and surrendering 15 sacks in those three games, Auburn has averaged 48 points, coughed it up just twice and given up only four sacks.