Auburn did exactly what's expected of an SEC team against a clearly overmatched Sun Belt opponent, pummeling ULM 58-7 and padding its stats across the board.

There was almost no statistical category in which the Tigers failed to see improvement following the onslaught of the Warhawks.

Auburn (3-2, 1-1 SEC) is back atop the SEC leaderboard in rushing offense and No. 10 nationally after racking up 410 yards on the ground.

While the Tigers improved slightly in the red zone after going 4 of 5 with four touchdowns and the last trip coming with walk-ons on the field, Auburn dropped a few spots nationally.

Defensively, Auburn improved in every category other than on third downs after ULM converted 6 of 15 attempts.

SEC competition returns this week as Auburn heads to Mississippi State (2-2, 1-1 SEC) for its first road game of the season.

Even after a dominating performance against ULM, there are still issues Auburn has to address as its numbers against three Power 5 teams are all far less impressive compared to two lopsided Sun Belt games.

RUSHING OFFENSE

2014: 255.5 (2nd, 13th)

2015: 196.4 (5th, 35th)

Last week: 234.8 (3rd, 27th)

2016: 269.8 (1st, 10th)

Why: Auburn ran for 410 yards on 66 carries with five touchdowns

PASSING OFFENSE

2014: 229.5 (7th, 66th)

2015: 173.6 (12th, 110th)

Last week: 204.0 (9th, 94th)

2016: 218.8 (7th, 78th)

Why: Sean White threw for 239 yards and John Franklin threw for 39 yards

PASS EFFICIENCY OFFENSE

2014: 156.79 (1st, 8th)

2015: 124.47 (10th, 79th)

Last week: 129.34 (9th, 83rd)

2016: 148.25 (4th, 38th)

Why: White was 14 of 17 with two touchdowns and Franklin was 1 of 1 with a 39-yard score

TOTAL OFFENSE

2014: 485.0 (2nd, 16th)

2015: 370.0 (10th, 94th)

Last week: 438.8 (6th, 59th)

2016: 488.6 (4th, 28th)

Why: Auburn gained 688 yards on 84 plays for an average of 8.2 yards per play

SCORING OFFENSE

2014: 35.5 (4th, 35th)

2015: 27.5 (8th, 75th)

Last week: 24.5 (11th, 99th)

2016: 31.2 (7th, 61st)

Why: Auburn scored 58 points, with two points coming via a safety

SACKS ALLOWED

2014: 15 sacks, 1.15 per game (3rd, 15th)

2015: 19 sacks, 1.46 per game (4th, 33rd)

Last week: 13 sacks, 3 per game (12th, 106th)

2016: 14 sacks, 2.6 per game (12th, 92nd)

Why: ULM recorded one sack

THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS

2014: 52.5 percent (1st, 2nd)

2015: 41.3 percent (6th, 49th)

Last week: 41.2 percent (6th, 60th)

2016: 46.8 percent (3rd, 31st)

Why: Auburn was 9 of 11 on third downs, its best since going 6 of 7 against Western Carolina in 2013

RED ZONE OFFENSE

2014: 87.9 percent (4th, 31st)

2015: 90.2 percent (2nd, 13th)

Last week: 77.3 percent (10th, 92nd)

2016: 77.8 percent (10th, 98th)

Why: Auburn scored four touchdowns on five red zone trips, its best outing of the season

RUSHING DEFENSE

2014: 168.8 (10th, 67th)

2015: 182.7 (11th, 81st)

Last week: 167.0 (10th, 78th)

2016: 156.0 (8th, 64th)

Why: Auburn allowed 112 yards rushing

PASSING DEFENSE

2014: 230.1 (12th, 68th)

2015: 222.5 (11th, 63rd)

Last week: 218.3 (6th, 56th)

2016: 202.4 (4th, 37th)

Why: Garrett Smith threw for 139 yards

PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE

2014: 124.19 (10th, 52nd)

2015: 116.99 (8th, 31st)

Last week: 117.73 (7th, 42nd)

2016: 113.54 (6th, 31st)

Why: Smith was 19 of 33 passing with a touchdown and interception

TOTAL DEFENSE

2014: 398.8 (9th, 64th)

2015: 405.2 (13th, 71st)

Last week: 385.3 (8th, 64th)

2016: 358.4 (5th, 40th)

Why: Auburn allowed a season-low 251 total yards, ULM's lowest of the season

SCORING DEFENSE

2014: 26.7 (10th, 62nd)

2015: 26.0 (11th, 54th)

Last week: 18.8 (6th, 28th)

2016: 16.4 (5th, 15th)

Why: ULM scored 7 points

SACKS

2014: 21 sacks, 1.62 per game (11th, 95th)

2015: 19 sacks, 1.46 per game (13th, 104th)

Last week: 9 sacks, 2.25 per game (8th, 71st)

2016: 11 sacks, 2.2 per game (7th, 60th)

Why: Auburn had two sacks

THIRD-DOWN DEFENSE

2014: 36.0 percent (4th, 29th)

2015: 44.9 percent (13th, 109th)

Last week: 27.1 percent (3rd, 16th)

2016: 30.3 percent (4th, 24th)

Why: ULM was 6 of 15 on third down

RED ZONE DEFENSE

2014: 74.1 percent (4th, 13th)

2015: 75.5 percent (5th, 15th)

Last week: 76.5 percent (7th, 41st)

2016: 73.7 percent (7th, 27th)

Why: ULM scored one touchdown and two red zone trips

NET PUNTING

2014: 37.44 (12th, 67th)

2015: 37.58 (7th, 54th)

Last week: 38.65 (9th, 50th)

2016: 38.65 (9th, 45th)

Why: Kevin Phillips did not punt

KICK RETURNS

2014: 20.03 (11th, 82nd)

2015: 27.94 (2nd, 4th)

Last week: 18.5 (11th, 99th)

2016: 18.56 (11th, 103rd)

Why: Rudy Ford had a 19-yard return

PUNT RETURNS

2014: 17.82 yards per return (1st, 4th)

2015: 11.93 yards per return (7th, 28th)

Last week: 7.0 yards per return (7th, 73rd)

2016: 10.2 (6th, 44th)

Why: Marcus Davis had three returns for 37 yards

TURNOVER MARGIN

2014: plus-seven, 0.54 per game (4th, 27th)

2015: plus-two, 0.15 per game (8th, 51st)

Last week: minus-three, minus-0.75 per game (12th, 100th)

2016: minus-two, minus-0.4 per game (13th, 88th)

Why: Auburn lost one fumble, recovered a fumble and had an interception

PENALTY YARDS PER GAME

2014: 68.92 (14th, 112th)

2015: 46.38 (7th, 34th)

Last week: 39.0 (1st, 10th)

2016: 34.2 (1st, 8th)

Why: Auburn committed three penalties for 15 yards

Stat notes:

-- Sean White leads the SEC and is 10th nationally with a 68.4 percent completion percentage

-- Kerryon Johnson had a career-best 146 yards and two scores and is now tied for the SEC lead with six rushing touchdowns

-- After his first career 100-yard game, Tony Stevens is sixth in the SEC with 344 receiving yards