Pasadena Bound

Last night we watched in sheer delight as Michigan State beat Ohio State.  We then knew that Auburn would move up to Number 2 in the BCA standings which will be made public tonight.  This morning I see that the coaches poll, one/third of the BCA, has Auburn Number 2 as expected.  We are on our way.
11:45 a.m.                                                                                                                           jerickson@al.com AL.com



on December 08, 2013 at 11:14 AM, updated December 08, 2013 at 11:21 AM

ATLANTA, Georgia -- Auburn's incredible turnaround season has the Tigers in a place they haven't been since the 2010 season.







Auburn was ranked No. 2 in the final USA Today/Coaches' Poll on Sunday morning, the first domino to fall in an expected move to be formally announced as one-half of the BCS Championship Game opposite No. 1 Florida State.





Votes for the 62 coaches will be made public following the release of the poll, which makes up one-third of the BCS formula.





Unranked in the preseason and coming off a 3-9 season, Auburn didn't enter the USA Today/Coaches' Poll until the week following its win over Texas A&M, but five straight SEC wins, including three over Georgia, Alabama and Missouri, vaulted the Tigers to the top of the standings and presumably back into the national title game.





Auburn settled in comfortably to the second-place spot, receiving 1,486 points, but no first-place votes. Undefeated Florida State received all 62 first-place votes for 1,550 points, and Alabama came in third.





The Tigers, who came all the way back from a last-place finish in the SEC to win the SEC title with a 59-42 win over Missouri on Saturday night, finished 4-1 against teams in the coaches' poll.





USA TODAY/COACHES' POLL

1. Florida State

2. Auburn

3. Alabama

4. Michigan State

5. Baylor

6. Ohio State

7. Stanford

8. South Carolina

9. Missouri

10. Oklahoma

11. Clemson

12. Oregon

13. Oklahoma State

14. LSU

15. Central Florida

16. Louisville

17. Arizona State

18. UCLA

19. Wisconsin

20. Fresno State

t-21. Duke; Texas A&M

23. Northern Illinois

24. Georgia

25. Miami
I am beginning to believe in this Auburn football team.  This team will beat FSU.  I firmly believe that.
12:04 p.m.

8:15 p.m.
It's official: Auburn is going to Pasadena to play FSU for the national championship.  What a year this has been, and it's not over yet.  Let the buildup begin!