Auburn baseball lost its final series of the regular season at Ole Miss. Was the enough to tank the Tigers' national rankings?

When it got on the busses Saturday evening in Oxford, however, Auburn had lost two of its past three, squandering the final series of the regular season against the Rebels. Its lone win was vital, overcoming a five-run deficit to take the finale.

Here are three takeaways from the series loss to Ole Miss: Auburn ace Sam Dutton has been one of the shining stars during the Tigers 2025 campaign. He came into the Ole Miss series with a 2.86 earned run average and had been Auburn’s Game 1 starter for the majority of the season.