With reveals of opponents having come throughout the spring and summer, the Auburn Tigers and Head Coach Steven Pearl finally have their full slate of non-conference games set for the 2026-2027 season.
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In a release put out on Friday will play a typical 14-game non-conference schedule, with three additional games being exhibition contests before the season even begins.
The Tigers take on Florida State on Oct. 14 in Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham for the second time in the Ballin’ in Boutwell series before coming back to the city just eight days later to face rival Alabama on Oct. 22 in Legacy Arena.
The final of Auburn’s three-game exhibition set will take place on Oct. 29 when it takes on in-state foe Samford and Lennie Acuff inside of Neville Arena.
The Tigers will open the year on Nov. 4 by welcoming the Southeastern Louisiana Lions before another home contest with the Appalachian State Mountaineers on Nov. 9.
Auburn will then host its marquee non-conference game of the slate when it welcomes Arizona on Nov. 13 for the back half of a home-and-home deal that began last season in Tuscon. The Tigers fell to the Wildcats 97-68 in that game.
Following the meeting with Arizona, Auburn will head out west to Las Vegas, Nevada for the second-straight year to play in the Players Era. The Tigers will open up against the West Virginia Mountaineers in a late-night game on Nov. 17. It will then return on Nov. 18 to take on either Kansas or UNLV before playing a third game against an opponent that is to be determined on Nov. 19.
Auburn will come back from Las Vegas to take on Lipscomb in Neville Arena on Nov. 24, which will then head into a few days of rest over Thanksgiving.
Following the break, the Tigers will hit the road to take on Clemson and Brad Brownell in the SEC/ACC Challenge on Dec. 1 before returning back home to play Eastern Kentucky on Dec. 6 and Alabama State on Dec 13.
Two more neutral-site games lie ahead with a game against Middle Tennessee State in the Rocket City Classic in Huntsville on Dec. 15 before a game against Wisconsin at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Dec. 19.
Auburn returns home after that pair to complete its non-conference schedule with a meeting with Lehigh on Dec. 22 before finishing against Morgan State on Dec. 29.
The Tigers finished the 2025-2026 season with a 22-16 record while being 7-11 in SEC play. They capped the year off by defeating Tulsa in the NIT championship in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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