If Auburn were to stick with Freeze, his buyout would drop to $9.75 million after the 2026 season. It would decrease to $4.87 million if he were fired after the 2027 season, and Auburn would not owe Freeze anything after the 2028 season.

Former Oklahoma Sooners starting quarterback Jackson Arnold entered the transfer portal after a rough 2024 regular season at OU, and he quickly landed with Freeze and the Tigers. Arnold became Auburn's starter, and he played well for the first month or so of the season, but things spiraled for him after a 3-0 start.

The Auburn Undercover team just revealed its top Auburn coaching candidates after Hugh Freeze was fired on Nov. 2

Annoyed at the CFP Ranking Show.First Quarter: Slouching Tigers, Shrinking CanesThe fact that Hugh Freeze (1) lasted until the afternoon of Nov. 2 at Auburn (2) is one of the biggest upsets in a season of surprises.

Hugh Freeze is mulling a quarterback change. The Auburn coach, who started Ashton Daniels against Kentucky on Saturday night, said at half the coaches will discuss a change at quarterback in the 3-3 game.

After going back-to-back 6-7 in 2023 and 2024, Auburn boosters and AD Andy Cohen bet big on Hugh Freeze to make it to the playoff, or at least near the playoff realm in 2025. FYI: Hugh Freeze is the only head coach to enter his third year with a losing record in the last 50 years.