TAKES. FIFTH EDITION. VOLUME NINE.

Auburn is currently the 8th ranked team in America in both the AP and Coaches polls. If it wins its remaining games, it will play for the SEC Championship.*

*Auburn will lose to Alabama.

Auburn fans-would you take Lane Kiffin as your next head coach?

— Tony Kurre (@Tonethebone37) September 23, 2016

Gus Malzahn changes course, Auburn survives LSU, Art Briles looms in the shadows. https://t.co/9f95g3qTZ7

— Kevin Scarbinsky (@KevinScarbinsky) September 25, 2016

.@RickKarle: AU's Gus Malzahn could still be on the 'hot seat' pic.twitter.com/kFpHxN3IsO

— Tide & Tigers Today (@Tide_and_Tigers) October 1, 2016

Gus Malzahn's hot seat just got a tad cooler, but not by much #LSU #Auburn

— Nick Filipowski (@NICK_WKBW) September 25, 2016

SEC: Les Miles, Butch Jones, and Gus Malzahn are all on the hot seat. One will become even hotter after tomorrow. Who though?

— CFB Now (@CFBN0W) September 23, 2016

The SEC West hot seat rankings: well, it's Gus Malzahn, and then everybody else https://t.co/zG1gYByuB4

— SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) September 18, 2016

Gus Malzahn Contract Buyout https://t.co/GpYeVd0Wha

— FireGusMalzahn (@Fire_Malzahn) September 21, 2016

With the one-year extension, Auburn's cost to fire Gus Malzahn after the 2016 season goes from $6,712,500 to $8,950,000.— Kevin Scarbinsky (@KevinScarbinsky) June 6, 2016