The Blue Raiders' offense was near perfect in their 42-22 win against Auburn. QB Lance Williams would end up 20/23 for 288 yards 4 TDs, with 41 rush yards and 1 rush TD. Williams making his case for the Heisman race.

MTSU scored on a 20 yard pass and a 64 yard pass in the first quarter. near the end of the 1st quarter, Lance Williams got hit, fumbled and the ball was recovered in the endzone by an OL. It would be a safety and 2 points was given to Auburn. MTSU would add a 7 yard pass and a 22 yard passing TDs while Auburn was only able to score 1 TD in the first half. The Blue Raiders would lead 28-9 at the half.

Auburn was able to keep MTSU out of the endzone in the 3rd and score a TD themselves, however, they would miss the XP attempt. 28-15. MTSU would put up another TD on a 5 yard run by HB Jerome Wade to push the lead to 35-15. Auburn would answer back quickly to make it 35-22. after a failed onside kick, MTSU would add to their lead and put the game away as Williams takes it in himself on the ground. MTSU would go on to win the game 42-22.

The Blue Raiders will move on to 8-0(5-0), and will face 1-8(0-6) Vanderbilt next week.

Auburn (5-3) at Middle Tennessee State (7-0)
October 31, 2020 1 2 3 4 F Auburn 0 9 6 7 22 #1 Middle Tennessee State 14 14 0 14 42 TOP PERFORMERS Auburn Lance Williams - 20/23 288 yards 4 TDs, 41 rush yards 1 TD Brandon Banks - 80 receive yards 2 TDs Mike Mansfield - 5 tackles 1 sacks Middle Tennessee State Tyler Brown - 59 rush yards 2 TDs, 23 receive yards David White - 11 tackles 1 sack	TEAM STAT COMPARISON Aub MTSU First Downs 14 18 3rd Down Efficiency 6-13 8-10 4th Down Efficiency 2-3 1-1 Total Yards 527 492 Passing Yards 260 288 Rushing Yards 70 136 Penalties-Penalty Yards 0-0 2-25 Turnovers 1 1 Possession Time 11:08 19:57
SCORING SUMMARY FIRST QUARTER Aub MTSU MTSU 4:55 TD TD MTSU: B. Banks, 20 Yd pass from L. Williams (M. Woods kick) 0 7 MTSU 3:07 TD MTSU: A. Joseph, 64 Yd pass from L. Williams (M. Woods kick) 0 14 Aub 2:22 Team Safety: L. Williams sacked in end zone. 2pt. for Auburn 2 14 SECOND QUARTER Aub MTSU MTSU 4:34 TD MTSU: T. Nelson, 7 Yd pass from L. Williams (M. Woods kick) 2 21 Aub 2:31 TD Aub: J. Wilson, 1 Yd run (A. Graham kick) 9 21 MTSU 0:06 TD MTSU: B. Banks, 22 Yd pass from L. Williams (M. Woods kick) 9 28 THIRD QUARTER Aub MTSU Aub 3:08 TD Aub: T. Brown, 1 Yd run (missed kick) 15 28 FOURTH QUARTER Aub MTSU MTSU 3:47 TD MTSU: J. Wade, 5 Yd run (M. Woods kick) 15 35 Aub 2:28 TD Aub: T. Brown, 23 Yd run (m Woods kick) 22 35 MTSU 1:53 TD MTSU: L. Williams, 23 Yd run (M. Woods kick) 22 42
Auburn Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Joel Wilson 23/32 260 0 1 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Tyler Brown 16 59 3.6 2 Joel Wilson 10 11 1.1 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Tyler Brown 5 23 4.6 0 Joel Young 4 93 23.2 0 Jason Simmons 3 38 12.6 0 Mike Raymond 3 41 13.6 0 Michael Brown 2 7 3.5 0 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD David White 11 1 0 0 Shane Jackson 7 0 0 0 Eddie Wright 7 0 0 0 Pedro Logan 6 0 0 0 Nate Simmons 6 1 0 0 Damon Powers 6 0 0 0 Clinton Russell 5 0 0 0 Justin Lemon 5 0 0 0 Jermaine Humphrey 5 0 0 0 Justin Dotson 4 1 0 0 Sean Webster 4 0 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Joel Young 6 152 0 29 Tyler Brown 2 45 0 24 PUNT RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Joel Young 0 0 0 0 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG Austin Graham 0/0 2/3 2 0 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 Al Barrett 3 112 37.3 1	Middle Tennessee State Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Lance Williams 20/23 288 4 0 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Lance Williams 12 41 3.4 1 Jerome Wade 11 54 4.9 1 Jarrett Denman 10 35 3.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Tyler Nelson 6 56 9.3 1 Brandon Banks 5 80 16.0 2 Austin Joseph 4 90 22.5 1 Richard Mason 3 46 15.3 0 Kevin Weldon 1 12 12.0 0 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD Joe Swain 7 0 0 0 Terrance Oliver 7 0 0 0 Derrick Bishop 6 0 0 0 Rashad Foster 6 0 0 0 Tony Griffin 5 0 0 0 Craig McCoy 5 0 0 0 Mike Mansfield 5 1 0 0 Keith Givens 5 0 0 0 Mike Smith 4 0 0 0 Thomas Morris 4 0 0 0 Zach McBride 3 0 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Tyler Nelson 2 37 0 22 Morris Allen 1 21 0 21 PUNT RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Morris Allen 2 9 0 5 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG Matt Woods 0/0 6/6 6 0 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 Kellen Mooney 1 48 48.0 1

The biggest move in the top 10 was UCF, who remains undefeated at 8-0 and move to 4th in the BCS. Miami lost to Virginia Tech and would fall to 11th from 4th. Boise State lost to Wisconsin and would fall to 15th from 7th. USF fell to 18th after losing to Rutgers. The new top 10 is now: MTSU, ND, Ohio State, UCF, Michigan, Clemson, Iowa, Florida State, USC, and Florida.

On the recruiting front, MTSU picked up 5 more commitments after the Auburn win. 5* MLB Leon Johnson from Claremore, OK. 4* QB Jason Simmons from North Laurel, MD. 4* WR Eric Hill from Monroeville, AL. 4* DE Darryl Thompson from Paris, TN. and 3* DE Jerry Smith from Englewood, FL. MTSU currently has the #1 recruiting class at this point in the season.