The Auburn University football program currently plays college football in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference. The school's nickname is the Tigers and they won their only undisputed national championship in 1957. There have been two players in school history that have won the Heisman Trophy, Pat Sullivan in 1971 and Bo Jackson in 1985.

After 10 years of coaching for the Tigers, head coach Tommy Tuberville resigned on December 3, 2008, after Auburn finished the 2008 season with a 5-7 record.The Birmingham News: Tommy Tuberville is Out as Auburn Football Coach On December 13, 2008, ESPN reported that Gene Chizik, head coach of the Iowa State Cyclones would be named Tuberville's replacement.ESPN.com: Auburn to Name Chizik as Coach

The school plays home games in their on-campus facility known as Jordan-Hare Stadium. In addition to Sullivan and Jackson, other former players that have helped build the reputation of the program into one of prominence include: Tracy Rocker, Carlos Rogers, Jimmy Hitchcock, Tucker Frederickson, Takeo Spikes, Aundray Bruce, Wayne Gandy, Carnell Williams, Victor Riley and Jason Campbell. The "War Eagle" chant is said to have started because of an eagle that used to position itself in one end zone and the fact that teams failed to score when driving towards that end zone, leading to the chant "War Eagle."

• Willie Anderson (Offensive Tackle)
• Devin Aromashodu (Wide Receiver)
• Eric Brock (Safety)
• Ronnie Brown (TB)
• Jason Campbell (Quarterback)
• Karlos Dansby (Outside Linebacker)
• Heath Evans (Fullback)
• Chris Gray (Offensive Guard)
• Quentin Groves (Defensive End)
• Ben Grubbs (Offensive Guard)
• Will Herring (Outside Linebacker)
• Kevin Hobbs (Cornerback)
• Roderick Hood (Cornerback)
• David Irons Jr. (Cornerback)
• Rudi Johnson (Running Back)
• Stanley McClover (Defensive End)
• Marcus McNeill (Offensive Tackle)
• Ben Obomanu (Wide Receiver)
• Jay Ratliff (Defensive End)
• Tony Richardson (Fullback)
• Carlos Rogers (Cornerback)
• Kendall Simmons (Offensive Guard)
• Pat Sims (Defensive Tackle)
• Takeo Spikes (Middle Linebacker)
• Courtney Taylor (Wide Receiver)
• Dontarrious Thomas (Outside Linebacker)
• Reggie Torbor (Linebacker)
• Marcus Washington (Linebacker)
• Jonathan Wilhite (Cornerback)
• Carnell Williams (Running Back)
• Travis Williams (Outside Linebacker)