It's another important week for Jeff Lebo's crew (isn't it always). Tonight, the Tigers play at Georgia. Unfortunately I will not be there, but I'll be following along online. Auburn pulled off a perfect three-game homestand to pull even in the SEC at 5-5. A win against the last-place Bulldogs would give them a four-game conference winning streak for the first time in the Lebo era. That's quite an accomplishment. A postseason berth is not out of the question. Not the NCAAs. As I mentioned in today's story, the Tigers' RPI is 92. The lowest RPI of an at-large team to ever make the NCAA tournament was 74, by New Mexico in 1999. Now, the NIT is an increasing possibility. There's a pretty good Web site, NIT-ology, that does projections just like ESPN's Bracketology. Auburn is on the cusp of making the field, and that prediction was done before the team's victories against Arkansas and Mississippi State. It's something to keep an eye on.

The SEC championships get underway today in Auburn. The Tigers men have won 12 straight conference titles. The women have won five in the last six years. That's some dominance right there people. I found it interesting that Auburn is having its teams stay at a hotel, just to get in a competition frame of mind. I spoke with Auburn's coaches yesterday and women's co-head coach Dorsey Tierney-Walker talked a little bit about the athletes going through the season without coach Richard Quick, who has taken a leave since being diagnosed with an inoperative cancerous brain tumor: "I think they are experiencing certain life experiences during their time here that has really matured them as young women more than anything. It's been more on how they've approached the situation. We talk about it. It's not something that is sort of put in the corner and nobody talks about but everybody's thinking about it. It's a daily part of life. If anything, I thinks it's sort of enabled them to appreciate the process on a daily basis.

The No. 3-ranked Tigers (25-1, 10-1 SEC) have a shot to clinch a share of the conference title tomorrow night at No. 18 Vanderbilt. (Auburn would have a two-game lead on Vanderbilt with two to play, which would clinch the No. 1 seed in the SEC tournament for sure, although I don't think tiebreakers are used to determine conference champions). Winning at Vandy is no easy task. The Commodores have that bizarre raised floor. Benches are on the baseline, so it's tough for coaches to communicate. And the current coaching staff is 0-6 all-time against Vanderbilt. This might be Auburn's toughest test of the season.

The season gets underway Friday at home against Elon. It's a three-game series. The Tigers didn't get good news when catcher Ryan Jenkins fractured his hand and required surgery. His timeline for being out isn't known, but head coach John Pawlowski made it sound like it'll be at least a month. Auburn was picked to finish fifth in the SEC West by both SEBaseball.com and the conference coaches. The Tigers have some talent -- 1B Hunter Morris was a first-team pick and IF Brian Fletcher and OF Joseph Sanders made the second team -- but they're all hitters. Pitching is probably going to be the big question mark.

Can you believe this is the last thing on the list? There's not much going on publicly on campus here, but three players -- DT Sen'Derrick Marks, CB Jerraud Powers and OG Tyronne Green -- are expected to be at the NFL combine in Indianapolis this week. The workouts don't get going until Saturday, so I'm not sure how much news will be coming out of there. I'll be scouring the wire looking for updates, though. This seems like a pretty good place to start.