The mindset around here is pretty much every game is an elimination game of sorts. "Well, how can you possibly have Bama in and Ole Miss out? Ole Miss beat Bama!!!" To me, that's simple-minded.
From what I've seen, Auburn is probably the best team in the nation. They didn't look dominant against K-State(who is ranked 17th) but that is a tough road game. That said, I think it's going to be impossible for them to run the table.
If they go 11-1, are they out because they lost to TAMU, Ole Miss, Miss St, or Bama and can't win the conference? That would be stupid.