Auburn coach Hugh Freeze pulled Brown at halftime of the Arkansas game. Brown finished his afternoon completing 7 of his 13 passes with three interceptions. Payton Thorne finished with 213 passing yards and two touchdowns after taking over in the second half.

Auburn is turning back to veteran Payton Thorne as its starting quarterback for Saturday's game against No. 21 Oklahoma, CBS Sports' Matt Zenitz reports. Thorne began the season as the starter before ceding the job to redshirt freshman Hank Brown over the past two weeks.

Fifth-year senior Payton Thorne has been reported as the starting quarterback ahead of the Auburn Tigers matchup with the No. 21 Oklahoma Sooners.

For the third time in as many weeks, the Auburn Tigers are making a change at the quarterback position. After redshirt freshman Hank Brown got the nod for Auburn’s last two contests, senior signal-caller Payton Thorne will re-claim his starting role this weekend against Oklahoma.

Auburn is turning back to veteran Payton Thorne as its starting quarterback for Saturday's game against No. 21 Oklahoma, CBS Sports' Matt Zenitz reports. Thorne began the season as the starter before ceding the job to redshirt freshman Hank Brown over the past two weeks.

Auburn football head coach Hugh Freeze, who’s come under fire from former players like Bo Wallace recently, is giving the starting quarterback role back to Payton Thorne in Week 5 against the Oklahoma Sooners,

According to multiple reports, Hugh Freeze has decided to go back to Payton Thorne for Auburn's game against Oklahoma after starting Hank Brown at quarterback against New Mexico and Arkansas.  Source: Payton Thorne is set to start for Auburn against Oklahoma on Saturday.