I would think the consensus top two guys, that most have talked about...Stevens and Pearl...I would think he already knows where both of them stand. This is some SERIOUS reading between the lines on my part...but the fact that its all coming out right now...leads me to believe neither of them is the choice. If Dolson knew either of them were interested, and were "the guy", there's not a ton of incentive to push this whole thing and make it public now. Give Pearl some peace, and let him finish his Auburn season, hire him the day they finish. And we wouldn't announce Stevens until the end of the season, and Woodson had formally stepped down.
I think this announcement coming now means Dolson wanted the job opening out in the open, so he could commence searching more publicly. Tells me he likely doesn't have someone ID'd, that is likely to take it, yet.