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Sep 15, 2026

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Greg Schiano Lost to UMass and Boston College, and That Made Him the No. 1 Hot Seat in College Football

Mike Norvell moved up a spot without playing a snap, Ryan Day made the single biggest jump on the board, and almost every coach who cooled off this week did it by beating somebody who had no business being on the schedule.

Mark Haines

College Football

Sep 9, 2026

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Week 2: Coaches' Hot Seat Rankings

Luke Fickell Led Notre Dame At Halftime And Left Lambeau With The Hottest Seat In America. Mike Locksley Won 62-0 And Dropped 3 Spots. Dabo Swinney Moved 44.

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TCU's Receiver Spent 3 Days in a Hospital With a Brain Bleed. TCU's Response Was to Ban the Newspaper.

Sep 4, 2026

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TCU's Receiver Spent 3 Days in a Hospital With a Brain Bleed. TCU's Response Was to Ban the Newspaper.

Also, Dave Doeren enters year 14 at NC State with 0 ACC Championship Game appearances and a defense that fell from 19th to 111th in 3 years.

Mark Haines

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Jedd Fisch Is 14-3 At Husky Stadium And 3-8 Everywhere Else. Here’s What Washington’s Coach Has To Fix With 4 Road Games In His Last 7, Starting With Third Down.

Oct 9, 2026

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Jedd Fisch Is 14-3 At Husky Stadium And 3-8 Everywhere Else. Here’s What Washington’s Coach Has To Fix With 4 Road Games In His Last 7, Starting With Third Down.

Plus the College Sports Commission investigates up to 10 Power 4 athletic departments it can’t subpoena, the Playoff’s 30-day window with ESPN gets longer, and Arkansas trustees are reportedly 7-3 for a change at athletic director.

Mark Haines

Lincoln Riley Won, and USC's Students Chanted "Fire Lincoln" Anyway. He's 1 of 4 Coaches Who Won on Saturday and Still Couldn't Get Out of the Coaches Hot Seat Top 10.

Oct 6, 2026

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Lincoln Riley Won, and USC's Students Chanted "Fire Lincoln" Anyway. He's 1 of 4 Coaches Who Won on Saturday and Still Couldn't Get Out of the Coaches Hot Seat Top 10.

Plus Jedd Fisch jumps 90 spots to No. 6, the House has 20 working days to pass the college sports bill, and 2 readers tell us where we got it wrong.

Mark Haines

Josh Heupel Is 37-6 Against Unranked Teams and 3-8 Against the Top 10. Tennessee Pays Him $9 Million a Year to Fix the Second Number.

Oct 2, 2026

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Josh Heupel Is 37-6 Against Unranked Teams and 3-8 Against the Top 10. Tennessee Pays Him $9 Million a Year to Fix the Second Number.

Plus BYU's athletic director shopped for Kalani Sitake's replacement, and the College Football Playoff will go to 24 teams the minute ESPN pays for it.

Mark Haines

Sep 29, 2026

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Week 5 - Coaches Hot Seat Rankings

Mike Locksley takes No. 1 after a 54-3 home loss, and Lincoln Riley climbs 13 spots for what he says he didn't see.

Mark Haines

Shane Beamer Is 2-10 Against Power-Four Teams and Just Blew a 16-0 Lead at Home. His Buyout Drops $5.8 Million On Jan. 1.

Sep 25, 2026

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Shane Beamer Is 2-10 Against Power-Four Teams and Just Blew a 16-0 Lead at Home. His Buyout Drops $5.8 Million On Jan. 1.

Inside this week's Diagnosis: what South Carolina's gaudy September numbers look like once you check who they came against, all 6 Beamer seasons next to Kalen DeBoer's and Steve Sarkisian's, and the 2 games left that decide the future.

Mark Haines

Sep 22, 2026

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Week 4 Coaches Hot Seat Rankings

With nonconference play finished, the excuses have expired. Here are the 10 coaches who need a win this Saturday.

Mark Haines

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Greg Schiano Lost to UMass and Boston College, and That Made Him the No. 1 Hot Seat in College Football

Week 2: Coaches' Hot Seat Rankings

TCU's Receiver Spent 3 Days in a Hospital With a Brain Bleed. TCU's Response Was to Ban the Newspaper.

Articles

Jedd Fisch Is 14-3 At Husky Stadium And 3-8 Everywhere Else. Here’s What Washington’s Coach Has To Fix With 4 Road Games In His Last 7, Starting With Third Down.

Lincoln Riley Won, and USC's Students Chanted "Fire Lincoln" Anyway. He's 1 of 4 Coaches Who Won on Saturday and Still Couldn't Get Out of the Coaches Hot Seat Top 10.

Josh Heupel Is 37-6 Against Unranked Teams and 3-8 Against the Top 10. Tennessee Pays Him $9 Million a Year to Fix the Second Number.

Week 5 - Coaches Hot Seat Rankings

Shane Beamer Is 2-10 Against Power-Four Teams and Just Blew a 16-0 Lead at Home. His Buyout Drops $5.8 Million On Jan. 1.

Week 4 Coaches Hot Seat Rankings

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