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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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Kyle Whittingham Is 1-2 Against Ranked Teams at Michigan, and 21 Years at Utah Say That’s Who He Is

Oct 31, 2026

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Kyle Whittingham Is 1-2 Against Ranked Teams at Michigan, and 21 Years at Utah Say That’s Who He Is

Michigan hired him to restore order, and the athletic director who hired him leaves in January, before anyone decides what that order is worth.

Mark Haines

Three Coaches Fired in a Week, and Mike Norvell Took No. 1 Without Playing Post

Oct 27, 2026

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Three Coaches Fired in a Week, and Mike Norvell Took No. 1 Without Playing Post

Lincoln Riley’s offense ran for minus-17 yards, Dabo Swinney jumped 29 spots, and Luke Fickell beat USC and fell 21.

Mark Haines

Kirk Herbstreit Called Notre Dame’s Schedule An Embarrassment. We Checked 10 Years Of Schedules, And Georgia’s Regular Seasons Were Softer

Oct 23, 2026

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Kirk Herbstreit Called Notre Dame’s Schedule An Embarrassment. We Checked 10 Years Of Schedules, And Georgia’s Regular Seasons Were Softer

Plus: Pick where you think we’ll see a coaching change this season, and a reader asks why a 5-1 Kirk Ferentz is No. 25.

Mark Haines

Oct 20, 2026

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Coaches Hot Seat Rankings - Week 8

5 Top 10 coaches lost this weekend and not 1 of them moved down. Plus: The 4 things Ron Rivera promised Cal fans, and why I couldn’t find 1 of them after a 41-7 loss.

Mark Haines

Sonny Dykes Is No. 5 On The Hot Seat: 5 Reasons TCU’s Offense Has Him There, And Why Saturday At Baylor Decides Which Way It Goes

Oct 16, 2026

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Sonny Dykes Is No. 5 On The Hot Seat: 5 Reasons TCU’s Offense Has Him There, And Why Saturday At Baylor Decides Which Way It Goes

Plus: The Playoff Is Close To Expanding To 24 Teams, Kalshi Will Fine Bettors Who Harass Athletes, and NCAA Prez Baker Jokes About A 48-Team Playoff

Mark Haines

College Football

Oct 13, 2026

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Week 7 Coaches Hot Seat Rankings

Oklahoma Beat No. 1 Texas With 1 Offensive Touchdown, and Mike Elko picked a fight with a message board.

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

Kyle Whittingham Is 1-2 Against Ranked Teams at Michigan, and 21 Years at Utah Say That’s Who He Is

Three Coaches Fired in a Week, and Mike Norvell Took No. 1 Without Playing Post

Kirk Herbstreit Called Notre Dame’s Schedule An Embarrassment. We Checked 10 Years Of Schedules, And Georgia’s Regular Seasons Were Softer

Coaches Hot Seat Rankings - Week 8

Sonny Dykes Is No. 5 On The Hot Seat: 5 Reasons TCU’s Offense Has Him There, And Why Saturday At Baylor Decides Which Way It Goes

Week 7 Coaches Hot Seat Rankings

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