Which coaches are on the hottest seats and under the most pressure after Week 6 of the college football season?
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Which ten coaches are going to be feeling it if they don’t win … NOW.
The hot seat rankings are done in two ways. First, the five coaches who need a win for job security, and then the five coaches who aren’t in any real danger of being fired but could use a rainbow.
Coaches On The Hot Seat: Win, Or Else
5. Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee
He got a very, very much-needed win over FIU for the first victory of the season for the Blue Raiders, but it will be a big problem if there isn’t a run of wins to follow with North Texas, at Rice and Charlotte up next. Anything less than 2-1 won’t be okay.
4. Dino Babers, Syracuse
The Orange are destined for a fourth losing season in five ears under Babers following a 38-24 home loss to a previously winless Duke. With that, Syracuse is 3-7 in its last ten games. Lose at home to Liberty next week, and the seat becomes flaming with a trip to Clemson to follow.
3. Derek Mason, Vanderbilt
October 19th of 2019. that was the last time Vanderbilt won a game over an FBS team, going 1-9 during that stretch and 2-13 in the last 15 games against the big league programs. Being plucky is nice, but the Commodores have scored 26 points int eh first three games with two straight 41-7 blastings.
2. Seth Littrell, North Texas
One of the hot young coaches after two nine-win seasons, North Texas went 4-8 last year and started out 1-3 this season. The defense has been miserable – allowing over 45 points per game – with the program going 1-7 in its last eight games against FBS programs. With Middle Tennessee and UTEP up next on the road, this is when the Mean Green have to get going.
1. Matt Viator, ULM
How bad have the Warhawks been? The’ve been outscored 181-67 in the first five games – all losses – and now the defense is on a run of 11 straight games giving up 31 points or more. In his fifth season, this is going to be a fifth year without a winning record.
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5. Butch Davis, FIU
It’s his fourth year with the program and he’s coming off a losing season. The 0-2 start with a home loss to a previously winless Middle Tennessee doesn’t help. Going to Charlotte next week won’t be easy for a Golden Panther program with four straight losses and losing five of the last six.
4. Matt Wells, Texas Tech
There hasn’t been a whole lot of injury luck at quarterback over his entire, but Alan Bowman doesn’t play defense. The Red Raiders have allowed 30 points or more in 12 of their last 13 games, and the team has lost its last six Big 12 games and nine of its last ten with West Virginia and Oklahoma up next.
3. Scott Satterfield, Louisville
All is okay after turning the program around last year, but the Cardinals are now 0-3 in the ACC after getting steamrolled by a mediocre Georgia Tech team 46-27. A trip to Notre Dame is up next, all but assuring an 0-4 start and 1-4 overall.
2. Mike Leach, Mississippi State
Well that was quick. Leach being Leach is now talking about needing to “purge” the “malcontents” who aren’t getting the job done after a 24-2 loss to Kentucky and with 14 turnovers in the first three games. Next up? Texas A&M and at Alabama – this should be fun.
1. Tom Herman, Texas
Texas is most certainly not back. It might have been a blast of a game against Oklahoma that could’ve gone either way, but it was the third straight game that came down to the final moments with two of them going the wrong way.
At 1-2 in the Big 12 with at trip to Oklahoma State coming and with a date at Kansas State still to deal with. There’s still time to turn this around, but nothing about the Longhorn D would suggest that it could happen.
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