College football hot seat rankings
The gist
Greg Schiano ranks No. 1 on a post-Week 8 college football hot seat index after two firings.
Buyouts near $20 million are making schools slower to fire coaches this season.
How it unfolded
- Oct 18, 2026The hot seat coverage references the October 18, 2026 AP Top 25 rankings.
- Oct 22, 2026The Mercury News publishes a midseason hot seat update covering Norvell, Sanders, Riley, Dykes and Fisch, noting the coaching carousel has been slow to spin.
- Oct 22, 2026CBS Sports publishes its hottest-seat tiers, placing Aranda, Doeren and O'Brien among the clearest cases.