Hot Seat Coach Rankings: After Week 4 from CFN
4. Will Muschamp, South Carolina
It’s not just that South Carolina is off to a 1-3 start. It’s how bad it’s been so far.
The only win came against Charleston Southern from the FCS world, and the games against North Carolina and Missouri were must-wins considering how rough the rest of the schedule is. Losing by 20 to the Tigers isn’t a good look.
It’s possible to turn this around in a big, big hurry. Kentucky, at Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Appalachian State are all winnable. Run that table, come up with an upset somewhere else, and 6-6 would be a wonderful season. Lose any of those four, and 4-8 is possible.
3. Chad Morris, Arkansas
Everyone understood that it was going to take a rebuilding job to get Arkansas back among the living, but you do NOT lose to San Jose State.
When was the last time the Spartans beat a Power Five program? 2002 against Illinois. Before that? Stanford in 2000. There were a few other wins over the Cardinal, but other than those, and that win over the Illini, the previous P5 win came over Minnesota in 1992.
Just 4-12 in just over a year, he has yet to win an SEC game, hasn’t cranked up the offense, and hasn’t shown any real sign of things getting appreciably better. And now, other than the home date against WKU, there’s not another game on the slate that Arkansas doesn’t appear destined to lose by double-digits.
4. Matt Luke, Ole Miss
He’s a true Ole Miss head coach, having played at the school and serving as a top assistant before finally getting the head coaching gig. But after the loss to Cal last week – even with the controversy at the end – he’s now 2-2 this season including an ugly loss at Memphis to kick things off.
The problem isn’t that he’s 2-2 or 13-15 in his career, it’s what’s coming.
There should be two more wins with Vanderbilt and New Mexico State on the slate, but at Alabama, at Missouri, Texas A&M, at Auburn, LSU and at Mississippi State. It’s going to be a fight to get to five wins, even though 4-8 is more likely.
2. Jeremy Pruitt, Tennessee
There aren’t any real expectations at this point for Tennessee, and then there were expectations.
It was the underground trendy thought last week that the Vols would come out with a nothing-to-lose performance on the road against what appeared to be an overrated and wounded Florida team.
Nope.
The Gators won 34-3, the Vols ended up with 239 yards, and it was yet another game when the program looked and played like it wasn’t even remotely close to being ready for primetime.
And now they have to play Georgia at home, and they still have to play Alabama. However, the rest of the slate just isn’t that bad.
There will be one big performance along the way to give the fans a glimmer of hope, but first the team has two weeks before dealing with the Dawgs. It’s not going to be a fun time.
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4. Will Muschamp, South Carolina
It’s not just that South Carolina is off to a 1-3 start. It’s how bad it’s been so far.
The only win came against Charleston Southern from the FCS world, and the games against North Carolina and Missouri were must-wins considering how rough the rest of the schedule is. Losing by 20 to the Tigers isn’t a good look.
It’s possible to turn this around in a big, big hurry. Kentucky, at Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Appalachian State are all winnable. Run that table, come up with an upset somewhere else, and 6-6 would be a wonderful season. Lose any of those four, and 4-8 is possible.
3. Chad Morris, Arkansas
Everyone understood that it was going to take a rebuilding job to get Arkansas back among the living, but you do NOT lose to San Jose State.
When was the last time the Spartans beat a Power Five program? 2002 against Illinois. Before that? Stanford in 2000. There were a few other wins over the Cardinal, but other than those, and that win over the Illini, the previous P5 win came over Minnesota in 1992.
Just 4-12 in just over a year, he has yet to win an SEC game, hasn’t cranked up the offense, and hasn’t shown any real sign of things getting appreciably better. And now, other than the home date against WKU, there’s not another game on the slate that Arkansas doesn’t appear destined to lose by double-digits.
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4. Matt Luke, Ole Miss
He’s a true Ole Miss head coach, having played at the school and serving as a top assistant before finally getting the head coaching gig. But after the loss to Cal last week – even with the controversy at the end – he’s now 2-2 this season including an ugly loss at Memphis to kick things off.
The problem isn’t that he’s 2-2 or 13-15 in his career, it’s what’s coming.
There should be two more wins with Vanderbilt and New Mexico State on the slate, but at Alabama, at Missouri, Texas A&M, at Auburn, LSU and at Mississippi State. It’s going to be a fight to get to five wins, even though 4-8 is more likely.
2. Jeremy Pruitt, Tennessee
There aren’t any real expectations at this point for Tennessee, and then there were expectations.
It was the underground trendy thought last week that the Vols would come out with a nothing-to-lose performance on the road against what appeared to be an overrated and wounded Florida team.
Nope.
The Gators won 34-3, the Vols ended up with 239 yards, and it was yet another game when the program looked and played like it wasn’t even remotely close to being ready for primetime.
And now they have to play Georgia at home, and they still have to play Alabama. However, the rest of the slate just isn’t that bad.
There will be one big performance along the way to give the fans a glimmer of hope, but first the team has two weeks before dealing with the Dawgs. It’s not going to be a fun time.
