NCAA Football Top 25/ Playoffs 2023/24 Coaches hot seat

 Quick Thoughts on my Rankings

 PLEASE NOTE these are END OF SEASON predictions after Playoffs and Bowls as you will soon learn I do not believe in preseason polls. ALL that matters and the true challenge is predicting where teams will finish the season not just putting out some information in the summer that nobody will remember in January!!!

 ALSO NOTE:  While all others combine Power 5 (PWR) and Group of 5 (GOF) I feel it is best to separate the two. Now while GOF teams can be ranked in the PWR rankings  PWR teams cannot be in GOF rankings for obvious reasons. While I completely respect GOF teams I just do not see them being better than PWR teams except on EXTREMELY RARE occasions. Just having a great record against weaker competition does not deserve being recognized as a Top 25 team. FACTS are when most PWR teams play GOF teams regardless of record PWR teams win therefore are better in most situations regardless of what Nation Media talking heads like to spew out there for the masses. 

FINAL END OF SEASON AND PLAYOFF TOP 25 POWER FIVE RANKINGS

RK     TEAM                      REC     COMMENTS

1.Ohio St                         15-0     Just missed last season, this year Ryan Day gets his title.

2.Alabama                      14-1     Back to the final but falls just short

3.Georgia                        12-2      Back to bridesmaid, for this year at least.

4.USC                                12-2      Getting things back to a high level with a playoff apperarance.

5.Clemson                      13-1      Improvment but falls short of goal.

6.Texas                             12-2      Weak conference helps there record but they are improving

7.LSU                                12-2      Close but will fall short, Kelly has surprised me.

8.Oklahoma                  12-2       Also benifits from weak conference, but also improved team.

9.Florida  St                   11-3       They are improving yearly, getting close to playoff contention.

10.Penn St                      11-2       Another solid season, but falls short of ultimate goal.

11.Utah                            11-2       USC gets past them this time, the future is cloudy.

12.Washington             11-3       Losses in last two game taint a fine season.

13.Michigan                   10-3       I just don't see Harbaugh keeping the wheels on.

14.Notre Dame             10-3       Loose the misplaced arrogance and join a Conference

15.Iowa                            10-3        Always competitive, but will never get over the hump.   

16.Oregon                       10-3       They have fallen behind other western teams

17.Wisconsin                  10-4       It will not take Fickell long to get them into the Top 10.

18.Kansas St                  11-2       This is close to their peak, they just do not have the resources

19.Kentucky                  10-3       A solid season but they still cannot take that next step.

20.Miami (Fla)              10-3       I think this is about as good as they can get these days.    

21.Texas A&M                 9-4         Jimbo fails again, how long do they let this go on?

22.UCLA                            9-4         They just cannot compete with USC as of now, changes needed.

23.N Carolina                 9-4         Solid season again, they will not get much better.

24.Pittsburgh                 9-4        This is their reality, borderline Top 25 program.  

25.UTSA                           12-2       The top GOF program, they are building some special.

POWER 5 COACHES PRE SEASON HOT SEAT RANKINGS

Rk     Name                        School                 Comments

1.Jimbo Fisher              Tx A&M       Those boosters did not pay him or those recruits for 9-3 seasons! 

2.Billy Napier                  Fla               This fanbase will want blood, SOON!!

3.Chip Kelly                     UCLA          School is paying him for double figure wins, that's not happening.

4.Neal Brown                  W Vir          They expect more and paid for more, this is about done.

5.Eli Drinkwitz                 Mo             Impossible to win there! Delusional  Alumni doesn't care.

6.Tom Allen                       Ind             Good guy, good coach, to bad that's not enough.

7.Dana Holgorson         Hou           Now finally in B12 patience will be razor thin!!

8.Greg Schianno            Rut            GOF team trying to compete, they cannot, they will blame coach!

9.Marcus Freeman      N Dame     ND coach almost always on here and he has multiple issues agaist him.

10.Mario Cristobal     Mia(Fla)     Yes already, completely delusional Alumni and "fanBase" 0.0 patience!

WHAT THE TOP 25 GROUP OF FIVE RANKINGS WOULD LOOK LIKE

The time has come for separation!

RK         TEAM                   REC            

1.UTSA                              12-2       They just keep improving this program

2.Appalachian St        12-2        Back up to the top of GOF

3.Boise St                       11-3        Rock solid program back newa rhe top

4.Toledo                          11-3        Year in and year out the top MAC program

5.Coastal Carolina     11-2        They continue their recent successful seasons.

6.Tulane                           10-3       Another solid season. Will Coach Fritz move up?

7.Ohio                               10-4       Another very good MAC program.

8.SMU                                10-4      Passed up by Tx school UTSA, what will they do?

9.W Kentucky                11-2      Dominant in a weak conference

10.Air Force                    10-3      The top service Academy by a long shot.

11.Miami(OH)                10-3      3rd Ohio MAC school, program on the rise.

12.S Alabama                   9-4      Rising program.

13.UTEP                              9-4      I thought Dimel was toast, I was wrong!!

14.FAU                                 8-5      Plays in the top GOF conference. record is not everything.

15.San Diego St              9-4      Defense still carries this team.

16.Marshall                      8-5      They are close to a top 10 program.

17.Troy                                8-5      Another team built on defense.

18.Fresno St                     8-5      MW Conference is very srong this season.

19.Ga Southern              8-5      Helton has found his niche.

20.E Michigan                  8-5      2nd teir MAC program, still very good.

21.M Tennessee St        8-5      About as good as it gets for this program.

22.San Jose St                8-5      They have improve the last few seasons but gone stagnet.

23.E Carolina                   8-5      They wills truggle to do any better than this.

24.N Illinois                      8-5      Good season for a program searching for consistency.

25.Memphis                     8-5      Trying to find their way back up the list, not happening yet.

GROUP OF 5 COACHES PRE SEASON HOT SEAT RANKINGS

Rk     Name                        School                 Comments

1.Danny Gonzales         N Mex       Another very tough job, this will likely end this year.

2.Mike Nue                      Ball St       Program not moving the right direction.

3.Mike Bloomgren         Rice          6th season, no improvement, tough place to win but they still want to.

4.Shawn Elliot                Ga St        They showed promise a couple years ago, going the wrong direction.

5.Ryan Silverfield          Memp      Memphis fans got a taste of winning and liked it, his seat will warm

6.Scot Loeffler              B Green      4th season and no real progress, they must at least compete in MAC

7.Ricky Rahne              Old Dom     Program not moving forward.

8.Butch Jones               Ark St         Looks to be time for a new voice in the room.,

9.Will Hall                       So Miss      Around .500 eaxh season, that will rub some the wroi=ong way

10.Terry Bowden            ULM        He'll likely get way more rope but his seat SHOULD be warming up.

AGAIN these are END OF SEASON predictions after Playoffs and Bowls  I do not believe in preseason polls.  They are pointless and misleading to be kind. They are for no other reason than to promote TV ratings and to give talking heads something simplistic to drown on about.