Some coaches have survived the hot seat so far in 2026, others have not. Three Power 4 coaches were fired this week (Locksley, Aranda, & Doeren) While coaches like Shane Beamer and Luke Fickell, who many thought would get fired at some point this year, have managed to coach their way off of the hot seat with some impressive wins.

AP POLL: Miami remains the No. 1 team in the nation The other 2 remaining unbeaten power 4 teams - Utah & UCLA - both move into the Top 7 USC falls from the rankings & Kentucky cracks the top 10 for the first time.

Steve Sarkisian on Arch Manning's impact in Texas' win over Ole Miss: "The edginess that I touched on, I think carried over to our team and I think our team played that way because of him."

"We have good players that are connected that love this university, that love their teammates, that play really hard... We have complete buy-in." - Will Stein on how his 7-1 Kentucky Wildcats have been able to avoid having a letdown game so far this season

SEC LEADERS: At 5-1 in the SEC Standings, Kentucky currently stands alone at the top of the conference

I knew we'd seen a Manning run this play before

TIE GAME in Austin Ole Miss has erased a 24-3 halftime deficit, and things are all even in the 4th

Josh Heupel on Tennessee's loss at South Carolina: "We didn't play smart enough offensively. Penalties just crushed us, and if you let a good football team hang around on the road, it's got a chance to bite you and it sure did at the end."

After South Carolina's win over Tennessee, Shane Beamer spent part of his opening statement going OFF about "bullcrap conspiracy theories" surrounding the Gamecocks' 2022 win against the Vols

Is the 2026 CFB season a 2007 reboot? We've now seen 8 unranked teams knock off Top 10 teams this season.

"I said if you get a win, you can do whatever you want... This is really the only birthday gift I was wanting was finding a way to get a win tonight." - Kalen DeBoer on his birthday Gatorade bath in the locker room after Alabama's win over Texas A&M

CAREER HIGH: Rico Scott's 156 receiving yards today set a new mark for his highest total in a single game. It was also his first 100-yard receiving game ever for Alabama

Shane Beamer has coached himself off the hot seat The Gamecocks have now won back-to-back games against ranked teams

FINAL: Alabama outscores Texas A&M 14-0 in the 4th quarter to pull away and win

Alabama reclaims the LEAD on the first play of the 4th quarter

Revisiting this... Oregon just fell to 4-3 on the season. Several notable CFB media members picked the Ducks as their preseason national champion.

Rico Scott now has a career high 158 receiving yards today. Alabama heads to the 4th quarter trailing 20-17 to Texas A&M.

Talty hadn't missed a field goal since the Eastern Illinois game last season prior to today, and he's now missed 2 in this game. Bama trails 20-17 with 5:36 left in 3Q

A fact that sums up the Dave Doeren era at NC State: He's the winningest coach in program history, yet never had a 10-win season. Doeren becomes the 2nd Power 4 coach to get fired this season.

Following LSU's 38-17 win at Auburn, Lane Kiffin was asked if that's the best game his team has played this year: "We've played really well. We've had 5 games where our backups are in at the end of the game, including 3 SEC games. That's very abnormal."