Part 3: Grading FBS coaching hires, Southern Miss, UConn, Sacramento State, Oregon State, Coastal Carolina, Iowa State, USF

This is the third part of our four-part series that grades and explains grades for programs that have hired new head coaches for the 2026 FBS season. Today, we look at Southern Miss, Connecticut, Sacramento St., Oregon St., Arkansas, Coastal Carolina, Iowa St., and USF. Southern Miss New Head Coach: Blake Anderson New Coaching Staff … Continue reading Part 3: Grading FBS coaching hires, Southern Miss, UConn, Sacramento State, Oregon State, Coastal Carolina, Iowa State, USF

Part 2: Grading new coaching hires at Michigan State, Tulane, North Texas, California, Northern Illinois, and UCLA

This is the second of our four-part series that grades and explains those grades for FBS colleges that have hired new head coaches. Today, we look at Michigan State, Tulane, North Texas, California, Northern Illinois, and UCLA. Michigan State New Head Coach: Pat Fitzgerald New Coaching Staff Rating: 13.5 New Coaching Staff Grade: C- Pat … Continue reading Part 2: Grading new coaching hires at Michigan State, Tulane, North Texas, California, Northern Illinois, and UCLA

Grading new coaches. Part 1: Toledo, Washington State, Oklahoma State, Missouri State, Mississippi, UAB, and Stanford.

As we approach the 2026 football season, it's time to take a look at coaching changes across the FBS and see how our Savvy Index grades those changes. Today, we start with those teams that earned grades of D+ or less and the reasons for those grades. Toledo New Head Coach: Mike Jacobs New Coaching … Continue reading Grading new coaches. Part 1: Toledo, Washington State, Oklahoma State, Missouri State, Mississippi, UAB, and Stanford.

Rating all head coaching changes in FBS for 2026 – coming soon

Final touches are being applied to our 2026 assessment of coaching changes among FBS teams. Those will be published in the next week and answer questions such as: Which programs did the worst job of hiring coaches and which programs did the best? Our Savvy Index system provides grades from "A" to "D" and I … Continue reading Rating all head coaching changes in FBS for 2026 – coming soon