Twenty-eight FBS head coaching hires from the 2024, 2025 and 2026 cycles, graded A+ to F on program lift, results, talent leverage, roster building and cost, using CollegeFootballData.com data through games played by Nov. 11, 2026.
The week's biggest games on the chalkboard: unit-vs-unit edges, the numbers that decide it, and a call you can hold us to.
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ACC title-game positioning for both. Wake Forest is one game behind Miami and needs a second ranked win; SMU must win out and get help. A pick'em in the noon ESPN window.
Wake Forest 34, SMU 27
Open the breakdownWake Forest offense, clearly, and one of the widest gaps on the slate: 2nd vs 75th in EPA per play, 1st vs 109th in points per opportunity, and 2nd vs 91st in rushing EPA. SMU's counters are real, 8th in pass success allowed and 10th on third down, but Wake Forest is 2nd on passing downs and 9th on third down, so those numbers rarely get the down they want. The caveat is the quarterback: Lopez missed last week and is expected to play.
Saturday, Nov 14, 2026: the five biggest games plus the best non-Power Four game. Each has a unit-vs-unit matchup breakdown built on CollegeFootballData.com advanced metrics, three cold-open hooks, a teleprompter-ready script of about three minutes, three exits, and sources.
Since mid-October, Texas' passing game has nearly doubled its efficiency, and its defense is one of the four best in the country by SP+. The roster can beat anybody. The offensive line is why it might not get the chance.
Eleven months after he stepped down in Salt Lake City and joked he was “in the transfer portal,” the program he built is No. 2 in the CFP rankings. The program that hired him has fired its offensive coordinator, lost two trophy games, and is fielding national questions about whether he'll be back.