CBS Sports rolled out its annual Hot Seat Rankings earlier this month. While on-field results will certainly dictate how active the 2025-56 coaching carousel will be, the overall trajectory of a program can factor into whether a coach is ultimately safe. That’s where talent acquisition comes into play.
With just over 93% of the Top247 recruits for the class of 2026 now committed following a flurry of high-profile decisions in recent few weeks, we thought it would be the perfect time to grade the recruiting classes of the Power Four coaches that are feeling the most pressure before season kicks off.
Is help on the way or is a reset needed?
No. 36 overall, No. 11 in SEC
Biggest Win: QB Bowe Bentley
Sneaky-Good Get: EDGE Daniel Norman
After signing three straight top 10 recruiting classes, Oklahoma is tracking to finish in the back half of the SEC for the second year in a row. It has been an offseason of change in Norman and one of the biggest additions for Brent Venables was new general manager Jim Nagy.
A former NFL scout, Nagy spent the past seven years serving as the executive director of the Senior Bowl. While he’s regarded as one of the brightest minds in the personnel world, he’s still getting his bearings in the ever-changing college football landscape while also feeling the effects of last season’s 6-7 skid.
Texas-based gunslinger Bowe Bentley was a major score for the Sooners as he looks like a carbon copy of new starting quarterback John Mateer. But…
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Author : Andrew Ivins
Publish date : 2025-07-23 15:43:00
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