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College Football Teams Most in Need of a Big Early Signing Period

Every college football program wants to hit a home run on early national signing day (Dec. 18), but some teams need to knock it out of the park for one reason or another.

In cases like USC, Michigan State and Vanderbilt, they need to land a few quality recruits to justify keeping coaches who were boiling on the hot seat for months.

Conversely, Florida State and Arkansas need to hit the ground running to show that firing their head coaches less than two full seasons into the job was the right move.

Others simply need to show some life after a disappointing start to this recruiting cycle.