Back to the NCAA Newsfeed

Realistic Expectations for Every CFB Program with a New Head Coach

Whenever a college football team makes a coaching change, the hope of immediate success will naturally follow.

Now, that phrase is relative. Fans of Florida International and New Mexico State do not have the same expectations as Notre Dame, Oklahoma or USC devotees. All of these supporters, though, are wishing for that first-year coach to outperform what happened last season—or perhaps the last several years.

During the 2022 season, 29 programs in the Football Bowl Subdivision will have a new head coach. There's a time for dreaming about best-case scenarios for each one too.

But on this lovely offseason day, we're laying out (early!