On Oct. 20 of last year, college football's first two firings unfolded with little fanfare -- East Carolina let go of Mike Houston and Southern Miss dismissed Will Hall.

By that date in 2025, there already were 11 programs -- including seven major conference teams -- that dismissed their coach.

Those seven openings far outpace the final statistics from 2024, when just three coaches were fired for performance -- Purdue's Ryan Walters, UNC's Mack Brown and West Virginia's Neal Brown.

Since this season started, there have been six firings at major conference schools -- UCLA, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State, Arkansas, Penn State and Florida. (Stanford's firing of Troy Taylor came after off-field tumult this offseason.)

So, how did we get to the point where there are 11 open jobs on the 2025

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