Hot seat watch, Week 6: 5 college coaches feeling the heat

As the midpoint of the season nears, it’s clear which college football head coaches have put themselves on the hot seat. Who needs to step up most in Week 6?

It’s hard to believe that Week 6 of the college football season has arrived so quickly. By the end of October, nine weeks will be in the books and the college football landscape will have a much clearer picture. There also might be a coach or two on the hot seat that may have been fired by then.

As this week in college football rolls around, everyone knows who exactly is fighting for their jobs. The bad teams have established themselves and those that are teetering will soon be right there as well.

Some coaches that are on the hot seat have an off week so they are exempt from the list until the next one. Those coaches are Larry Fedora and Clay Helton. As for Week 6, here’s who needs to step up and secure a win.

5. Bobby Petrino: Louisville

The Louisville Cardinals have been awful this season in a dumpster fire season for the ACC. Last week, the Cardinals lost at home to Florida State, who has also been an equal dumpster fire thus far.

Petrino’s squad is coming off of an underwhelming 8-5 season last year and thus far hasn’t shown much competitiveness, save for a couple of wins over Indiana State and Western Kentucky, the latter of which was a close one.

Petrino’s been with the Cardinals for a long time and has certainly had his fair share of polarizing moments. It might just be a down year for the program but it could also signal the time for a change and that would likely depend on how much fire they show the rest of the year.

This week, the Cardinals host Georgia Tech. They’re still looking to pick up their first conference win of the season and losing yet another would make what has felt like a long season thus far feel even longer.