College football week 4 contenders, pretenders: Texas survives, Michigan's karma and coaches are sweating - Fox News
This sports recap covers the chaotic fourth week of the 2026 college football season, highlighting Texas's win over Tennessee and Oregon's victory against USC. It also touches on coaching instability at programs like Oklahoma.
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College football is a major cultural and economic driver in the U.S., and coaching performance directly impacts multi-million dollar programs.
KNOXVILLE, TN - It only took four weeks of action to immerse ourselves in the madness of college football, with upsets and teams already up against the ropes heading into the month of October. Are schools already looking to make changes at the head coaching position? Sure, and some leaders might end up making the decision pretty easy for their bosses. But what we witnessed on Saturday will go down as one of the wildest weekends of this early season, and there will be ramifications. ARCH MANNING REVELS IN CIGAR SMOKE: TEXAS LEAVES NEYLAND WITH WIN—AND A WARNING FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL Heck, Texas led Tennessee by ten points late in the fourth quarter, but had to withstand a last minute drive by the Vols to get out of Knoxville with the win.
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