It is Championship Week but that doesn’t mean jobs are safe. The ink has hardly dried on some team’s seasons and a lot of coaches are looking for a new job, while some are trying to get their foot in the door at those jobs.

Big 12

Baylor- Baylor fired Guy Morriss after five seasons. In those seasons Morriss went 18-40 and the Bears have had a losing season for 12 years straight. Baylor wanted to at least get Mike Singletary in for an interview but he pulled his name from consideration.

Nebraska- After losing to Colorado, it was not a surprise that acting AD Tom Osborne fired Bill Callahan. In his four seasons, Callahan went 27-22 and led Nebraska to their only two losing seasons in 45 years. The embarrassing loss to Kansas seemed to be the final nail in the coffin. I expect the Cornhuskers to look at Turner Gill from Buffalo, Bo Pelini from LSU, that is if he does not get the LSU job. That’s assuming Les Miles leaves for Michigan. The man who has the plus on all of Nebraska football is Corn Nation.

Texas A&M- The Aggies had a package laid out and Dennis Franchione accepted it to resign from the program even after leading the team in consecutive victories against Texas. In his 5 seasons, Franchione went 32-28. Yesterday the Aggies hired former Green Bay Packers coach Mike Sherman.

SEC

Arkansas- After a turbulent off season and in season, Houston Nutt resigned as the head coach of the Razorbacks. In his tenure at Arkansas, Nutt went 75-48 and in 2006 won the SEC West. A lot of names are being thrown around, but nothing of substance has come out yet. Tommy Bowden has expressed interest in getting back into coaching and other names I am hearing are Jim Grobe, Tommy Tuberville, and Brian Kelly seems to be the “hot” coach this offseason.

Mississippi - Only a day after losing to their rival Mississippi State, coach Ed Orgeron was fired as the Rebels coach. In this 3 seasons he went 10-25. Mississippi did not waste time as they hired ex-Arkansas coach Houston Nutt today.

ACC

Georgia Tech - Only one year after winning the ACC Coastal Division, Georgia Tech fired head coach Chan Gailey. Overall, Gailey’s record at Georgia Tech was 44-32, but he never beat their rival Georgia. A few names being thrown around right now are Rick Neuheisel, Randy Edsall, Paul Johnson, Jumbo Fisher, and Terry Bowden.

Duke- Ted Roof was fired yesterday as the Blue Devils coach. Roof has won just one game in two seasons and 6 overall in his years at Duke. This could be a job for Chan Gailey to get back into but other than that, I expect them to look at an offensive or defensive coordinator from a big name school.

Big Ten

Michigan- Immediately after the loss to Ohio State, Lloyd Carr did what everyone expected him to do a week earlier, he retired. Carr was 121-40 in his 13 seasons and that included a split national championship. It is rumored that Kirk Ferentz has been offered the job, but Iowa is denying that they were ask permission to speak with Ferentz. Other names being thrown around are the obvious Les Miles and Brian Kelly.

Pac 10

Washington State - The Cougars fired Bill Doba after he had amassed a career record of 30-29. In his first season WSU did well going 10-3, but it was all downhill after that. Not much is being said about who is the front runner, but Ed Orgeron, John L. Smith, and Chris Petersen are names being thrown around.

Non-BCS Schools

Northern Illinois - After seven straight winning seasons, Joe Novak resigned from the Huskies’ job. In his career he went 63-75, but built this program into respectability. Scott Shafer, Mike Hagan, and Mike Locksley are names being mentioned for the job.

Southern Mississippi - Jeff Bower was fired from the Southern Miss job even though he led the team to their 14th consecutive winning season. He was 119-82-1 in his career with the Golden Eagles. Names being thrown around are Larry Fedora, Will Muschamp, and former Texas QB Major Applewhite.

SMU - Phil Bennett was fired way back on October 28 after going 18-48 in his years as a Mustang. This is another job where Terry Bowden could possibly get back into the coaching ranks. A good recruiter could really build this program with all of the talent that is in Texas.

Colorado State - Sonny Lubick announced he would not return next year. No word on possible candidates.