College Football 2017: 3 complete overreactions from Week 7 action

While the weather outside is cooling down, college football is heating up. In Week 7, we saw four top 10 teams fall, including the reigning national champs.

This is the sixth installment of “overreaction Monday” for the 2017 college football season. Last week, I pointed out that NC State is for real and I was proven right because coming into Week 7 they are on top of the ACC Atlantic. Also in last week’s installment, I pointed out Jim Harbaugh’s bad record in big time games. Will it rear it’s ugly head this week against the Penn State Nittany Lions?

But before we begin Week 8, let’s first take a look back at my “overreactions” from Week 7.

3. Guz Malzahn’s job security may be in question

In the SEC West, there are few coaches on the hot seat. After his performance last week and the last three years, coach Guz Malzahn’s seat has now gotten a tad hot.

Since his 2013 National Championship appearance, Malzahn has been very average. There is also a trend to all of seasons from 2014-2016 and it might be in effect this year.

In 2014, he started 5-1 and was ranked No. 2 in the nation in the AP Week 7 rankings. He finished the season on a 3-4 skid. In the final AP ranking, the Auburn Tigers were No. 19.

In 2015, the Tigers started 4-2 and were not ranked. The Tigers final record was 7-6. They finished the season unranked.

Last season, they started 4-2 again. In the AP Poll Week 7 rankings, Auburn was 23rd in the nation. The Tigers ended the season with a 8-5 record, but lost three of the last four games. The one win was against Alabama A&M. They ended the season ranked No. 24.

This season is following the same format. Start out 5-1 and then lose game seven.

For most of his tenure at Auburn, Malzahn has gotten the hopes up of the fans and then let them down right around Week 7. To put this in perceptive, from 2014-2016, Kevin Sumlin has more wins and more SEC wins than Malzahn.

So if you think a coach like Sumlin should be on the hot seat, Malzahn’s seat is heating up as well.

Speaking of Texas A&M…