3 coaches on the hot seat

With one month nearly done in the 2014 college football season, under-performing teams with previously high hopes are already warming the hot seat for their coaches. 

Critics and fans alike have called for the heads of several bosses in the NCAA. Here's three that have a shorter leash than any others:

Brady Hoke - Michigan

"Hoke is a joke!" is the phrase being used around Ann Arbor these days after Hoke's Wolverines fell 26-10 to a lesser opponent in Utah Saturday. They were embarrassed by No. 8 Notre Dame in Week 2, 31-0, and didn't look like a great team in expected wins against Appalachian State and Miami (OH). 

The Detroit Free Press argued that Hoke "is stuck in an intense, raging, out-of-control electronic-forest fire."

Led by an ineffective fifth-year senior quarterback in Devin Gardner, the winningest program in college football doesn't look good. Michigan didn't score a single point against Notre Dame and failed to score an offensive touchdown against the Utes. 

Fans aren't happy and neither are coaches: on Saturday, defensive coordinator Greg Mattison erupted into a sideline argument with Hoke.

Bleacher Report wrote that 2014 is "nearly a wash" just four games in, and that it's time to turn the page in Ann Arbor. Brady Hoke is at "the end of his rope," and evidently he knows it too. 

Will Muschamp - Florida

Muschamp has had personal dibs on college football's spacious hot seat since before the season started. 

Last season, during his third year as bench boss for Florida, his Gators struggled through a lousy 4-8 season, capped off with a 37-7 beat down at the hands of Florida State. 

On Friday, Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley said that the coach won't be evaluated until after the season, but that doesn't mean he's not on the hot seat. 

Bleacher Report argued that both Hoke and Muschamp are "dead men walking," with the latter coach's fate being "especially sealed."

Moreover, last year's offensive coordinator Brent Pease was a scapegoat, but Kurt Roper's offense hasn't looked much different. 

He continues to "coddle" the hot-and-cold Jeff Driskel in a season that's already a far cry away from SEC title contention.

As USA Today proclaimed, "this is going to be an ugly, ugly few months around Gainesville."

After a 42-21 drubbing at the hands of Alabama this past Saturday, all eyes will fall on Angry Will this week when the Gators head to Tennessee. 

Charlie Strong - Texas

Strong's tenure at Texas has been interesting since he signed his contract nine months ago, having dismissed nine different players for various infractions of team rules.

The first-year head coach proved to be a winning boss during his time at Louisville, but the Longhorns' season has already gotten off to an unacceptable start in Austin. He inherited recruiting shortcomings from former Texas coach Mack Brown, and his starting quarterback retired due to concussions. 

Strong himself called the 41-7 Week 2 loss to BYU "an embarrassment to the program," and followed that up with a 20-17 defeat at the hands of then-No. 12 UCLA. 

Many still expect Strong to right the ship by midseason, but things have gone awry at Texas just a month in. 

He seems to be making headlines for many different things this season: possible meetings with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, skyrocketing drug testing and more. 

But one thing he's not making headlines about is the reason he's supposed to be in Austin: winning.