Hugh Freeze among top coaches on the hot seat as calendar flips to OctoberTalks of Hugh Freeze's hot seat cooled off after Auburn football started the 2025 season with a 3-0 record. However, after two straight losses to SEC foes, chatter has emerged again as the calendar flips to October. identified the head coaches who are on heightened alert, with Freeze making the cut. Freeze is one of five coaches on hot seat watch according to Nettuno, joining Florida's Billy Napier and Wisconsin's Luke Fickell. Freeze's seat isn't quite as hot as Napier's, especially given that he's only in Year 3.