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There is always upheaval in the impatient, high-dollar world of college football coaching, but this season has seen even more turnover than usual.

So far, 12 Power Five coaches were canned, and all 12 positions have been filled.

From the quick-decision move by Nebraska to nab favorite son Scott Frost to the baffling decision by Arizona State to select NFL coaching vet Herm Edwards to the twists and turns of Tennessee's coaching search, it's been a weird few weeks.

As several blue-blood programs like Florida State, Florida, the Vols and the Cornhuskers try to resurrect previous success and some new-money, big-name teams like Oregon and Texas A&M try to get things going again, we're left looking at the short- and long-term ramifications of their decisions.

So, let's hand out some grades for the hires. Remember: While it's always fun to speculate on these situations, we won't know the actual outcome for a while now.

These grades are taking into consideration program fit above all else, along with track record, experience, recruiting ability, the staff they can bring with them and the value at which they came. While fan reaction isn't essential in the grading system, it certainly helps to have your followers behind the hires, too.

Nobody understood Clemson handpicking Dabo Swinney back in the day, but the Tigers are always near the top of the college football rankings. As lauded as Jim Mora Jr. was at UCLA, he just got fired.

Still, what fun is it to bypass speculation? College football is much more fun with projections, isn't it?