Tough Hawkins Critique cmt brings up a good point in a specific criticism of one of Hawkins' years that I just expanded a bit -- almost all of Hawkins' losses across his whole Davis career were to FBS teams (specifically Pac teams except for SDSU) or FCS playoff teams. All of his losses in 2018, Spring 2021, and 2022 fall into that category.
2017
FBS record: 0-1
Playoff-team record: 1-3
Other FCS record: 4-2
2018
FBS record: 1-1
Playoff-team record: 2-2
Other FCS record: 7-0
2019
FBS record: 0-1
Playoff-team record: 1-6
Other FCS record: 4-1
2021S
FBS record: 0-0
Playoff-team record: 0-2
Other FCS record: 3-0
2021F
FBS record: 1-0
Playoff-team record: 0-3
Other FCS (and transitioning D2) record: 7-1
2022
FBS record: 0-1
Likely playoff-team record: 0-3
Other FCS record: 5-0
If I did my math right, then Hawkins is a bonkers 30-4 against non-playoff teams. Ironically including FBS doesn't hurt that number that much, he's 32-5 against non-Pac, non-playoff teams and 32-8 against everything but FCS playoff teams.
However, he's essentially never won against playoff-caliber teams not named University of San Diego; the only time the Aggies have beaten a legit playoff contender under Hawkins was our actual playoff game vs Northern Iowa coming off a bye.