Oracle 11.1.0 Autobackup going to wrong location
Figured out the problem. Simply changing the Autobackup Format back to the default '%F' is not viewed as the default. In order to truly have the default value you must use the clear command.

CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK CLEAR;


RMAN behaivor returned to normal. Thanks to all who viewed my question!