Ranking college football's 25 best Power 5 coaches

[AlaskaGuy]

Ranking college football's 25 best Power 5 coaches

 

[AlaskaGuy]

5. Chris Petersen, Washington

 

[Across The Field]

Flat out ignorant not to include the only P5 coach with a perfect winning percentage on the list.

 

[NU_FTW]

fake news our HC is too far down the list. He is going to be in his 2nd year this fall and totally deserves to be #1

 

[7Samurai13]

Flat out ignorant not to include the only P5 coach with a perfect winning percentage on the list.

If you only win 3 games in a season with a team as stacked as Ohio State was, you shouldn’t be on the list.

 

[Blackshirts BLVD]

Kirk Ferentz - Been at Iowa for 20 years now. Has a record of 152-101. Has given Iowa arguably the best football years of their existence (with only Fry bein argued along side of him). He has produced draft picks. Given Iowa their first and only 12-0 regular season. Has two Big Ten titles. Named 2002 AP College football Coach of the Year. Named the 2002 Walter Camp Coach of the Year. 4 time Big Ten Coach of the Year. 2015 Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year. Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year. Woody Hayes Coach of the Year.

A long relatively successful tenure at Iowa. Making them into a progrma that people should at least take a glimpse at.

Congrats Iowa fans.








































Kirk Ferentz - #23

Scott Frost - #22

 

[Blackshirts BLVD]

"There's tomatoes being thrown at me for putting Frost ahead of longtime proven winners Cutcliffe and Ferentz, but how many programs — right now — would hire either of those two over an opportunity with Frost? Putting him at No. 22 is more of a projection than anything else since Frost is 23-15 overall in four years as a head coach, but twice he has inherited bottom feeders. If Year 2 at UCF (unbeaten in 2017) is any indication, this fall will be a special turnaround at Nebraska."

 

[Red_Alert]

"There's tomatoes being thrown at me for putting Frost ahead of longtime proven winners Cutcliffe and Ferentz, but how many programs — right now — would hire either of those two over an opportunity with Frost? Putting him at No. 22 is more of a projection than anything else since Frost is 23-15 overall in four years as a head coach, but twice he has inherited bottom feeders. If Year 2 at UCF (unbeaten in 2017) is any indication, this fall will be a special turnaround at Nebraska."

2016: UCF (6-7)
2017: UCF (13-0)
2018: Nebraska (4-8)

Looks like 3 years to me...Not until December of 2019 will it be 4 years.

 

[B_dub]

5. Chris Petersen, Washington

#3

 

[cwalke3408]

7. Jimbo Fisher
6. Nick Saban
5. Todd Bates
4. Jeff Scott
3. Tony Elliott
2. Brent Venables
1. Dabo Swinney

 

[Voltaire26]

Ranking college football's 25 best Power 5 coaches

D'antonio (14) too low, Harbaugh (17) too high. I still like Harbaugh, but you have to win something.

 

[Voltaire26]

"There's tomatoes being thrown at me for putting Frost ahead of longtime proven winners Cutcliffe and Ferentz, but how many programs — right now — would hire either of those two over an opportunity with Frost? Putting him at No. 22 is more of a projection than anything else since Frost is 23-15 overall in four years as a head coach, but twice he has inherited bottom feeders. If Year 2 at UCF (unbeaten in 2017) is any indication, this fall will be a special turnaround at Nebraska."

2016: UCF (6-7)
2017: UCF (13-0)
2018: Nebraska (4-8)

Looks like 3 years to me...Not until December of 2019 will it be 4 years.

I like Frost enough to say "I don't like him" I would rank him in the top 10, if not the top 5.

 

[cmc_rebar]

Flat out ignorant not to include the only P5 coach with a perfect winning percentage on the list.

He couldn't even finish the season as HC

 

[LSU02]

25. Ed Orgeron, LSU
24. David Cutcliffe, Duke
23. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa
22. Scott Frost, Nebraska
21. Paul Chryst, Wisconsin
20. Kyle Whittingham, Utah
19. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
18. Chip Kelly, UCLA
17. Jim Harbaugh, Michigan
16. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame
15. David Shaw, Stanford
14. Mark Dantonio, Michigan State
13. Tom Herman, Texas
12. Dan Mullen, Florida
11. James Franklin, Penn State
10. Kirby Smart, Georgia
9. Matt Campbell, Iowa State
8. Gary Patterson, TCU
7. Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern
6. Mike Leach, Washington State
5. Chris Petersen, Washington
4. Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M
3. Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma
2. Dabo Swinney, Clemson
1. Nick Saban, Alabama

 

[Blackshirts BLVD]

I think Riley and Fisher are too high. Whittingham is too low.

 

[AlaskaGuy]

I think Riley and Fisher are too high. Whittingham is too low.

This ^^

 

[Across The Field]

He couldn't even finish the season as HC

Must've had a medical issue, probably why they brought back Meyer

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Ranking college football's 25 best Power 5 coaches

Dantonio has a .500 record in the B10 in the last 3 seasons. Harbaugh has the 7th best record in the previous 4 years of any active coach in that span. Dantonio is ranked 14th, Harbaugh is 17th. Dumb lists are dumb. Yeah, Harbaugh hasn't beaten OSU or been to a conference title game....I know. But even worse is ranking James Franklin #11 ahead of both. A guy who is 3-12 against Mich/OSU/MSU. Was 1-4 vs. Urban, 1-4 against Dantonio and 1-3 vs. Harbaugh. Come on....

All you need to know about this list; ask fans of Stanford, PSU, MSU, Mich, UGA...if they'd trade their coach for Mike Leach

 

[Longyac]

I think Riley and Fisher are too high. Whittingham is too low.

I think the Ags are going to find the Jimbo they hired is far more Mack Brown 2010 than the FSU with Winston Jimbo.

 

[Wamu]

@UCFhonors

Whoever the coach of your Knights is he isn't mentioned. What's up w/ that? This list is totally invalid.