Mandel: Ranking the Top 25 college football coaches
There is no 1a and 1b in Stewart Mandel's list of top 25 coaches this year, and there are a few names shooting up the ranks.
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1.Nick Saban - Alabama
2. Dabo Swinney- Clemson
3. Brian Kelly- Notre Dame
4. Lincoln Riley- Oklahoma
5. Ryan Day- Ohio State
6. Kirby Smart- Georgia
7. Jimbo Fisher- Texas A&M
8. Ed Orgeron- LSU
9. Dan Mullen- Florida
10. Matt Campbell- Iowa State
11. Luke Fickell- Cincinnati
12. Pat Fitzgerald- Northwestern
13. Jeff Moken- Army
14. Paul Chryst- Wisconsin
15. Kyle Wittingham- Utah
16. Bill Clark- UAB
17. James Franklin- Penn State
18. PJ. Fleck- Minnesota
19. Mario Cristobal- Oregon
20. Hugh Freeze- Liberty
21. Kirk Ferentez- Iowa
22. Lance Leipold- Buffalo
23. David Shaw- Stanford
24. Lane Kiffin- Ole Miss
25. Tom Allen- Indiana
Just missed the cut: North Carolina’s Mack Brown, Kentucky’s Mark Stoops, Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy, Mississippi State’s Mike Leach and Coastal Carolina’s Jamey Chadwell.
