Ranking the ten best college football coaches in the country ahead of the 2026 season

With the changes happening in college football over the last half decade, most notably NIL and the transfer portal, the proliferation of talent in the game has been as balanced as ever. With that, you could make the argument that coaches mean more than they ever have before, since it requires more strategy than just rolling the ball out and letting your 22 five-stars "talent" their way to victory. Despite legends like Nick Saban calling it quits a few years ago, college football is in great hand