| 1. | Tom O'Brien |
.8000 |
Boston College, North Carolina State |
| 2. | Pat Dye |
.7500 |
East Carolina, Wyoming, Auburn |
| 3. | Barry Alvarez |
.7273 |
Wisconsin |
| 4. | Bob Devaney |
.7000 |
Wyoming, Nebraska |
| | Dan Devine |
.7000 |
Arizona State, Missouri, Notre Dame |
| | Tommy Tuberville |
.7000 |
Mississippi, Auburn, Texas Tech |
| 7. | Bobby Dodd |
.6923 |
Georgia Tech |
| 8. | Bobby Bowden |
.6818 |
West Virginia, Florida State |
| 9. | Don James |
.6667 |
Kent State, Washington |
| 10. | Joe Paterno |
.6622 |
Penn State |
| 11. | Terry Donahue |
.6539 |
UCLA |
| 12. | Gary Patterson |
.6364 |
Texas Christian |
| | Mark Richt |
.6364 |
Georgia |
| 14. | Mack Brown |
.6316 |
Tulane, North Carolina, Texas |
| 15. | Barry Switzer |
.6154 |
Oklahoma |
| 16. | Kirk Ferentz |
.6000 |
Iowa |
| | Les Miles |
.6000 |
Oklahoma State, Louisiana State |
| | Jim Tressel |
.6000 |
Ohio State |
| 19. | Lou Holtz |
.5909 |
William & Mary, North Carolina State, Arkansas, Minnesota, Notre Dame, South Carolina |
| | Bill Yeoman |
.5909 |
Houston |
| 21. | Jackie Sherrill |
.5714 |
Washington State, Pittsburgh, Texas A&M, Mississippi State |
| 22. | Johnny Majors |
.5625 |
Iowa State, Pittsburgh, Tennessee |
| 23. | John Vaught |
.5556 |
Mississippi |
| 24. | Bear Bryant |
.5517 |
North Carolina Pre-Flight, Maryland, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Alabama |
| 25. | Jeff Bower |
.5454 |
Southern Mississippi |
| | Earle Bruce |
.5454 |
Iowa State, Ohio State, Colorado State |
| 27. | Charles McClendon |
.5385 |
Louisiana State |
| | Nick Saban |
.5385 |
Toledo, Michigan State, Louisiana State, Alabama |
| | Bob Stoops |
.5385 |
Oklahoma |
| 30. | Phillip Fulmer |
.5333 |
Tennessee |
| 31. | Darrell Royal |
.5312 |
Mississippi State, Washington, Texas |
| 32. | Mike Bellotti |
.5000 |
Oregon |
| | Fisher DeBerry |
.5000 |
Air Force |
| 34. | Tom Osborne |
.4800 |
Nebraska |
| 35. | Lloyd Carr |
.4615 |
Michigan |
| | Bill Snyder |
.4615 |
Kansas State |
| 37. | Woody Hayes |
.4546 |
Ohio State |
| 38. | Vince Dooley |
.4500 |
Georgia |
| 39. | Steve Spurrier |
.4444 |
Duke, Florida, South Carolina |
| 40. | Hayden Fry |
.4412 |
Southern Methodist, North Texas, Iowa |
| 41. | Frank Beamer |
.4210 |
Virginia Tech |
| 42. | Dennis Erickson |
.4167 |
Wyoming, Washington State, Miami (FL), Oregon State, Idaho, Arizona State |
| | Ralph Jordan |
.4167 |
Auburn |
| 44. | Frank Broyles |
.4000 |
Missouri, Arkansas |
| | Ken Hatfield |
.4000 |
Air Force, Arkansas, Clemson, Rice |
| | Bill Mallory |
.4000 |
Miami (OH), Colorado, Northern Illinois, Indiana |
| 47. | Pat Hill |
.3636 |
Fresno State |
| | Joe Tiller |
.3636 |
Wyoming, Purdue |
| 49. | John Cooper |
.3571 |
Tulsa, Arizona State, Ohio State |
| 50. | Larry Smith |
.3500 |
Tulane, Arizona, Southern California, Missouri |
| 51. | LaVell Edwards |
.3409 |
Brigham Young |
| 52. | George Welsh |
.3333 |
Navy, Virginia |
| 53. | Don Nehlen |
.3077 |
Bowling Green State, West Virginia |
| 54. | Bill Dooley |
.3000 |
North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest |
| 55. | Bo Schembechler |
.2941 |
Miami (OH), Michigan |
| 56. | Jerry Claiborne |
.2727 |
Virginia Tech, Maryland, Kentucky |
| | R.C. Slocum |
.2727 |
Texas A&M |
| 58. | Fred Akers |
.2000 |
Wyoming, Texas, Purdue |