| 1 | Kirby Smart* | .818 | 9 | 2 | 0 | Georgia | |
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| 2 | Jimbo Fisher* | .800 | 8 | 2 | 0 | Florida State, Texas A&M | |
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| Urban Meyer | .800 | 12 | 3 | 0 | Bowling Green State, Florida, Ohio State, Utah | |
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| Tom O'Brien | .800 | 8 | 2 | 0 | Boston College, North Carolina State | |
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| 5 | Pat Dye | .750 | 7 | 2 | 1 | Auburn, East Carolina, Wyoming | |
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| Jeff Tedford* | .750 | 9 | 3 | 0 | California, Fresno State | |
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| 7 | Bob Devaney | .700 | 7 | 3 | 0 | Nebraska, Wyoming | |
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| Dan Devine | .700 | 7 | 3 | 0 | Arizona State, Missouri, Notre Dame | record adjusted to 173-56-9 by NCAA |
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| June Jones | .700 | 7 | 3 | 0 | Hawaii, SMU | |
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| Dan Mullen | .700 | 7 | 3 | 0 | Florida, Mississippi State | |
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| Mike Riley | .700 | 7 | 3 | 0 | Nebraska, Oregon State | |
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| 12 | Barry Alvarez | .692 | 9 | 4 | 0 | Wisconsin | record adjusted to 119-74-4 by NCAA |
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| Bobby Dodd | .692 | 9 | 4 | 0 | Georgia Tech | |
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| 14 | Bobby Bowden | .682 | 22 | 10 | 1 | Florida State, West Virginia | record adjusted to 346-123-4 by NCAA |
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| 15 | Mike Gundy* | .667 | 12 | 6 | 0 | Oklahoma State | |
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| Skip Holtz | .667 | 8 | 4 | 0 | East Carolina, Louisiana Tech, South Florida | |
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| Don James | .667 | 10 | 5 | 0 | Kent State, Washington | record adjusted to 178-76-3 by NCAA |
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| 18 | Joe Paterno | .662 | 24 | 12 | 1 | Penn State | |
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| 19 | Terry Donahue | .654 | 8 | 4 | 1 | UCLA | record adjusted to 144-81-8 by NCAA |
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| 20 | Gary Patterson | .647 | 11 | 6 | 0 | TCU | |
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| Kyle Whittingham* | .647 | 11 | 6 | 0 | Utah | |
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| 22 | David Cutcliffe | .636 | 7 | 4 | 0 | Duke, Ole Miss | |
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| Gary Pinkel | .636 | 7 | 4 | 0 | Missouri, Toledo | |
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| 24 | Troy Calhoun* | .615 | 8 | 5 | 0 | Air Force | |
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| Barry Switzer | .615 | 8 | 5 | 0 | Oklahoma | |
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| 26 | Nick Saban* | .613 | 19 | 12 | 0 | Alabama, LSU, Michigan State, Toledo | record adjusted to 292-71-1 by NCAA |
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| 27 | Butch Davis | .600 | 6 | 4 | 0 | Florida International, Miami (FL), North Carolina | record adjusted to 87-75-0 by NCAA |
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| Todd Graham | .600 | 6 | 4 | 0 | Arizona State, Hawaii, Pitt, Rice, Tulsa | |
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| Brian Kelly* | .600 | 9 | 6 | 0 | Central Michigan, Cincinnati, LSU, Notre Dame | record adjusted to 165-69-0 by NCAA |
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| Les Miles | .600 | 9 | 6 | 0 | Kansas, LSU, Oklahoma State | |
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| Dabo Swinney* | .600 | 12 | 8 | 0 | Clemson | |
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| Jim Tressel | .600 | 6 | 4 | 0 | Ohio State | record adjusted to 94-21-0 by NCAA |
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| 33 | Lou Holtz | .591 | 12 | 8 | 2 | Arkansas, Minnesota, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, South Carolina, William & Mary | |
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| Bill Yeoman | .591 | 6 | 4 | 1 | Houston | |
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| 35 | Mark Richt | .588 | 10 | 7 | 0 | Georgia, Miami (FL) | |
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| 36 | Earle Bruce | .583 | 7 | 5 | 0 | Colorado State, Iowa State, Ohio State, Tampa | |
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| 37 | Jackie Sherrill | .571 | 8 | 6 | 0 | Mississippi State, Pitt, Texas A&M, Washington State | record adjusted to 180-120-4 by NCAA |
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| 38 | Johnny Majors | .563 | 9 | 7 | 0 | Iowa State, Pitt, Tennessee | |
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| 39 | John Vaught | .556 | 10 | 8 | 0 | Ole Miss | |
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| 40 | Bear Bryant | .552 | 15 | 12 | 2 | Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, Texas A&M | |
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| 41 | Jeff Bower | .545 | 6 | 5 | 0 | Southern Mississippi | record adjusted to 119-83-1 by NCAA |
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| Ken Niumatalolo | .545 | 6 | 5 | 0 | Navy | |
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| 43 | Mack Brown* | .538 | 14 | 12 | 0 | North Carolina, Texas, Tulane | |
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| Mark Dantonio | .538 | 7 | 6 | 0 | Cincinnati, Michigan State | |
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| Charles McClendon | .538 | 7 | 6 | 0 | LSU | record adjusted to 137-59-7 by NCAA |
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| Chris Petersen | .538 | 7 | 6 | 0 | Boise State, Washington | |
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| Tommy Tuberville | .538 | 7 | 6 | 0 | Auburn, Cincinnati, Ole Miss, Texas Tech | |
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| 48 | Phillip Fulmer | .533 | 8 | 7 | 0 | Tennessee | record adjusted to 152-52-0 by NCAA |
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| 49 | Darrell Royal | .531 | 8 | 7 | 1 | Mississippi State, Texas, Washington | |
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| 50 | Bob Stoops | .526 | 10 | 9 | 0 | Oklahoma | |
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| 51 | Steve Spurrier | .524 | 11 | 10 | 0 | Duke, Florida, South Carolina | |
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| 52 | Mike Bellotti | .500 | 6 | 6 | 0 | Oregon | |
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| Dave Clawson* | .500 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Bowling Green State, Wake Forest | |
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| Fisher DeBerry | .500 | 6 | 6 | 0 | Air Force | |
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| Kirk Ferentz* | .500 | 10 | 10 | 0 | Iowa | |
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| Pat Fitzgerald | .500 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Northwestern | |
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| James Franklin* | .500 | 6 | 6 | 0 | Penn State, Vanderbilt | |
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| Bronco Mendenhall | .500 | 7 | 7 | 0 | Brigham Young, Virginia | |
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| Rich Rodriguez* | .500 | 6 | 6 | 0 | Arizona, Jacksonville State, Michigan, West Virginia | |
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| 60 | Tom Osborne | .480 | 12 | 13 | 0 | Nebraska | |
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| 61 | Frank Beamer | .478 | 11 | 12 | 0 | Virginia Tech | |
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| 62 | Bill Snyder | .474 | 9 | 10 | 0 | Kansas State | |
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| 63 | Mike Leach | .471 | 8 | 9 | 0 | Mississippi State, Texas Tech, Washington State | |
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| 64 | Lloyd Carr | .462 | 6 | 7 | 0 | Michigan | |
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| 65 | Woody Hayes | .455 | 5 | 6 | 0 | Ohio State | |
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| George O'Leary | .455 | 5 | 6 | 0 | UCF, Georgia Tech | |
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| Bobby Petrino | .455 | 5 | 6 | 0 | Arkansas, Louisville, Western Kentucky | |
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| 68 | Vince Dooley | .450 | 8 | 10 | 2 | Georgia | |
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| 69 | Hayden Fry | .441 | 7 | 9 | 1 | Iowa, North Texas, SMU | record adjusted to 233-177-10 by NCAA |
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| 70 | Frank Solich | .438 | 7 | 9 | 0 | Nebraska, Ohio | |
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| 71 | Dennis Erickson | .417 | 5 | 7 | 0 | Arizona State, Idaho, Miami (FL), Oregon State, Washington State, Wyoming | |
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| Ralph Jordan | .417 | 5 | 7 | 0 | Auburn | record adjusted to 176-83-6 by NCAA |
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| 73 | Bret Bielema* | .400 | 4 | 6 | 0 | Arkansas, Illinois, Wisconsin | |
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| Frank Broyles | .400 | 4 | 6 | 0 | Arkansas, Missouri | |
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| Ken Hatfield | .400 | 4 | 6 | 0 | Air Force, Arkansas, Clemson, Rice | |
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| Dana Holgorsen* | .400 | 4 | 6 | 0 | Houston, West Virginia | |
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| Bill Mallory | .400 | 4 | 6 | 0 | Colorado, Indiana, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois | record adjusted to 168-129-4 by NCAA |
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| Rick Stockstill* | .400 | 4 | 6 | 0 | Middle Tennessee State | |
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| 79 | Paul Johnson | .385 | 5 | 8 | 0 | Georgia Tech, Navy | record adjusted to 127-89-0 by NCAA |
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| 80 | Jim Harbaugh* | .364 | 4 | 7 | 0 | Michigan, Stanford | |
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| Pat Hill | .364 | 4 | 7 | 0 | Fresno State | |
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| Joe Tiller | .364 | 4 | 7 | 0 | Purdue, Wyoming | |
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| 83 | John Cooper | .357 | 5 | 9 | 0 | Arizona State, Ohio State, Tulsa | |
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| Rocky Long | .357 | 5 | 9 | 0 | New Mexico, San Diego State | |
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| 85 | Larry Smith | .350 | 3 | 6 | 1 | Arizona, Missouri, USC, Tulane | |
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| 86 | LaVell Edwards | .341 | 7 | 14 | 1 | Brigham Young | |
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| 87 | George Welsh | .333 | 5 | 10 | 0 | Navy, Virginia | |
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| 88 | Don Nehlen | .308 | 4 | 9 | 0 | Bowling Green State, West Virginia | |
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| 89 | Bill Dooley | .300 | 3 | 7 | 0 | North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest | record adjusted to 162-126-5 by NCAA |
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| Gus Malzahn* | .300 | 3 | 7 | 0 | Arkansas State, Auburn, UCF | |
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| 91 | Bo Schembechler | .294 | 5 | 12 | 0 | Miami (OH), Michigan | |
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| 92 | Jerry Claiborne | .273 | 3 | 8 | 0 | Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia Tech | |
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| R.C. Slocum | .273 | 3 | 8 | 0 | Texas A&M | |
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| 94 | Fred Akers | .200 | 2 | 8 | 0 | Purdue, Texas, Wyoming | |
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| Chris Ault | .200 | 2 | 8 | 0 | Nevada | |
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