October 13, 201610 yr Got bored today and created this list. This is just my opinion nobody else. The Top 5 are pretty interchangeable but I have them in the order I do because of recruiting base, fan base, competition, and overall tradition of the school. Feel free to disagree as I'm sure a lot of you will. Top 30 Coaching Jobs in College Football: 1. Ohio State 2. Texas 3. Alabama 4. LSU 5. Michigan 6. Notre Dame 7. USC 8. Oklahoma 9. Florida State 10. Tennessee 11. Nebraska 12. Wisconsin 13. Florida 14. Stanford 15. Miami (FL) 16. Texas A&M 17. Georgia 18. Penn State 19. Auburn 20. Washington 21. Virginia Tech 22. Iowa 23. Ole Miss 24. Oregon 25. Michigan State 26. Arkansas 27. Louisville 28. Boise State 29. North Carolina 30. West Virginia
October 13, 201610 yr Hard to rank any job over Alabama. Money, tradition, fan base, in the SEC, pretty decent weather, close to tons of talent.`What a shame that it took Saban to bring it back. Michigan, Ohio State and Florida would be in my top five. You have such tradition with Michigan and Ohio State, Ohio has tons of talented players. With Florida you have THE school in the most talent rich state in the country. It ranks above FSU because of the SEC, IMO. In the next batch I'd put schools like Texas, Notre Dame, USC, Oklahoma and FSU. Great schools, but with some limitations in certain areas (Boosters at UT, Academics at Notre Dame and USC, OU having to leave state for players, FSU having to compete for players in Florida with the SEC). I'd honestly be tempted to put FSU 5th because I don't think it takes a special coach to be successful there. Notre Dame, Texas, and USC have proven that not just anyone can coach there. In the next tier I'd put schools like LSU, Tennessee, Georgia, Clemson, Auburn and A&M. Lots of SEC love in there, but if you're not at Texas or USC or the like, SEC jobs for the most part are better than all the rest. In the 4th tier I'd put schools like Stanford, Miami, Oregon, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Penn State, Washington, UCLA, Ole Miss. Good to great tradition, but for one reason or another not quite as good as the other tiers. 5th tier I'd put Louisville, TCU, Arkansas, Michigan State, Iowa, S. Carolina, UNC, Virginia Tech, W. Virginia etc. You can win huge there, but you can also be completely irrelevant without a good to great coach. These schools do not have automatic access to great talent or do not always keep their talent at home (see S. Carolina).
October 13, 201610 yr Author Clemson? I don't know how I didn't put Clemson in there. Good catch. I would have Clemson at 12 behind Nebraska and ahead of Wisconsin.
October 13, 201610 yr Author Sell me on Ohio State over Bama. No other program in Ohio, has had more consistent success in my lifetime, Ohio > Alabama recruiting wise, and better fanbase in my opinion. But like I said the top 5 are debatable.
October 13, 201610 yr Author I also had Florida and FSU switched. I really should have double checked this list before I posted.
October 13, 201610 yr Author Updated list correcting my mistakes. 1. Ohio State 2. Texas 3. Alabama 4. LSU 5. Michigan 6. Notre Dame 7. USC 8. Oklahoma 9. Florida 10. Tennessee 11. Nebraska 12. Clemson 13. Wisconsin 14. Florida State 15. Stanford 16. Miami (FL) 17. Texas A&M 18. Georgia 19. Penn State 20. Auburn 21. Washington 22. Virginia Tech 23. Iowa 24. Ole Miss 25. Oregon 26. Michigan State 27. Arkansas 28. Louisville 29. Boise State 30. North Carolina
October 13, 201610 yr Author Why Florida isn't in my top 5: 3 major cfb teams in Florida. Remember I said this is coaching jobs not best programs.
October 13, 201610 yr Why Florida isn't in my top 5: 3 major cfb teams in Florida. Remember I said this is coaching jobs not best programs. Then UK needs to be on the list, the job over pays and expectations are very low. What coach wouldn't want good pay and low expectations?
October 13, 201610 yr Author Then UK needs to be on the list, the job over pays and expectations are very low. What coach wouldn't want good pay and low expectations? Expectations are too high. UK is where coaches go to die, not where coaches go to blossom.
October 13, 201610 yr No other program in Ohio, has had more consistent success in my lifetime, Ohio > Alabama recruiting wise, and better fanbase in my opinion. But like I said the top 5 are debatable. The list is based on "right now," correct? If so, the lack of success in the Shula/Dubose era is irrelevant. Right now they have the most championships in recent times. I'd also take issue with recruiting and your "Ohio v Alabama." Bama recruits the entire south primarily plus the entire country for others. Bama is #1 for me.
October 13, 201610 yr Author The list is based on "right now," correct? If so, the lack of success in the Shula/Dubose era is irrelevant. Right now they have the most championships in recent times. I'd also take issue with recruiting and your "Ohio v Alabama." Bama recruits the entire south primarily plus the entire country for others. Bama is #1 for me. I'm speaking from a purely state by state basis, Ohio is a better overall state for recruiting than Alabama is.
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