Rival's Top 30 coaches

[gofightingducks]

I wonder where Bellotti would have placed had he coached another year?

By the way, Kelly will coach his Ducks against 6 of the top 30 coaches

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1. Urban Meyer, Florida. Two BCS titles in three seasons, with another in his sights.

2. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma. No coach can match his four BCS title game appearances.

3. Nick Saban, Alabama. First, he made LSU a national power. Now, Saban has Alabama poised to be the nation's top program.

4. Pete Carroll, USC. No program dominates its conference more. The only thing missing? More BCS titles.

5. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa. He has won big with talent that annually ranks no better than fourth in his league – at best – each season.

6. Mack Brown, Texas. To whom much is given, much is expected. And Brown has delivered.

7. Jim Grobe, Wake Forest. Honestly, if this guy were coaching at, say, Texas, how many national titles would he have?

8. Brian Kelly, Cincinnati. He was at his best last fall, tiptoeing around myriad quarterback injuries to lead the Bearcats to the Big East title.

9. Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech. He took a simple idea of building a program around defense and special teams – and "Beamerball" – and created a perennial power.

10. Mark Richt, Georgia. His résumé only lacks a national title. And you know one is coming.

11. Rich Rodriguez, Michigan. Not only has he won big, RichRod has helped change the sport with his offense.

12. Mike Riley, Oregon State. He is proof that nice guys don't finish last … and that you can go home again.

13. Jim Tressel, Ohio State. Is he the best coach in Buckeyes history?

14. Tom O'Brien, N.C. State. He's a throwback coach who wins with toughness, discipline and lots of smarts.

15. Joe Paterno, Penn State. Perhaps his best trait at this stage of his career is knowing how to delegate.

16. Kyle Whittingham, Utah. He has taken what Urban Meyer built and made it better.

17. Houston Nutt, Ole Miss. He's an underrated offensive mind who has a knack for getting players to reach their potential.

18. Gary Patterson, TCU. He's a defensive mastermind whose program is every bit as good as most in the Big 12.

19. Mark Mangino, Kansas. He has done the impossible, making Jayhawks football a nationally respected program.

20. Randy Edsall, Connecticut. There isn't a more underrated coach in the nation than Edsall, a smart taskmaster who finds ways to win.

21. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina. He has lost some luster, but Spurrier still is an offensive genius.

22. Mike Leach, Texas Tech. Perhaps no coach means more to his school than Leach, whose offenses have revolutionized the sport.

23. Greg Schiano, Rutgers. He inherited one of the worst programs in America and made it into a likeness of himself – strong, tough and good.

24. Jeff Tedford, California. The offensive wiz has done everything but lead the Golden Bears to the Pac-10 championship.

25. Dennis Erickson, Arizona State. Erickson, who has won two national titles, yearns to finish his career with a bang.

26. Gary Pinkel, Missouri. It was just a matter of time before he imposed his iron will on this program, as he did at Toledo.

27. Jim Leavitt, USF. He has built something out of nothing, making USF a Big East power.

28. Les Miles, LSU. The "Hat" has done enough to prove he belongs among the nation's elite.

29. Chris Petersen, Boise State. The cerebral Petersen understands how to find talent to fit his schemes.

30. Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech. He's about ready to change the way we thought you could win in big-time football.

[snapt]

As much as I can't stand Les Miles shouldn't he be a bit higher up?

[duckgrad99]

Is this based on history or recent results? Someone like Dennis Erickson shouldn't be ahead of Chris Peterson if it's the latter.

[woundedknees]

Be interesting to see the same list a few years from now, wouldn't it?

Chip has the chance to beat what, 5-6 of these guys, not including the possibility of any BCS matchup, if the cards fall right, in his first season?

[wheaton4prez]

Hit-count fodder.

[karlhungis]

This list is absurd.

[UOducksTK1]

Ferentz in the top 5?

Please... He had a few good years, outside of that, he resume is garbage.

And their best year where they went 11-2, both losses were out of conference. Winning in the Big 10 doesn't impress me at all. How he is in the top 5 blows me away.

I guess 43-37 in conference @ Iowa impressed everyone.

[jimmyg]

Brian Kelly? I think he needs to prove more than 1-2 years of success to be in the top 10 ahead of guys like Richt, Tressel, Beamer and about 25 other guys....