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College Football Analyst Ranks Top-10 Coaches In College Football

by Staff Reporter

January 30, 202523 Comments

Butch Dill-USA TODAY Sports

LSU head coach Brian Kelly ranks as the No. 8 coach in College Football, according to J.D. Pickell of On3.

Kelly heads into his fourth season at LSU with a 29-11 overall record.

Kelly led the Tigers to the SEC Championship game in his first season in Baton Rouge and coached Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels in year two.

This past season, Kelly and the Tigers went 9-4 overall and missed the 12-team college football playoff.

LSU projects to be a preseason Top-10 team in 2025, with expectations of making the playoffs.

Here's Pickell's Top-10 Coaches List:
1. Kirby Smart - Georgia
2. Ryan Day - Ohio State
3. Steve Sarkisian - Texas
4. Kalen Deboer - Alabama
5. Dan Lanning - Oregon
6. Marcus Freeman - Notre Dame
7. Dabo Swinney - Clemson
8. Brian Kelly - LSU
9. James Franklin - Penn State
10. Josh Heupel - Tennessee

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dandan•13 months

Deboer the only one that looks way off.

Geauxldilocks•13 months

Heavy UDub weighting in the rankings

GaTiger27•13 months

He got the classic Bama bump in rankings

J2thaROC•13 months

Deboer is WAAAAY too high. That’s ridiculous.

cbree88•13 months

Nonsense! The morons on here would have you believe that Brian Kelly is not even in the top 100 college football coaches right now. (Rolls eyes)

Mr Cell Phone•13 months

Freeman not enough years could be a flash in the pan , Deboer playing with the big boys now rated to high .

Vanilla Thunder•13 months

Da Boar gets the “Bama bump”

brewdrees•13 months

Dabo too low and Deboer too high

TopWaterTiger •13 months

Move Deboer down to 9 and move everyone else up 1 spot and it would look about right.

Spankum•13 months

Agreed…

Heaphus•13 months

Really? You'd still have Freeman ahead of Swinney and the winningest active coach in college football? GTFO

PalletJack•13 months

4-6 are all ranked too highly

TigerWoodlands•13 months

BK is the only coach on that list to not make the playoff in the last two years.

Who_Dat_Tiger•13 months

Just goes to show LSUs brand. It’s carrying him right now

HoustonTigerNKaty•13 months

Semjase and ipodking are punching air right now.

Revorising•13 months

Not sure why he is so high. Another mediocre year and he is gone.

Who_Dat_Tiger•13 months

Just goes to show LSUs brand. It’s carrying him right now

Popstiger•13 months

Might be because he has the most wins of any active coach. He won the SECW in yr one after inheriting 39 players. Or he is 1 win shy of 30 wins in his first 3 yrs at LSU.
Any of those reasons puts him in the top 5

WhatItDo•13 months

According to this ND got an upgrade

Jayjoe•13 months

Expected to see Lame Kiffin on this list. That guy gets more hype for never winning any championships. C-USA doesn’t count.

6R12•13 months

This stuff is so objective.

6R12•13 months

LOL let's try Subjective.

tketaco•13 months

Got a Top 10 coach and we still shite on him.

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