Outside of the "elite" programs, which jobs do you think are the best in college football?

are you referring to open positions or just the best jobs?

If Rutgers can start recruiting well in NJ and PA, it can be a decent team, though the conference is tough. Schiano is going to do well there.

Would seem like you’d want to factor in quality of life. With USC and UCLA down, it would seem like Cali mid-majors might be attractive. San Diego State or something like that… I don’t know a lot about the university, but living in San Diego and having access to California’s recruiting riches would seem like a good situation

Outside of these schools:

Bama
OHio St
Michigan
ND
USC
Texas
UGA
OU
LSU
Florida
Auburn
FSU
Oregon
Clemson
Tennessee
Penn st
Miami

I would say:

TCU (fertile recruiting plus commitment from school to football)

Cincy (same as TCU)

North Carolina (great school, sneaky good recruiting from east coast schools, Jordan brand)

NcSt (same as UNC minus Jordan brand)

Memphis

I almost made Memphis the third school on my list, but I considered ability to make the CFP in my criteria and it would be very hard for them.

At TCU or Virginia Tech, if you win your conference there is a good chance you will make it. If you go undefeated, basically guaranteed.

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Rutgers

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You've got to be kidding. If we're going to throw random shite at the wall, I think Vanderbilt can become elite if they lower their GPA requirement.

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At TCU or Virginia Tech, if you win your conference there is a good chance you will make it. If you go undefeated, basically guaranteed.

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I remember when TCU dropped from #3 to #6 in the final playoff rankings after winning 55-3 the week prior. Big 12 really screwed them out of the playoff by not having a conference championship game.

If we're talking sleeping giants, I think Arizona State is the one I'd go with. They shouldn't be as bad as they are and they have everything you'd expect a top program to have

There are great jobs in every conference

I would say Arizona St because of Arizona Jucos and proximity to California would be one. Another one that never really gets thought of, Oklahoma St. Now that Pickens has upgraded everything, they have NEO Kansas Jucos, they have not hard admissions, pipelines into Texas, good to great fan support, and Gundy has rebuilt what Simmons destroyed. San Diego St could be one on the G5 level that could get interesting, decent history, has the city to themselves, problem is the administration sticks their noses into things that they should not.

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You've got to be kidding. If we're going to throw random shite at the wall, I think Vanderbilt can become elite if they lower their GPA requirement.

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The question wasn’t about an elite program.

In any event, New Jersey is a top 10 talent producing state that Rutgers has all to itself. Penn State is the closest powerhouse. It’s about on par with Michigan and ahead of Mississippi.

If Rutgers can lock down New Jersey the way LSU locks down Louisiana, it can be a perennial top 25 school (or just outside). Schiano showed what Rutgers could be during their 2006-2011 seasons.