re: Top 15 jobs in CFB

Oregon is out of place on that list, imo.

I believe you can add Fla St to that list.
Texas A&M has never lived up to potential.
Auburn is a hot mess at the present time.
That won't change just because Freeze is there.

This is a boring thread, where it would get interesting is rank the fifteen through thirty jobs

You have a decent list, just in the wrong order.

LSU is barely top 10
ND is no worse than 6th

I would honestly put Georgia and LSU as 1A and 1B with Bama and OSU as #3&4 respectfully.

LSU and UGA have 2 of the hottest recruiting bases in all of college football. They also have basically zero in state competition at this level of football (GT doesn't count) for recruits. Their entire state is also ran on colleges football so these kids grow up fans of the good guys. Recruit home and cap it off internationally and you end up with a top 5 class every year basically guaranteed. It's two very unique schools that both of which in 2022 have 110% football buy in from their athletic directors, school presidents and state governments. Pre Saban, LSU football was continually being held back by its own administration and state government. You have a good coach at either program and you pump out near yearly playoff teams.

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What’s the defining qualifications for “top jobs in CFB”? Usually, the level of pay defines “top jobs” and you’ve got Stoops with a massive contract at UK. Who wants to go to Bama and follow Saban for same or a little more money only to be certainly fired in 3 years when you lose 2 games in consecutive seasons and don’t win a Natty?

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Yea this is the biggest problem. Though many things can mean "top job", for most it means reaching the pinnacle of your profession. In that sense, the metric is winning a title. There are about 15-20 teams with real chances of winning a title during a given coach's tenure. Those are the top jobs.

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Yep, you're going to have to look at pressure, opportunity, money, and then things like location and maybe prestige/history.

LSU and Ohio State- LSU has won titles with Saban, Miles and Orgeron. Pretty clear that Kelly looked at that list, and said "I can match up with Saban, and easily beat the other two, so I should be able to win there". Ohio State has gone on a roll with Tressel, Urban, and now Day, so same situation.
Georgia seems to be moving into that group. Florida has apparently fallen out of it.

Alabama- you think it's a great job, but you BETTER have your shite together. Bama fans think Dabo will go home, but he's a legend at Clemson. He'd be on the hot seat in Tuscaloosa for missing the playoffs 2 years in a row.

Texas, the potential might be there, but nobody has been able to tap it before the boosters blow up the situation.

Notre Dame, sadly for them, I think the ceiling is getting to the playoffs, but never winning. I think Kelly is proof of that.

Hard to say what Clemson is; did Dabo unlock it, or is he a special case? Does that job decline now that Tennessee is elevating (taking more players from the region), and Fla State and Miami revive?

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If y’all don’t think Texas is one of the top jobs then you have lost your goddamn mind.
it would be but rumor has it your guys boosters get way too involved with coaching

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Yep, Auburn on Steroids. This Georgia fan has no concern about them right now. Maybe in the future, but I ain't skeerd.

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Georgia gets a lot of competition from out of state.

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ohio State recruits Georgia pretty hard.

In the list, LSU, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma should be 2 with the others dropping a tier.

Yeah Auburn has never been a better job than UT.