Who Is College Football's Best Coach Against Ranked Teams?

Get handed the keys to a Ferrari when you first get your drivers license, you should win the vast majority of your drag races.

Lincoln Riley having only 26 games against ranked opponents shows you just how weak the Big 12 was for years.

and Saban has been head coach at 4 different school, and had to rebuild each one. Day stepped into a far, far easier situation at Ohio State.

Lol Lane Kiffin would have a similar record with Ryan Gay's schedule.

Yep, Day plays in a real soft league.

Honestly those are small numbers compared to sample size from Saban. That list is kind of silly after seeing how many he has won vs the others on the list. It's Saban for the win. Gotta give him credit.

That Saban record over almost 150 games is crazy

That stat means nothing. Of course the top ranked teams are going to have a good record against ranked teams below them.

Do a ranking of coaches who have beat teams that were ranked higher than them. That would give you a better indication who the top coaches are.

Do a

half of those 16 wins is against Iowa or Mich St. were they ranked #25 after beating Illinois, Nebraska and Rutgers

With some teams arguably over-rated before and into the season, the useful stat would be record against teams that ENDED the season ranked. Beating a team that the poll voters like, but that turns out to be mediocre, isn't the same.

They should have at least a 40-50 game minimum for this stat. I mean look at Saban's record. It shits on Day's.

That's not too bad considering the brain damage he has from the paint fumes in his beard.

What's with the suckeye worship Larry? The B1G's ranked teams are not like others.