Let’s talk about Nick Saban and some other 2023 college football head coaches. Specifically, the current head coaches who have performed best against ranked competition. Several other big-name coaches who have not done so well are also included.
Brad Crawford of 247Sports conducted a similar exercise, listing several ‘best’ and ‘worst’ coaching records against Top 25 opponents. Crawford provided considerable detail and some of it is included in this post. Addressing the same analysis a bit differently, the records of coaches at ‘lesser’ programs are not used in the details that follow.
For example, Matt Rhule’s Temple record is not used.