College football can be a tough business for many coaches. In the elite tier, the payoffs are substantial in compensation and prestige. Below the elite tier of college football head coaches, the profession can have ups and downs, sometimes resulting in rocky career paths.
At least once every season every FBS head coach is ranked by media sources. To an extent, the rankings are similar to report cards. Except for the coaches who received no rating in the prior year, the rankings of most coaches change and often the changes are considerable.
While there are several sources for coach rankings, in this case only Bill Bender’s from The Sporting News is used.