Last week, Tom Fornelli listed his picks for the five coaches not named Nick Saban, Urban Meyer, Jimbo Fisher and Dabo Swinney who will win a college football national championship. The full story is worth a read Coaches most likely to win a first national championship.
Fornelli chose the five most likely (from No. 5 to No. 1) as Jim McElwain; Tom Herman; Clay Helton; Chris Petersen and Jim Harbaugh. His honorable mentions were James Franklin; Ed Orgeron; Mark Richt; David Shaw and Kirby Smart.
It is a good list in most ways, driven as much by the schools they coach as by coaching acumen.