Dan Mullen did something that only Urban Meyer has done in the post-Spurrier era. He guided consecutive teams to top ten finishes in the polls. His 2018 team finished sixth in the Coaches’ Poll and seventh in the AP Poll, and his 2019 team reversed those to land seventh in the Coaches and sixth in the AP.
Each of Meyer’s first five teams finished ranked, but only in 2008-09 did he land in the top ten in back-to-back seasons. They were top three in fact, with the ’08 team winning the championship at No. 1 and his ’09 outfit landing third in both polls.