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Urban Meyer edges Jim Harbaugh on college football coaches' salary list

For a second straight year, Jim Harbaugh checks in as the third highest-paid college football coach in the country.

But No. 2 is also in the Big Ten, and at a rival school.

Ohio State's Urban Meyer, expected to make $7.6 million in 2018, edged Harbaugh in USA Today's annual database of head coaches' compensation, published Wednesday.

Harbaugh, now in his fourth season at Michigan, has a compensation package that is expected to top out at just more than $7.5 million.

Alabama's Nick Saban checked in at No. 1 and is expected to make $8.