When Ohio State's Ryan Day lifted the CFP National Championship trophy Jan. 20 in Atlanta, he joined the exclusive club of college football coaches who have claimed the sport's ultimate prize.
The retirement of Nick Saban, the NFL departure of Jim Harbaugh and the firings of Jimbo Fisher and Mack Brown briefly reduced the number of active coaches with national titles to just two: Georgia's Kirby Smart and Clemson's Dabo Swinney. Day became the third after leading Ohio State on a masterful run through the first 12-team College Football Playoff. His name can be scratched off of the list of most successful college coaches without a title.