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ESPN Ranks Top Ten CFB Coaches

On3 imageby: Justin Hopkins04/05/24
Dan Lanning
Mark J. Rebilas | USA TODAY Sports

It’s becoming clear there is an upper tier of head coaches in college football. It’s also becoming clear Oregon has one of them.

Dan Lanning is young but has earned the respect of most of the national media. He certainly has earned the respect from Oregon fans.

ESPN published its ranking of the top ten college football coaches on Friday and among them was Dan Lanning at No. 6. Not among them was USC head coach Lincoln Riley.

Keep in mind this ranking is a numbers based ranking from a collection of college football reporters. It’s not one single reporter just making up their own rankings.

With points assigned based on our reporters’ votes (10 points for first place, nine for second place and down to one point for 10th place), here are the complete rankings.

You can read some of the reporters reactions to the rankings and hear some defend why certain coaches were ranked where they are.

  1. Kirby Smart – Georgia
  2. Kalen Deboer – Alabama
  3. Kyle Whittingham – Utah
  4. Dabo Swinney – Clemson
  5. Mike Norvell – FSU
  6. Dan Lanning – Oregon
  7. Steve Sarkisian – Texas
  8. Lane Kiffin – Ole Miss
  9. Lance Leipold – Kansas
  10. Ryan Day – Ohio State

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