1. Kirby Smart
2. Ryan Day
3. Dabo Swinney
4. Steve Sarkisian
5. Kalen DeBoer
6. Marcus Freeman
7. Dan Lanning
8. James Franklin
9. Matt Campbell
10. Brian Kelly
11. Chris Klieman
12. Kyle Whittingham
13. Lincoln Riley
14. Lance Liepold
15. Jeff Brohm
16. Josh Heupel
17. Rich Rodriguez
18. Deion Sanders
19. Curt Cignetti
Tied 20. Lane Kiffin
Tied 20. Mario Cristobal
22. Rhett Lashlee
23. Kirk Ferentz
24. Brett Bielema
25. Jeff Monken
Dropped out: Florida State’s Mike Norvell (No. 10), Kentucky’s Mark Stoops (No. 14), Wake Forest’s Dave Clawson (No. 16, retired), Nebraska’s Matt Rhule (No. 18), Wisconsin’s Luke Fickell (No. 19), Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy (No. 20), Michigan State’s Jonathan Smith (No. 22), Auburn’s Hugh Freeze (No. 23) and Washington’s Jedd Fisch (No. 24)
Just missed: TCU’s Sonny Dykes, Missouri’s Eli Drinkwitz, Tulane’s Jon Sumrall, BYU’s Kalani Sitake, Stoops, Gundy, Norvell, Rhule, Fisch, Texas A&M’s Mike Elko, Fickell
They did not include coaches with less than 3 years collective experience as a head coach like Dillingham.
The list: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6191343/2025/03/11/college-football-coach-rankings-bruce-feldman-2025/