CBS Sports coach rankings: Numbers reveal conference biases, polarizing names and our 2025 Hater of the Year

By now, you’ve read our ranking of every Power Four coach in college football. At least, you better have. Seriously, why haven’t you yet? What could you possibly have going on right now that’s more important?

While we’ve been ranking coaches for a decade, this year we’re introducing a new feature. We at CBS Sports are giving you a peek behind the curtain at the voting process with some interesting data from our panel of 10 different voters.

Which coaches had the widest range of votes? Which voters were the most extreme compared to the results? How did the conferences fare against each other in our rankings, and which of our voters showed their true colors when it comes to biases against certain leagues?

It’s all here, all for you to see for yourself. If we rank coaches based on their results, it’s only fair we give everybody a look into the process. 

Complete Power Four coach rankings: 1-25 | 26-68

These coaches have range

We’ll start by looking at the coaches with the largest disparity of opinions among our voters. In a subjective ranking such as this, it’s only natural that voters will have differing opinions. We all have our reasons for ranking coaches the way we do. Some of us prioritize success, some recruiting, and others value coaches who make the most of meager resources.

Curt Cignetti, Indiana

9

61

52

Bill Belichick, North Carolina

19

67

48

Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State

7

50

43

Willie Fritz, Houston

17

58

41

Scott Satterfield, Cincinnati

30

66

36

Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State

16

51

35

Greg Schiano, Rutgers

24

59

35

Kalani Sitake, BYU

18

52

34

Mark Stoops, Kentucky

24

58

34

It shouldn’t be too surprising to see Curt Cignetti on this list as a coach with only one year of Power Four level experience, but a season that included a playoff berth drew a wide range of…


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Author : Tom Fornelli

Publish date : 2025-05-22 18:29:00

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