Every Power Four coach’s career record against the AP Top 25: A deep dive into why this history matters

We’re less than two months from kicking off college football’s 2025 season with Kansas State and Iowa State battling in Ireland for a Week 0 showdown. The precursor to a loaded Week 1 slate featuring several games highlighted by nationally ranked teams, including Texas-Ohio State, LSU-Clemson and Miami-Notre Dame, strong scheduling early will provide an early glimpse of the nation’s best squads. 

The results of those contests will add to the career marks of participating coaches against Top 25 competition with a few of those records being considerably more impressive than others. 

Who’s ready to rip the Band-Aid off and look under the hood at the nation’s top coaches against quality opponents? 

Ranking the top 25 Power Four college football coaches entering the 2025 season

Tom Fornelli

We’re taking a deep dive to determine every Power Four head coach’s career record against Top 25 opponents, a barometer on coaching acumen and who’s getting the most out of their respective talent — which varies to a significant degree.

Data collection, sorting numbers

Career coaching records against ranked opponents for this exercise were determined by the opponent’s placement in the AP Top 25 poll at the time of game. Every head-coaching stop is included within a career. However, this does not reflect postseason rankings or how respective teams finished in a given year….

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Author : Brad Crawford

Publish date : 2025-07-01 19:06:00

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