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CBS Sports Ranks The Top 25 Power Five College Coaches

by Staff Reporter

May 20, 202034 Comments

John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports

CBS Sports recently ranked the Top 25 Power Five coaches in College Football and pegged LSU's Ed Orgeron at No. 4. Here's what they had to say about Coach O:

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No. 4 LSU's Ed Orgeron:

Orgeron climbs 26 spots to No. 4 in our rankings, and gosh, I just can't figure out why that happened! Maybe it has something to do with winning a national title last year with what might have been the greatest team in college football history? That's just a theory, though. OK, in all sincerity, Orgeron is a fantastic story. Nobody thought he'd be a head coach again after his failure at Ole Miss, and many believed LSU blew it when they missed out on Jimbo Fisher and then Tom Herman, instead retaining Orgeron full-time after a stint as interim coach. But Orgeron did something so few people are capable of accomplishing. He not only recognized his past mistakes, but he actively went out of his way to solve them. He looked at his program, saw the shortcomings and found ways to improve it. Then he reaped the rewards. 2019 rank: 30 (+26)

Here's the Top 10:
1. Nick Saban, Alabama
2. Dabo Swinney, Clemson
3. Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma
4. Ed Orgeron, LSU
5. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame
6. Kirby Smart, Georgia
7. Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M
8. Dan Mullen, Florida
9. James Franklin, Penn State
10. Ryan Day, Ohio State

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LSUFanHouston•70 months

I can understand Saban and Dabo... but Riley at 3? He's won 3 conference champs in 3 in the pathetic Big XII, and lost 3 straight semifinal games to SEC teams.

Sluuuu•70 months

Brian Kelly is a hack

Gulf Coast Tiger•70 months

How is Lincoln Riley ahead of O?

HoldThatTiger2511•70 months

Best offensive mind in CFB... much better scheme guy than O is just based on involvement

Blind Zebras•69 months

@HoldThatTiger2511 You’re right. I recall his truly elite schemes winning so many playoff games against actual competition

DoubleDown•70 months

Ryan Day has done some impressive work in 1 year. Will be curious to see his future.

GaTiger27•70 months

Agreed. I’d flip him spots with Jimbo on that list

CanebreakCajun•70 months

Lincoln Riley lol

TrueTiger•70 months

CEO beat the brakes off of Riley. Could have hung a hundred on them.

weeble•70 months

Brian Kelly at 5 and Jim Harbaugh at 12? I would take Stoops and Kentucky above both of them any day.

Pax tecum•70 months

Agreed. Stoops really has Kentucky on the upswing to being a respectable program.

luismlg•70 months

Jimbo too high

Aligater•70 months

Dan Mullen is underrated; Lincoln Riley is overrated and Coach Orgeron is tied for number 1 with Saban and Swinney.

TigerB8•70 months

I agree. Think he's consistently a good coach and he proved that with his stay at MSU. He's going to be good for UF.

FLBooGoTigs1•70 months

lol where's Tom Herman?

RCPLSU59•70 months

So coach “O” and nine others..... so Coach “O” only had a 6-0 record against this top ten list this year... and destroyed Oklahoma in a playoff game but still they rank Riley ahead of home!!!!

luciouslou•70 months

Stoops was better than an riley

TigerOnTheMountain•70 months

Orgeron just beat the top three in the same season. I don’t think he’s number one or even two, but Lincoln Riley? LOL

eugene1928LSU•70 months

Ed #1? He beat all 3 in front of him in the same season, it's worth something. Jumbo #7, no way a top 10 coach does not lose 50-7. Kelly please. Herman, well texas deserves you and the money you cost them. Thank God for unanswered prayers.

Celery•70 months

Surely the realize Ed just beat their 1, 2 & 3

tschla1•70 months

Heck, he beat six of the other 9!

knothead2955•70 months

well he did beat 6 of the top 10 in one season

KING NOLA•70 months

I think you mean 7 of the top 10.

Hangit•70 months

I see 6. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, and 8. What are you seeing beyond that?

IAmNERD•70 months

Ryan Day at #10 after being a head coach for what, 2 years? And he took over a stacked program built up by Urban. I think we should give him another couple of years before we start saying he's a top ten coach in the country.

KCT•70 months

Must really be embarrassing for Texas that Pee-wee Herman was ranked ahead of Tom.

DeltaTigerDelta•70 months

These rankings are a joke. Lincoln Riley over Coach O. Neux way. Little 12 over SEC?

panzer•70 months

I guess yaw yaw footbaw is a thing of the past...??

hill durham•70 months

this ranking can change quicker than lis taylor changed husbands.

Deltatiger•70 months

Kirby at 6???

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