September 22, 2024

The top 15 Power 5 jobs

The best jobs in college football (1:10) We’ve ranked every Power 5 head coaching job from 1 down to 65. In this edition of the top jobs in college football, we look at the best of the best. (1:10) 9:37 AM ET “If every Power 5 job in America opened tomorrow …” Which would be most desirable? Which would have the least appeal? That is again the hypothetical question we’re posing in our second annual attempt to rank the Power 5 head-coaching jobs from worst to best. There’s a new top job this year; Texas, last year’s No. 1, has been bumped. The Rebels and Bears have ridden a wave from conference basement-dwellers to championship contenders. They are among the biggest risers in our rankings of the best Power 5 jobs in the country. The mid-level group of Power 5 coaching jobs has its limitations. But don’t tell that to Iowa, Mississippi State or South Carolina fans, for whom expectations might be greater than reality. As power consolidates at the top of the Big Ten East — see Michigan’s rapid ascent under Jim Harbaugh — programs such as Maryland, Minnesota and Illinois lag way behind. …

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