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With all of the hoopla over recruiting classes, transfers and coaching turnover, I thought it'd be interesting to get each other's thoughts on peer comparisons.

I figured, instead of nationalizing our rankings, we could stay more local, and tier current state of conference competition.

Where to start ..?

In this first post, I'll put the Head Coach names by Power5 Conferences in alphabetical order, to which replies to this post, I ask you give your ranking order of In-Conference peer comparison.

[where there are Independents; I associated them in the closest relation with regards to P5 affiliation]

ACC

Brent Pry -- Virginia Tech
Dabo Swinney -- Clemson
Dave Clawson -- Wake Forest
Dave Doeren -- N.C. State
Dino Babers -- Syracuse
Geoff Collins -- Georgia Tech
Jeff Hafley -- Boston College
Mack Brown -- North Carolina
Mario Cristobal -- Miami
Mike Elko -- Duke
Mike Norvell -- Florida State
Pat Narduzzi -- Pittsburgh
Scott Satterfield -- Louisville
Tony Elliott -- Virginia

Marcus Freeman -- Notre Dame

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Big 10

Bret Bielema -- Illinois
Greg Schiano -- Rutgers
James Franklin -- Penn State
Jeff Brohm -- Purdue
Jim Harbaugh -- Michigan
Kirk Ferentz -- Iowa
Mel Tucker -- Michigan State
Mike Locksley -- Maryland
Pat Fitzgerald -- Northwestern
Paul Chryst -- Wisconsin
P. J. Fleck -- Minnesota
Ryan Day -- Ohio State
Scott Frost -- Nebraska
Tom Allen -- Indiana

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Big 12

Brent Venables -- Oklahoma
Chris Klieman -- Kansas State
Dave Aranda -- Baylor
Joey McGuire -- Texas Tech
Lance Leipold -- Kansas
Matt Campbell -- Iowa State
Mike Gundy -- Oklahoma State
Neal Brown -- West Virginia
Sonny Dykes -- TCU
Steve Sarkisian -- Texas

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Pac-12

Chip Kelly -- UCLA
Dan Lanning -- Oregon
David Shaw -- Stanford
Herm Edwards -- Arizona State
Jake Dickert -- Washington State
Jedd Fisch -- Arizona
Jonathan Smith -- Oregon State
Justin Wilcox -- California
Kalen DeBoer -- Washington
Karl Dorrell -- Colorado
Kyle Whittingham -- Utah
Lincoln Riley -- USC

Kalani Sitake -- BYU [although they will join the Big XII; they have more Pac opponents in 2021 & 2022]

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SEC

Billy Napier -- Florida
Brian Kelly -- LSU
Bryan Harsin -- Auburn
Clark Lea -- Vanderbilt
Eliah Drinkwitz -- Missouri
Jimbo Fisher -- Texas A&M
Josh Heupel -- Tennessee
Kirby Smart -- Georgia
Lane Kiffin -- Ole Miss
Mark Stoops -- Kentucky
Mike Leach -- Mississippi State
Nick Saban -- Alabama
Sam Pittman -- Arkansas
Shane Beamer -- South Carolina

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In this second post, I'll put the Head Coach names by Group of 5 Conferences.

[where there are Independents; I associated them in the closest relation with regards to Go5 affiliation]

AAC

Dana Holgorsen -- Houston
Gus Malzahn -- UCF
Jeff Scott -- South Florida
Ken Niumatalolo -- Navy
Luke Fickell -- Cincinnati
Mike Houston -- East Carolina
Philip Montgomery -- Tulsa
Rhett Lashlee -- SMU
Ryan Silverfield -- Memphis
Stan Drayton -- Temple
Willie Fritz -- Tulane

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CUSA

Bill Clark -- UAB
Dana Dimel -- UTEP
Jeff Traylor --
Mike Bloomgren -- Rice
Mike MacIntyre -- Florida International
Rick Stockstill -- Middle Tennessee
Seth Littrell -- North Texas
Sonny Cumbie -- Louisiana Tech
Tyson Helton --
Will Healy -- Charlotte
Willie Taggart -- Florida Atlantic

[I placed these teams here, because their schedules are all over the place]

Don Brown -- UMass
Jerry Kill -- New Mexico State
Jim L. Mora -- UConn

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MAC

Chris Creighton -- Eastern Michigan
Chuck Martin -- Miami [OH]
Jason Candle -- Toledo
Jim McElwain -- Central Michigan
Joe Moorhead -- Akron
Maurice Linguist -- Buffalo
Mike Neu -- Ball State
Scot Loeffler -- Bowling Green
Sean Lewis -- Kent State
Thomas Hammock -- Northern Illinois
Tim Albin -- Ohio
Tim Lester -- Western Michigan

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Mountain West

Andy Avalos -- Boise State
Blake Anderson -- Utah State
Brady Hoke -- San Diego State
Brent Brennan -- San Jose State
Craig Bohl -- Wyoming
Danny Gonzales -- New Mexico
Jay Norvell -- Colorado State
Jeff Tedford -- Fresno State
Ken Wilson -- Nevada
Marcus Arroyo -- UNLV
Timmy Chang -- Hawai'i
Troy Calhoun -- Air Force

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Sun Belt

Butch Jones -- Arkansas State
Charles Huff -- Marshall
Clay Helton -- Georgia Southern
Curt Cignetti -- James Madison
Jake Spavital -- Texas State
Jamey Chadwell -- Coastal Carolina
Jon Sumrall -- Troy
Kane Wommack -- South Alabama
Michael Desormeaux -- Louisiana [Lafayette]
Ricky Rahne -- Old Dominion
Shawn Clark -- Appalachian State
Shawn Elliott -- Georgia State
Terry Bowden -- Louisiana [Monroe]
Will Hall -- Southern Miss

Hugh Freeze -- Liberty
Jeff Monken -- Army

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I’m absolutely one who’s been caught-up in all the hoopla……

This will be a good redirect for me, although it will take a little time for me to determine how I’ll go about determining my rankings, especially with the coaching changes happening in the BigXII.




Big 12

Brent Venables -- Oklahoma
Chris Klieman -- Kansas State
Dave Aranda -- Baylor
Joey McGuire -- Texas Tech
Lance Leipold -- Kansas
Matt Campbell -- Iowa State
Mike Gundy -- Oklahoma State
Neal Brown -- West Virginia
Sonny Dykes -- TCU
Steve Sarkisian -- Texas

SEC

Kirby Smart -- Georgia (obviously )
Nick Saban -- Alabama
Sam Pittman -- Arkansas (they might finish 2nd in the West this year)
Mark Stoops -- Kentucky (they hung with Ga better than anybody but Bama and Clemson last year)
Josh Heupel -- Tennessee
Billy Napier -- Florida
Bryan Harsin -- Auburn
Brian Kelly -- LSU
Mike Leach -- Mississippi State (Metal shed still comes to mind)
Jimbo Fisher -- Texas A&M
Eliah Drinkwitz -- Missouri
Shane Beamer -- South Carolina
Clark Lea -- Vanderbilt
Lane Kiffin -- Ole Miss (He's not really last, but I just can't)