Steven Lassan

1 week ago | athlonsports.com | Steven Lassan

Ohio State's Ryan Day tops the ranking of Big Ten coaches for the 2025 college football season, but the rest of conference features several intriguing debates. Penn State's James Franklin and Oregon's Dan Lanning take the next two spots, with Iowa's Kirk Ferentz, USC's Lincoln Riley, Illinois' Bret Bielema, and Indiana's Curt Cignetti headlining the next tier. How did we compile the rankings for coaches by conference? For starters, it's an impossible task.

1 week ago | athlonsports.com | Steven Lassan

Kelly has won at every stop in his coaching career. From 1991-2003, Kelly went 118-35-2 at Grand Valley State. He moved to the FBS level at Central Michigan in '04 and proceeded to go 19-16 over three years. Kelly parlayed that success into the top spot at Cincinnati, where he guided the Bearcats to a 34-6 record. Following that stint, Kelly was hired at Notre Dame and went 113-40 with seven seasons of double-digit victories. He's 29-11 with one SEC West title in three years at LSU.

1 week ago | sacbee.com | Steven Lassan

Ranking the SEC's College Football Coaches for 20251. Kirby Smart, GeorgiaSmart enters 2025 as the unquestioned No. 1 coach in college football. Since taking over at his alma mater in ‘16, the Bulldogs are 105-19 and won back-to-back national titles in 2021-22. Smart has guided the program to seven double-digit win seasons since ‘17 and has not finished outside of the top 10 in that span. Additionally, Georgia has lost only two regular season games in SEC play since ‘21.

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Steven Lassan

The 2025 college football season officially kicks off in late August, but it's never too early to project the top 25 teams for the upcoming year. With the transfer portal closed and nearly all roster movement completed for '25, all 136 teams have a clear outlook on strengths, weaknesses, and schedule difficulty for the upcoming season.

2 weeks ago | athlonsports.com | Steven Lassan

Ranking College Football's Top 25 Teams for 2025 1. Texas It's Arch Manning's time at Texas. After waiting two years behind Quinn Ewers, Manning assumes full control of head coach Steve Sarkisian's offense. No player has had more hype or anticipation in recent seasons than Manning, but the sophomore is poised to meet the moment. Aiding Manning's debut is a roster that Sarkisian has stocked with elite talent and lacks a glaring weakness.