Coach Leaderboard
College football coaches vs AP Top 10 teams
Game-time AP Top 10 opponent records for coaches with multiple top-10 opportunities.
Top coaches
Records exclude zero-game placeholders. Profile pages show source notes and current-season fallback status.
| Rank | Coach | Record | Win % | Schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jock Sutherland 1936-1937 • 2 seasons | 2-0-1 | 83.3% (3 games) | Lafayette, Pittsburgh |
| 2 | Pete Carroll 2002-2009 • 8 seasons | 13-3 | 81.3% (16 games) | USC |
| 3 | Curt Cignetti 2024-2025 • 2 seasons | 6-2 | 75.0% (8 games) | James Madison, Indiana |
| 4 | Kalen DeBoer 2022-2025 • 4 seasons | 7-3 | 70.0% (10 games) | Fresno State, Washington, Alabama |
| 5 | Urban Meyer 2005-2017 • 11 seasons | 20-9 | 69.0% (29 games) | Bowling Green, Utah, Florida, Ohio State |
| 6 | Frank Leahy 1940-1953 • 6 seasons | 7-3-2 | 66.7% (12 games) | Boston College, Notre Dame |
| 7 | Kirby Smart 2016-2025 • 10 seasons | 22-12 | 64.7% (34 games) | Georgia |
| 8 | Larry Coker 2001-2005 • 5 seasons | 7-4 | 63.6% (11 games) | Miami, UTSA |
| 9 | Marcus Freeman 2022-2024 • 3 seasons | 5-3 | 62.5% (8 games) | Notre Dame |
| 10 | Nick Saban 1995-2023 • 25 seasons | 42-27 | 60.9% (69 games) | Toledo, Michigan State, LSU, Alabama |
| 11 | Lloyd Carr 1995-2007 • 12 seasons | 15-10 | 60.0% (25 games) | Michigan |
| 12 | Mike Elko 2024-2025 • 2 seasons | 3-2 | 60.0% (5 games) | Duke, Texas A&M |
| 13 | Ryan Day 2019-2025 • 7 seasons | 14-10 | 58.3% (24 games) | Ohio State |
| 14 | Dabo Swinney 2009-2025 • 15 seasons | 17-13 | 56.7% (30 games) | Clemson |
| 15 | Chris Klieman 2019-2023 • 5 seasons | 5-4 | 55.6% (9 games) | Kansas State |
| 16 | Dan Lanning 2022-2025 • 4 seasons | 6-5 | 54.5% (11 games) | Oregon |
| 17 | Bob Stoops 2000-2016 • 17 seasons | 20-17 | 54.0% (37 games) | Oklahoma |
| 18 | Ed Orgeron 2005-2020 • 7 seasons | 12-12 | 50.0% (24 games) | Ole Miss, USC, LSU |
| 19 | Charlie Strong 2012-2018 • 5 seasons | 4-4 | 50.0% (8 games) | Florida, Louisville, Texas, South Florida |
| 20 | Dick Vermeil 1974-1975 • 2 seasons | 2-2 | 50.0% (4 games) | UCLA |
| 21 | Howard Jones 1937-1940 • 4 seasons | 2-2 | 50.0% (4 games) | Syracuse, Yale, Ohio State, Iowa, Duke, USC |
| 22 | Tony Elliott 2023-2025 • 3 seasons | 2-2 | 50.0% (4 games) | Virginia |
| 23 | David Shaw 2011-2022 • 10 seasons | 11-12 | 47.8% (23 games) | Stanford |
| 24 | Dennis Erickson 1988-2011 • 13 seasons | 15-17 | 46.9% (32 games) | Wyoming, Washington State, Miami, Oregon State, Idaho, Arizona State |
| 25 | Jim Tressel 2002-2009 • 8 seasons | 7-8 | 46.7% (15 games) | Ohio State |
| 26 | Barry Switzer 1973-1988 • 15 seasons | 16-19-2 | 46.0% (37 games) | Oklahoma |
| 27 | Bear Bryant 1946-1982 • 30 seasons | 22-26 | 45.8% (48 games) | Maryland, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Alabama |
| 28 | John Robinson 1976-2004 • 13 seasons | 10-12 | 45.5% (22 games) | USC, UNLV |
| 29 | Jeff Brohm 2015-2025 • 7 seasons | 5-6 | 45.5% (11 games) | Western Kentucky, Purdue, Louisville |
| 30 | Rick Neuheisel 1995-2010 • 10 seasons | 9-11 | 45.0% (20 games) | Colorado, Washington, UCLA |
| 31 | Tommy Tuberville 1995-2016 • 16 seasons | 17-21 | 44.7% (38 games) | Ole Miss, Auburn, Texas Tech, Cincinnati |
| 32 | Chuck Fairbanks 1967-1980 • 8 seasons | 8-10 | 44.4% (18 games) | Oklahoma, Colorado |
| 33 | Mark Helfrich 2013-2016 • 4 seasons | 4-5 | 44.4% (9 games) | Oregon |
| 34 | John McKay 1960-1974 • 15 seasons | 14-18-3 | 44.3% (35 games) | USC |
| 35 | Steve Spurrier 1987-2014 • 24 seasons | 25-32-1 | 44.0% (58 games) | Duke, Florida, South Carolina |
| 36 | Biggie Munn 1947-1953 • 5 seasons | 3-4-1 | 43.8% (8 games) | Syracuse, Michigan State |
| 37 | Jimbo Fisher 2010-2022 • 12 seasons | 13-17 | 43.3% (30 games) | Florida State, Texas A&M |
| 38 | Les Miles 2001-2019 • 15 seasons | 15-20 | 42.9% (35 games) | Oklahoma State, LSU, Kansas |
| 39 | Brent Venables 2023-2025 • 3 seasons | 3-4 | 42.9% (7 games) | Oklahoma |
| 40 | Jim Leavitt 2002-2009 • 5 seasons | 3-4 | 42.9% (7 games) | South Florida, SMU |
| 41 | Charlie Tate 1965-1969 • 4 seasons | 2-3-1 | 41.7% (6 games) | Miami |
| 42 | Mark Richt 2001-2017 • 15 seasons | 12-17 | 41.4% (29 games) | Georgia, Miami |
| 43 | Steve Sarkisian 2009-2025 • 10 seasons | 10-15 | 40.0% (25 games) | Washington, USC, Texas |
| 44 | Lincoln Riley 2017-2025 • 8 seasons | 6-9 | 40.0% (15 games) | Oklahoma, USC |
| 45 | Ron Zook 2002-2010 • 7 seasons | 6-9 | 40.0% (15 games) | Florida, Illinois |
| 46 | Brent Key 2023-2025 • 3 seasons | 2-3 | 40.0% (5 games) | Georgia Tech |
| 47 | Dave Aranda 2021-2023 • 3 seasons | 2-3 | 40.0% (5 games) | Baylor |
| 48 | Dave Wannstedt 2006-2009 • 4 seasons | 2-3 | 40.0% (5 games) | Pittsburgh |
| 49 | Frank Kush 1967-1978 • 5 seasons | 2-3 | 40.0% (5 games) | Arizona State |
| 50 | Lance Leipold 2021-2025 • 4 seasons | 2-3 | 40.0% (5 games) | Buffalo, Kansas |