Ranking the BCS Coaches

TSN's Tom Dienhart ranks the BCS Coaches by division below. I argue a few of his selections and will give you the BigHouse Blog takes:

ACC:

1. Jim Grobe, Wake Forest.
2. Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech
3. Bobby Bowden, Florida State
4. Tom O'Brien, N.C. State
5. Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech
6. Al Groh, Virginia
7. Tommy Bowden, Clemson
8. Butch Davis, North Carolina
9. David Cutcliffe, Duke
10. Ralph Friedgen, Maryland
11. Jeff Jagodzinski, Boston College
12. Randy Shannon, Miami FL

BHB Notes: I agree with the top two, but Bobby Bowden has become a figure head and no longer can be considered a good coach. Butch Davis needs to be ranked over a first year coach. Here's my Ranking: 1) Grobe 2) Beamer 3) O'Brien 4) Groh 5) Johnson 6) Davis 7) T.Bowden 8) Fridgen 9) B. Bowden 10)Jagodzinski 11) Cutcliffe 12) Shannon

SEC:

1. Mark Richt, Georgia
2. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina
3. Urban Meyer, Florida
4. Nick Saban, Alabama
5. Les Miles, LSU
6. Tommy Tuberville, Auburn
7. Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee
8. Houston Nutt, Ole Miss
9. Bobby Johnson, Vanderbilt
10. Bobby Petrino, Arkansas
11. Rich Brooks, Kentucky
12. Sylvester Croom, Mississippi State

BHB Notes: Mark Richt is a good coach but he has no business being ahead of the other guys on this list. 2 guys below him are considered coaching "geniuses" and another just won the National Championship. Here is my list: 1) Myer 2) Spurrier 3) Miles 4) Saban 5) Richt 6) Tuberville 7) Fulmer 8) Nutt 9) Petrino 10) Johnson 11) Brooks 12) Croom.

Big Ten:

1. Jim Tressel, Ohio State.
2. Rich Rodriguez, Michigan
3. Joe Tiller, Purdue
4. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa
5. Bret Bielema, Wisconsin
6. Ron Zook, Illinois
7. Mark Dantonio, Michigan State
8. Joe Paterno, Penn State
9. Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern
10. Tim Brewster, Minnesota
11. Bill Lynch, Indiana

BHB Notes: Can't argue with this list too much but there is no way Joe Tiller should be ahead of Kirk Ferentz who is considered NFL quality while Joe is heading to Florida for retirement. My list: 1) Vest 2) Snake Oil Salesmen 3) Ferentz 4) Bielema 5) Zook 6) Tiller 7) Little Brother 8) JoPa 9) Fitz 10) Brewster 11) Lynch

PAC 10

1. Pete Carroll, USC.
2. Dennis Erickson, Arizona State
3. Mike Bellotti, Oregon
4. Mike Riley, Oregon State
5. Jeff Tedford, Cal
6. Rick Neuheisel, UCLA
7. Jim Harbaugh, Stanford.
8. Tyrone Willingham, Washington
9. Paul Wulff, Washington State
10. Mike Stoops, Arizona

BHB Notes: This ranking seems pretty accurate. You can pretty much take 2 -6 and throw them up and see where they fall. Pete would be the #1 seed in the BCS coaching tournament.

Big East:

1. Randy Edsall, UConn.
2. Greg Schiano, Rutgers
3. Brian Kelly, Cincinnati
4. Steve Kragthorpe, Louisville
5. Jim Leavitt, South Florida
6. Dave Wannstedt, Pitt
7. Greg Robinson, Syracuse
8. Bill Stewart, West Virginia

BHB Notes: This one is pretty accurate as well. Greg Schiano is considered a better coach then Edsall but you can't argue what Edsall has done with poor talent. Kelly is also on the rise and it was a big surprise that a major program didn't pull him out of Cincinnati last year. Here is my List: 1) Schiano 2) Edsall 2A) Kelly 4) Wannstedt 5) Leavitt 6) Kragthorpe 7) Robinson 8) Stewart

Big 12:

1. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma.
2. Mack Brown, Texas
3. Mark Mangino, Kansas
4. Mike Leach, Texas Tech
5. Dan Hawkins, Colorado
6. Gary Pinkel, Missouri
7. Art Briles, Baylor
8. Mike Sherman, Texas A&M
9. Bo Pelini, Nebraska
10. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
11. Gene Chizik, Iowa State
12. Ron Prince, Kansas State

BHB Notes: This list is pretty accurate as well, how can you argue the top 2? Maybe Mike Sherman with his NFL experience and Bo should be higher but we will wait and see how they do in year 1.