The SSA coach ratings are ‘on the field’ coach ratings and are designed as a compliment to the SSA talent ratings. We define on the field coaching as a coach’s game management, play calling, and motivational ability while doing our best to exclude recruiting from the equation.
| School | Conference | Head Coach | Coach Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | Big10 | Urban Meyer | 1 |
| Michigan | Big10 | Jim Harbaugh | 2 |
| Washington | Pac12 | Chris Petersen | 3 |
| Alabama | SEC | Nick Saban | 4 |
| Kansas State | Big12 | Bill Snyder | 5 |
| TCU | Big12 | Gary Patterson | 6 |
| Clemson | ACC | Dabo Swinney | 7 |
| Washington State | Pac12 | Mike Leach | 8 |
| Utah | Pac12 | Kyle Whittingham | 9 |
| Northwestern | Big10 | Pat Fitzgerald | 10 |
| Louisville | ACC | Bobby Petrino | 11 |
| Oklahoma State | Big12 | Mike Gundy | 12 |
| Florida State | ACC | Jimbo Fisher | 13 |
| Penn State | Big10 | James Franklin | 14 |
| Florida | SEC | Jim McElwain | 15 |
| Iowa | Big10 | Kirk Ferentz | 16 |
| Miami FL | ACC | Mark Richt | 17 |
| Navy | AAC | Ken Niumatalolo | 18 |
| Stanford | Pac12 | David Shaw | 19 |
| Auburn | SEC | Gus Malzahn | 20 |
| Virginia Tech | ACC | Justin Fuente | 21 |
| Michigan State | Big10 | Mark Dantonio | 22 |
| Wisconsin | Big10 | Paul Chyst | 23 |
| Georgia Tech | ACC | Paul Johnson | 24 |
| Arkansas | SEC | Bret Bielema | 25 |
| Colorado | Pac12 | Mike MacIntyre | 26 |
| Mississippi State | SEC | Dan Mullen | 27 |
| Minnesota | Big10 | P.J. Fleck | 28 |
| Baylor | Big12 | Matt Rhule | 29 |
| Duke | ACC | David Cutcliffe | 30 |
| Texas | Big12 | Tom Herman | 31 |
| West Virginia | Big12 | Dana Holgorsen | 32 |
| Texas A&M | SEC | Kevin Sumlin | 33 |
| Air Force | MW | Troy Calhoun | 34 |
| Tulsa | AAC | Philip Montgomery | 35 |
| Pittsburgh | ACC | Pat Narduzzi | 36 |
| USC | Pac12 | Clay Helton | 37 |
| Memphis | AAC | Mike Norell | 38 |
| Ole Miss | SEC | Matt Luke | 39 |
| Oregon | Pac12 | Willie Taggart | 40 |
| Boise State | MW | Brian Harsin | 41 |
| Tennessee | SEC | Butch Jones | 42 |
| Notre Dame | Independent | Brian Kelly | 43 |
| South Florida | AAC | Charlie Strong | 44 |
| Purdue | Big10 | Jeff Brohm | 45 |
| North Carolina | ACC | Larry Fedora | 46 |
| Nebraska | Big10 | Mike Riley | 47 |
| Wyoming | MW | Craig Bohl | 48 |
| Arizona State | Pac12 | Todd Graham | 49 |
| Oklahoma | Big12 | Lincoln Riley | 50 |
| Iowa State | Big12 | Matt Campbell | 51 |
| Brigham Young | Independent | Kalani Sitake | 52 |
| San Diego State | MW | Rocky Long | 53 |
| Virginia | ACC | Bronco Mendenhall | 54 |
| Wake Forest | ACC | Dave Clawson | 55 |
| Oregon State | Pac12 | Gary Andersen | 56 |
| Army | Independent | Jeff Monken | 57 |
| Arizona | Pac12 | Rich Rodriguez | 58 |
| NC State | ACC | Dave Doeren | 59 |
| Vanderbilt | SEC | Derek Mason | 60 |
| Colorado State | MW | Mike Bobo | 61 |
| Syracuse | ACC | Dino Babers | 62 |
| Kentucky | SEC | Mark Stoops | 63 |
| Appalachian State | SunBelt | Scott Satterfield | 64 |
| LSU | SEC | Ed Orgeron | 65 |
| Troy | SunBelt | Neal Brown | 66 |
| Arkansas State | SunBelt | Blake Anderson | 67 |
| Boston College | ACC | Steve Addazio | 68 |
| Western Kentucky | CUSA | Mike Sanford | 69 |
| Maryland | Big10 | D.J. Durkin | 70 |
| South Carolina | SEC | Will Muschamp | 71 |
| Ohio | MAC | Frank Solich | 72 |
| UCLA | Pac12 | Jim Mora | 73 |
| Georgia | SEC | Kirby Smart | 74 |
| Toledo | MAC | Jason Candle | 75 |
| Temple | AAC | Geoff Collins | 76 |
| Texas Tech | Big12 | Kliff Kingsbury | 77 |
| Tulane | AAC | Willie Fritz | 78 |
| UCF | AAC | Scott Frost | 79 |
| New Mexico | MW | Bob Davie | 80 |
| Louisiana Tech | CUSA | Skip Holtz | 81 |
| Middle Tennessee | CUSA | Rick Stockstill | 82 |
| Indiana | Big10 | Tom Allen | 83 |
| Houston | AAC | Major Applewhite | 84 |
| Missouri | SEC | Barry Odom | 85 |
| Louisiana-Lafayette | SunBelt | Mark Hudspeth | 86 |
| Illinois | Big10 | Lovie Smith | 87 |
| California | Pac12 | Justin Wilcox | 88 |
| Old Dominion | CUSA | Bobby Wilder | 89 |
| UTSA | CUSA | Frank Wilson | 90 |
| SMU | AAC | Chad Morris | 91 |
| Eastern Michigan | MAC | Chris Creighton | 92 |
| Utah State | MW | Matt Wells | 93 |
| Rutgers | Big10 | Chris Ash | 94 |
| Kansas | Big12 | David Beaty | 95 |
| Central Michigan | MAC | John Bonamego | 96 |
| Western Michigan | MAC | Tim Lester | 97 |
| Northern Illinois | MAC | Rod Carey | 98 |
| Idaho | SunBelt | Paul Petrino | 99 |
| Miami OH | MAC | Chuck Martin | 100 |
| Rice | CUSA | David Bailiff | 101 |
| Cincinnati | AAC | Luke Fickell | 102 |
| Akron | MAC | Terry Bowden | 103 |
| South Alabama | SunBelt | Joey Jones | 104 |
| Southern Miss | CUSA | Jay Hopson | 105 |
| Florida International | CUSA | Butch Davis | 106 |
| Connecticut | AAC | Randy Edsall | 107 |
| Marshall | CUSA | Doc Holliday | 108 |
| North Texas | CUSA | Seth Littrell | 109 |
| Fresno State | MW | Jeff Tedford | 110 |
| Florida Atlantic | CUSA | Lane Kiffin | 111 |
| Hawaii | MW | Nick Rolovich | 112 |
| UAB | CUSA | Bill Clark | 113 |
| Georgia Southern | SunBelt | Tyson Summers | 114 |
| Bowling Green | MAC | Mike Jinks | 115 |
| East Carolina | AAC | Scottie Montgomery | 116 |
| Ball State | MAC | Mike Neu | 117 |
| UNLV | MW | Tony Sanchez | 118 |
| UTEP | CUSA | Sean Kugler | 119 |
| New Mexico State | SunBelt | Doug Martin | 120 |
| Charlotte | CUSA | Brad Lambert | 121 |
| Kent State | MAC | Paul Haynes | 122 |
| Massachusetts | Independent | Mark Whipple | 123 |
| San Jose State | MW | Brent Brennan | 124 |
| Nevada | MW | Jay Norvell | 125 |
| Louisiana-Monroe | SunBelt | Matt Viator | 126 |
| Coastal Carolina | SunBelt | Joe Moglia | 127 |
| Texas State | SunBelt | Everett Withers | 128 |
| Georgia State | SunBelt | Shawn Elliott | 129 |
| Buffalo | MAC | Lance Leipold | 130 |