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Ranking college football’s top 25 head coaches for 2022

By Connor Muldowney

Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher and Alabama coach Nick Saban shake hands at midfield after their game at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas, on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019.Bama618
Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher and Alabama coach Nick Saban shake hands at midfield after their game at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas, on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019.Bama618 /
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LINCOLN, NE – NOVEMBER 6: Head coach Ryan Day of the Ohio State Buckeyes looks over warmups before the game at against the Nebraska Cornhuskers Memorial Stadium on November 6, 2021 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images)
LINCOLN, NE – NOVEMBER 6: Head coach Ryan Day of the Ohio State Buckeyes looks over warmups before the game at against the Nebraska Cornhuskers Memorial Stadium on November 6, 2021 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images) /

The jury’s still somewhat out on Ryan Day even though I do believe he’s one of the nation’s best coaches. It’s hard to rank him any lower than the top five, but I know Ohio State fans have a sour taste in their mouths after the 2021 season in which they lost to Michigan and didn’t win a Big Ten title.

The standard at Ohio State is basically “Big Ten title or bust” and when the Buckeyes don’t win the league, it’s a problem.

Day is going to be under the spotlight this year because if he can’t beat Jim Harbaugh and Michigan in Columbus and the Buckeyes miss out on the conference title game again, there’s going to be a discussion about his future. Which is wild, I know.

Still, Day is an elite recruiter and he’s 34-4 since taking over for Urban Meyer and he even has a national title game appearance back in 2020 where he lost to Ohio State by four touchdowns.

Ohio State needs to get back to the top and Day has the players to do just that.

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