| # | Coach | Last team | Record | Win % | Titles | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Paterno | Penn State | 409–136–3 | 74.9% | 🏆2 | 46 |
| 2 | Bobby Bowden | Florida State | 357–124–4 | 74.0% | 🏆2 | 40 |
| 3 | Bear Bryant | Alabama | 323–85–17 | 78.0% | 🏆5 | 38 |
| 4 | Pop Warner | Temple | 287–96–31 | 73.1% | — | 39 |
| 5 | Nick Saban | Alabama | 283–70–1 | 80.1% | 🏆7 | 27 |
| 6 | Mack Brown | North Carolina | 276–144–1 | 65.7% | 🏆1 | 34 |
| 7 | LaVell Edwards | BYU | 257–101–3 | 71.6% | 🏆1 | 29 |
| 8 | Tom Osborne | Nebraska | 255–49–3 | 83.6% | 🏆2 | 25 |
| 9 | Lou Holtz | South Carolina | 249–132–7 | 65.1% | 🏆1 | 33 |
| 10 | Frank Beamer | Virginia Tech | 238–121–2 | 66.2% | — | 29 |
| 11 | Bo Schembechler | Michigan | 234–65–8 | 77.5% | — | 27 |
| 12 | Hayden Fry | Iowa | 230–180–10 | 56.0% | — | 37 |
| 13 | Steve Spurrier | South Carolina | 228–89–2 | 71.8% | 🏆1 | 26 |
| 14 | Bill Snyder | Kansas State | 206–113–1 | 64.5% | — | 26 |
| 15 | Kirk Ferentz | Iowa | 205–123 | 62.5% | — | 27 |
| 16 | Woody Hayes | Ohio State | 205–61–10 | 76.1% | 🏆2 | 28 |
| 17 | Don Nehlen | West Virginia | 202–128–8 | 60.9% | — | 30 |
| 18 | Vince Dooley | Georgia | 201–77–10 | 71.5% | 🏆1 | 25 |
| 19 | Dan McGugin | Vanderbilt | 197–55–19 | 76.2% | — | 30 |
| 20 | Howard Jones | USC | 194–64–21 | 73.3% | — | 29 |
| 21 | John Cooper | Ohio State | 192–84–6 | 69.1% | — | 24 |
| 22 | Brian Kelly | LSU | 191–65 | 74.6% | — | 20 |
| 23 | Gary Pinkel | Missouri | 191–110–3 | 63.3% | — | 25 |
| 24 | Dana Bible | Texas | 190–69–22 | 71.5% | — | 31 |
| 25 | John Vaught | Ole Miss | 190–61–12 | 74.5% | — | 25 |
| 26 | George Welsh | Virginia | 189–132–4 | 58.8% | — | 28 |
| 27 | Jess Neely | Rice | 187–159–17 | 53.9% | — | 36 |
| 28 | Johnny Majors | Pittsburgh | 185–137–10 | 57.2% | 🏆1 | 29 |
| 29 | Darrell Royal | Texas | 184–60–5 | 74.9% | 🏆2 | 23 |
| 30 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | Pacific | 183–92–20 | 65.4% | — | 34 |
| 31 | Dick Tomey | San José State | 183–145–7 | 55.7% | — | 29 |
| 32 | Bob Stoops | Oklahoma | 180–46 | 79.6% | 🏆1 | 18 |
| 33 | Jackie Sherrill | Mississippi State | 179–121–4 | 59.5% | — | 26 |
| 34 | Jerry Claiborne | Kentucky | 179–122–8 | 59.2% | — | 28 |
| 35 | Frank Kush | Arizona State | 176–54–1 | 76.4% | — | 22 |
| 36 | Don James | Washington | 175–79–3 | 68.7% | — | 22 |
| 37 | Gary Patterson | TCU | 175–72 | 70.9% | — | 21 |
| 38 | Ralph Jordan | Auburn | 175–83–7 | 67.4% | 🏆1 | 25 |
| 39 | Bob Neyland | Tennessee | 173–31–12 | 82.9% | 🏆1 | 21 |
| 40 | Dabo Swinney | Clemson | 173–52 | 76.9% | 🏆2 | 18 |
| 41 | Dan Devine | Notre Dame | 172–57–9 | 74.2% | 🏆1 | 22 |
| 42 | Wallace Wade | Duke | 171–49–10 | 76.5% | — | 24 |
| 43 | Fisher DeBerry | Air Force | 169–109–1 | 60.8% | — | 23 |
| 44 | Jim Sweeney | Fresno State | 169–134–4 | 55.7% | — | 27 |
| 45 | Kyle Whittingham | Michigan | 168–84 | 66.7% | — | 22 |
| 46 | Bill Mallory | Indiana | 167–130–4 | 56.1% | — | 27 |
| 47 | Red Blaik | Army | 166–48–14 | 75.9% | 🏆2 | 25 |
| 48 | Bobby Dodd | Georgia Tech | 165–64–8 | 71.3% | — | 22 |
| 49 | Fielding Yost | Michigan | 165–29–10 | 83.3% | — | 25 |
| 50 | Frank Howard | Clemson | 165–118–12 | 58.0% | — | 30 |
| 51 | Frank Solich | Ohio | 165–95 | 63.5% | — | 21 |
| 52 | Bob Blackman | Cornell | 164–106–7 | 60.5% | — | 29 |
| 53 | Urban Meyer | Ohio State | 164–30 | 84.5% | 🏆3 | 15 |
| 54 | Mark Richt | Miami | 162–60 | 73.0% | — | 17 |
| 55 | Bill Dooley | Wake Forest | 161–127–5 | 55.8% | — | 26 |
| 56 | Bill Yeoman | Houston | 160–108–8 | 59.4% | — | 25 |
| 57 | Ken Hatfield | Rice | 160–137–4 | 53.8% | — | 26 |
| 58 | Mike Gundy | Oklahoma State | 159–85 | 65.2% | — | 19 |
| 59 | Barry Switzer | Oklahoma | 157–29–4 | 83.7% | 🏆3 | 16 |
| 60 | Pappy Waldorf | California | 157–89–19 | 62.8% | — | 28 |
| 61 | Tommy Tuberville | Cincinnati | 155–91 | 63.0% | — | 20 |
| 62 | Ben Schwartzwalder | Syracuse | 153–91–3 | 62.6% | 🏆1 | 25 |
| 63 | Pat Dye | Auburn | 153–62–5 | 70.7% | — | 19 |
| 64 | Terry Donahue | UCLA | 151–74–8 | 66.5% | — | 20 |
| 65 | Mike Leach | Mississippi State | 150–102 | 59.5% | — | 20 |
| 66 | Frank Broyles | Arkansas | 149–62–6 | 70.0% | — | 20 |
| 67 | John Heisman | Rice | 148–60–14 | 69.8% | — | 26 |
| 68 | Dennis Erickson | Arizona State | 147–81–1 | 64.4% | 🏆2 | 19 |
| 69 | Phillip Fulmer | Tennessee | 147–52–1 | 73.8% | 🏆1 | 16 |
| 70 | Warren Woodson | New Mexico State | 147–82–11 | 63.5% | — | 23 |
| 71 | Bud Wilkinson | Oklahoma | 145–29–4 | 82.6% | 🏆3 | 17 |
| 72 | Bernie Bierman | Minnesota | 144–56–9 | 71.1% | 🏆3 | 24 |
| 73 | Bronco Mendenhall | Utah State | 144–85 | 62.9% | — | 19 |
| 74 | Jock Sutherland | Pittsburgh | 144–28–14 | 81.2% | 🏆1 | 20 |
| 75 | Larry Smith | Missouri | 143–126–7 | 53.1% | — | 24 |
| 76 | Les Miles | Kansas | 143–71 | 66.8% | 🏆1 | 17 |
| 77 | Ray Morrison | Temple | 142–99–33 | 57.8% | — | 29 |
| 78 | Howard Schnellenberger | Florida Atlantic | 141–133–3 | 51.4% | 🏆1 | 24 |
| 79 | Ike Armstrong | Utah | 141–55–15 | 70.4% | — | 25 |
| 80 | Wallace Butts | Georgia | 140–86–9 | 61.5% | — | 22 |
| 81 | Earle Bruce | Colorado State | 139–82–2 | 62.8% | — | 19 |
| 82 | Rich Rodriguez | West Virginia | 137–91 | 60.1% | — | 19 |
| 83 | Bob Devaney | Nebraska | 136–30–7 | 80.6% | 🏆2 | 16 |
| 84 | Henry Williams | Minnesota | 136–33–11 | 78.6% | — | 22 |
| 85 | James Phelan | Saint Mary's (CA) | 136–82–14 | 61.6% | — | 27 |
| 86 | Madison Bell | SMU | 136–78–16 | 62.6% | — | 23 |
| 87 | Charles McClendon | LSU | 135–61–7 | 68.2% | — | 18 |
| 88 | Chris Petersen | Washington | 135–36 | 78.9% | — | 13 |
| 89 | Francis Schmidt | Idaho | 135–53–9 | 70.8% | — | 21 |
| 90 | Rocky Long | San Diego State | 135–104 | 56.5% | — | 19 |
| 91 | William Alexander | Georgia Tech | 134–95–15 | 58.0% | — | 25 |
| 92 | George O'Leary | UCF | 133–101 | 56.8% | — | 20 |
| 93 | Charlie Bachman | Michigan State | 132–80–22 | 61.1% | — | 27 |
| 94 | John Robinson | UNLV | 132–77–4 | 62.9% | — | 18 |
| 95 | Rip Engle | Penn State | 132–68–8 | 65.4% | — | 22 |
| 96 | Ara Parseghian | Notre Dame | 131–52–5 | 71.0% | 🏆2 | 19 |
| 97 | Lou Little | Columbia | 131–121–12 | 51.9% | — | 30 |
| 98 | Mike Price | UTEP | 131–146 | 47.3% | — | 24 |
| 99 | Robert Zuppke | Illinois | 131–81–12 | 61.2% | — | 29 |
| 100 | Rich Brooks | Kentucky | 130–156–4 | 45.5% | — | 25 |