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2007

Rank

Coach Name

School

Age

Conf.

Compensation

Yrs.

W

L

T

Win %

Yrs.

W

L

T

Win %

W

L

W L

1

Bo Pelini Nebraska 41 Big 12 $1,100,000 1 1 0 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0

2

Chris Peterson

Boise St.

44

WAC

$900,000

2

23

3

0

.885

2

23

3

0

.885

13

0

10 3

3

Pete Carroll 

USC

56

Pac 10 

 $3,800,320

7

76

14

0

.844

7

76

14

0

.844

11

2

11 2

4

Bobby Petrino Arkansas 46 SEC $2,850,000 4   41 9 0 .820 1   0 0 0  .000   0   0   0 0

5

Bob Stoops

Oklahoma

48

Big 12 

$3,500,000

9

97

22

0

.815

9

97

22

0

.815

11

3

11 3

6

Urban Meyer 

Florida

44

SEC 

 $3,400,000

7

70

16

0

.814

3

31

8

0

.795

13

1

9 4

7

Bret Bielema

Wisconsin

38

Big Ten 

$1,400,000

2

21

5

0

.808

2

21

5

0

.808

12

1

9 4

8

Mark Richt

Georgia

48

SEC 

 $2,800,000

7

72

19

0

.791

7

72

19

0

.791

9

4

11 2

9

Jeff Jagodzinski Boston College 45 ACC $1,500,000 1 11 3 0 .786 1 11 3 0 .786 0 0 11 3

10

Phillip Fulmer

Tennessee

58

SEC

$2,400,000

16

147

45

0

.766

16

147

45

0

.766

 9

4

10 4

11

Bobby Bowden

Florida St.

78

ACC 

$2,500,000

42

 373

118

.754

32

300

85

4

.771

7

6

7 6

12

Joe Paterno Penn St. 81 Big Ten $1,500,000 42 372 125 3 .744 42 372 125 3 .744 9 4 9 4

13

Steve Spurrier

S. Carolina

63

SEC 

$1,773,000

18

163

56

2

.738

3

21

16

0

.558

7

5

6 6

14

Bronco Mendenhall

BYU

40

 MWC

$1,200,000

3

28

10

0

.737

3

28

10

0

.737

11

2

11 2

15

Jim Tressel

Ohio St.

56

Big Ten 

$2,600,000

22

208

73

2

.735

7

73

16

0

.820

12

1

12 1

16

Paul Johnson

Georgia Tech

51

ACC

$1,600,000

11

107

39

0

.733

1

0

0

0

.000

9

4

8 4

17

Brian Kelly

Cincinnati

46

Big East 

$825,000

17

148

54

2

.725

2

10

3

0

.769

9

4

10 3

18

Gary Patterson

TCU

47

MWC

$952,162

8

62

25

0

.713

8

62

25

0

.713

11

2

8 5

19

Dan Hawkins

Colorado

48

Big 12 

$1,100,000

12

100

40

1

.709

2

8

17

0

.320

2

10

6 7

20

Jim Harbaugh Stanford 44 Pac 10 $1,000,000 4 33 14 0 .702 1 4 8 0 .333 0 0 4 8

21

Les Miles 

LSU

55

SEC

$3,751,000

7

62

27

0

.697

3

34

6

0

.850

11

2

12 2

22

Dennis Erickson

Arizona St.

61

Pac 10 

 $1,100,000

19

158

68

1

.696

1

10

3

0

.769

4

8

10 3

23

Troy Calhoun Air Force 41 MWC $600,000 1 9 4 0 .692 1 9 4 0 .692 0 0 9 4

24

Chris Ault

Nevada

61

WAC

$360,000

23

191

85

1

.690

23

191

85

1

.690

8

5

6 7

25

Rick Neuheisel

UCLA

47

Pac-10

$1,250,000

8

66

30