Kirby Smart has to be No. 1, or does he? What about Ryan Day? Or Marcus Freeman? Who made our list -- and why.

One of the biggest reasons for confidence in DeBoer is his success against top competition. Over the past five seasons, he’s gone 15-3 against top-25 teams, trailing only Georgia’s Kirby Smart and Ohio State’s Ryan Day in that category. Winning big games has been a staple of his career, showing he doesn’t need the perfect setup to succeed.

The decision of five-star linebacker Xavier Griffin to decommit from USC not only affects the Trojans’ excellent recruiting class, but it helped reorder the ver