Ranking the head coaches of each conference is impossible to do without looking at the rosters of every conference. So, here they are:

ACC

Clemson: Tommy Bowden (29-20, 4 years; 47-26 overall, 6 years) Duke: Carl Franks (5-40, 4 years) Florida State: Bobby Bowden (259-64-4, 27 years; 332-96-4 overall, 37 years) Georgia Tech: Chan Gailey (7-6, 1 year) Maryland: Ralph Friedgen (21-5, 2 years) North Carolina: John Bunting (11-14, 2 years) NC State: Chuck Amato (26-12, 3 years) Virginia: Al Groh (14-12 2 years, 40-52 overall, 8 years) Wake Forest: Jim Grobe (13-11, 2 years)

Big East

Boston College: Tom O'Brien (40-31, 6 years) Miami: Larry Coker (24-1, 2 years) Pittsburgh: Walt Harris (36-35, 6 years; 47-59 overall, 9 years) Rutgers: Greg Schiano (3-20, 2 years) Syracuse: Paul Pasqualoni (95-47-1, 12 years; 129-64-1 overall, 17 years) Temple: Bobby Wallace (16-40, 5 years) Virginia Tech: Frank Beamer (117-69-2, 16 years; 159-92-4 overall, 22 years) West Virginia: Rich Rodriguez (12-12, 2 years)

Big Ten

Illinois: Ron Turner (31-38, 6 years; 38-42 overall, 7 years) Indiana: Gerry DiNardo (3-9-1, 1 year; 54-58-1 overall, 10 years) Iowa: Kirk Ferentz (22-26, 4 years) Michigan: Lloyd Carr (76-23, 8 years) Michigan State: John L. Smith (1st season; 110-60 overall, 14 years) Minnesota: Glen Mason (34-37, 7 years; 93-101 overall, 16 years) Northwestern: Randy Walker (18-28, 4 years; 77-63-5 overall, 13 years) Ohio State: Jim Tressel (21-5, 2 years) Penn State: Joe Paterno (336-100-3, 37 years) Purdue: Joe Tiller (46-28, 6 years) Wisconsin: Barry Alvarez (92-61-4, 13 years)

Big 12

Baylor: Guy Morriss (1st season; 9-14 overall, 2 years) Colorado: Gary Barnett (29-21, 4 years; 64-66-1 overall, 11 years) Kansas: Mark Mangino (2-10, 1 year) Kansas State: Bill Snyder (116-51-1, 14 years) Iowa State: Dan McCarney (36-57, 8 years) Missouri: Gary Pinkel (9-14, 2 years; 82-51-3 overall, 12 years) Nebraska: Frank Solich (49-16, 5 years) Oklahoma: Bob Stoops (43-9, 4 years) Oklahoma State: Les Miles (12-12, 2 years) Texas: Mack Brown (49-15, 5 years; 135-89-1 overall, 9 years) Texas A&M: Dennis Franchione (1st season; 75-54 overall, 11 years) Texas Tech: Mike Leach (23-16, 3 years)

Conference USA

Army: Todd Berry (5-29, 3 years) Cincinnati: Rick Minter (48-56-1, 9 years) East Carolina: John Thompson (1st season) Houston: Art Briles (1st season) Louisville: Bobby Petrino (1st season) Memphis: Tommy West (8-15, 2 years; 43-50 overall, 8 years) South Florida: Jim Leavitt (44-22, 6 years) Southern Miss: Jeff Bower (80-58-1, 12 years) TCU: Gary Patterson (16-9, 2 years) Tulane: Chris Scelfo (21-27, 4 years) UAB: Watson Brown (42-47, 8 years; 60-116-1 overall, 15 years)

MAC

Akron: Lee Owens (33-56, 8 years) Ball State: Brady Hoke (1st season) Bowling Green: Gregg Brandon (1st season) Buffalo: Jim Hofher (4-19, 2 years) Central Michigan: Mike DeFord (9-25, 3 years) Eastern Michigan: Jeff Woodruff (8-26, 3 years) Kent State: Dean Pees (12-44, 5 years)Marshall: Bob Pruett (80-13, 7 years) Miami: Terry Hoeppner (27-19, 4 years) Northern Illinois: Joe Novak (28-50, 7 years) Ohio: Brian Knorr (5-18, 2 years) Toledo: Tom Amstutz (19-7, 2 years) UCF: Mike Kruczek (33-23, 5 years) Western Michigan: Gary Darnell (40-29, 6 years)

Mountain West

Air Force: Fisher DeBerry (149-83-1, 19 years) BYU: Gary Crowton (17-9, 2 years; 38-22 overall, 5 years) Colorado State: Sonny Lubick (84-37, 10 years; 105-56, 14 years) New Mexico: Rocky Long (25-35, 5 years) San Diego State: Tom Craft (4-9, 1 year) UNLV: John Robinson (20-27, 4 years; 124-62-4 overall, 16 years) Utah: Urban Meyer (1st season; 17-6 overall, 2 years) Wyoming: Joe Glenn (1st season)

Pac-10

Arizona: John Mackovic (9-14, 2 years; 94-78-3 overall, 15 years) Arizona State: Dirk Koetter (12-13, 2 years; 38-23 overall, 5 years) California: Jeff Tedford (7-5, 1 year) Oregon: Mike Bellotti (67-29, 8 years) Oregon State: Mike Riley (1st season; 8-14 overall, 2 years) Stanford: Buddy Teevans (2-9, 1 year) UCLA: Karl Dorrell (1st season) USC: Pete Carroll (17-8, 2 years) Washington: Keith Gilbertson (1st season; 48-35 overall; 7 years) Washington State: Bill Doba (1st season)

SEC

Alabama: Mike Shula (1st year) Arkansas: Houston Nutt (39-23, 5 years; 75-45 overall, 10 years) Auburn: Tommy Tuberville (30-19, 4 years; 55-39 overall, 8 years) Florida: Ron Zook (8-5, 1st year) Georgia: Mark Richt (21-5, 2 years) Kentucky: Rich Brooks (1st season; 91-109-4 overall, 18 years) LSU: Nick Saban (26-12, 3 years; 69-38-1 overall, 9 years) Mississippi: David Cutcliffe (30-19, 4 years) Mississippi State: Jackie Sherrill (73-65-2, 12 years; 178-110-4 overall, 25 years) South Carolina: Lou Holtz (22-25, 4 years; 238-120-7 overall; 31 years) Tennessee: Phillip Fulmer (103-25, 11 years) Vanderbilt: Bobby Johnson (2-10, 1st year)

Sun Belt

Arkansas State: Steve Roberts (6-1, 1 year) Idaho: Tom Cable (8-26, 3 years) Louisiana-Lafayette: Rickey Bustle (3-9, 1 year) Louisiana-Monroe: Charlie Weatherbie (1st season; 45-64 overall, 10 years) Middle Tennessee: Andy McCollum (21-24, 4 years) New Mexico State: Tony Samuels (26-42, 6 years) North Texas: Darrell Dickey (21-37, 5 years) Utah State: Mick Dennehy (13-20, 3 years)

WAC

Boise State: Dan Hawkins (20-5, 2 years) Fresno State: Pat Hill (46-30, 6 years) Hawaii: June Jones (31-20, 4 years) Louisiana Tech: Jack Bicknell (22-25, 4 years) Nevada: Chris Tormey (10-25, 3 years; 43-48 overall, 8 years) Rice: Ken Hatfield (46-53-1, 9 years; 159-11-4 overall, 24 years) San Jose State: Fitz Hill (9-16, 2 years) SMU: Phil Bennett (3-9, 1 year) Tulsa: Steve Kragthorpe (1st season) UTEP: Gary Nord (12-23, 3 years)