Coaching matters in football more than any other sport. Coaching matters even more in college football as you can outscheme your opponents on a weekly basis. We are going to rank the Top 5 coaches in college football from week to week in our Coach of the Year Rankings.

#1 Gary Patterson, TCU Horned Frogs

Gary Patterson is doing more with less than any coach in the nation. It’s still unclear whether the Horned Frogs will make the College Football Playoff, but the job that Patterson has done this season is perfectly transparent. Assuming TCU wins out and gets a share of the Big 12 Title, there’s no way anyone else can get the award.

#2 Rich Rodriguez, Arizona Wildcats

Another week, another win by the Arizona Wildcats. Rich Rodriguez has successfully rebuilt his reputation after the Michigan debacle (look how well Brady Hoke did there) and he’s again seen as one of the top coaches in the game. A 9-2 season by Arizona is unbelievably impressive.

#3 Nick Saban, Alabama Crimson Tide

Nick Saban can’t actually win this award, due to having the best talent in the nation to start with (that Saban recruited). Most pundits and fans will acquiesce that Saban is the best coach in America and even if the Tide were undefeated he would still likely get snubbed for the award. National titles, the highest salary in college football and the respect from his peers is probably enough to get Saban sleeping through the night.

#4 Dan Mullen, Mississippi State Bulldogs

Dan Mullen has done a wonderful job this season and he’s done more with less in the toughest division in the toughest conference. The real question is if Dan Mullen can make this an every year thing in Starkville or will he have to move on?

#5 Jimbo Fisher, Florida State Seminoles

Jimbo Fisher navigates college football’s most hated team in the nation and however bad the ‘Noles seem to look against seemingly inferior competition, Fisher always has them on top. Like Alabama, FSU gets everyone’s best shot and they’ve continued to answer the bell and find ways to win every week. Jimbo Fisher’s coaching in 2014 is even better than the job he did last year when the ‘Noles were destroying all of their opponents on their way to the title.

Again, this isn’t a list of the best coaches in the country, it’s a list of which coaches are doing the best job this season.