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The Top Ranked College Football Head Coaches of the 1970s
Notes: Only Coaches who were ranked in the top 50 in any season from 1970-1979 appear on this list.
| Rnk | Coach |
| 1 | Bear Bryant |
| 2 | Barry Switzer |
| 3 | Bob Devaney |
| 4 | John McKay |
| 5 | Ara Parseghian |
| 6 | Johnny Majors |
| 7 | Dan Devine |
| 8 | John Robinson |
| 9 | Chuck Fairbanks |
| 10 | Woody Hayes |
| 11 | Frank Kush |
| 12 | Bo Schembechler |
| 13 | Darrell Royal |
| 14 | Lou Holtz |
| 15 | Eddie Crowder |
| 16 | Joe Paterno |
| 17 | Bill Yeoman |
| 18 | Bill Battle |
| 19 | Earle Bruce |
| 20 | Fred Akers |
| 21 | Ralph Jordan |
| 22 | Dick Vermeil |
| 23 | Fran Curci |
| 24 | Bobby Bowden |
| 25 | Charley Pell |
| 26 | Charles McClendon |
| 27 | Vince Dooley |
| 28 | Tom Osborne |
| 29 | Frank Broyles |
| 30 | Emory Bellard |
| 31 | Jackie Sherrill |
| 32 | Jerry Claiborne |
| 33 | John Ralston |
| 34 | Don James |
| 35 | Jim Young |
| 36 | Dick Crum |
| 37 | Jim Carlen |
| 38 | Pepper Rodgers |
| 39 | Bill Dooley |
| 40 | Darryl Rogers |
| 41 | Dennis Stolz |
| 42 | Frank Lauterbur |
| 43 | Steve Sloan |
| 44 | LaVell Edwards |
| 45 | Bud Carson |
| 46 | Grant Teaff |
| 47 | Bob Blackman |
| 48 | Jim Stanley |
| 49 | Terry Donahue |
| 50 | Mike White |
| 51 | Jack Murphy |
| 52 | Doug Dickey |
| 53 | Bill Mallory |
| 54 | Warren Powers |
| 55 | Bill Walsh |
| 56 | Billy Kinard |
| 57 | Claude Gilbert |
| 58 | Doug Barfield |
| 59 | Ben Martin |
| 60 | Al Onofrio |
| 61 | Wayne Hardin |
| 62 | Frank Burns |
| 63 | Jim Pittman |
| 64 | Bob Tyler |
| 65 | Bo Rein |
| 66 | Lee Corso |
| 67 | Don Fambrough |
| 68 | Jim Sweeney |
| 69 | Jim Owens |
| 70 | Tom Wilson |
| 71 | Bill Fulcher |
| 72 | John Jardine |
| 73 | John Vaught |
| 74 | Bennie Ellender |
| 75 | Dave Smith |
| 76 | Larry Jones |
| 77 | Danny Ford |
| 78 | Tommy Prothro |
| 79 | Jack Christiansen |
| 80 | Duffy Daugherty |
| 81 | Bob DeMoss |
| 82 | Bud Moore |
| 83 | Rex Dockery |
| 84 | Larry Smith |
| 85 | Hayden Fry |
| 86 | Alex Agase |
| 87 | Cal Stoll |
| 88 | Bill Davidson |
| 89 | Ron Meyer |
| 90 | Joseph Yukica |
| 91 | Pat Dye |
| 92 | Ken Cooper |
| 93 | Chuck Mills |
| 94 | Tony Mason |
| 95 | Jerry Frei |
| 96 | Dee Andros |
| 97 | Roy Kidd |
| 98 | Rudy Hubbard |
| 99 | Ray Willsey |
| 100 | John Whitehead |
| 101 | Bob Pickett |
| 102 | Rudy Feldman |
| 103 | Roger Theder |
| 104 | Chris Ault |
| 105 | Mike Gottfried |
| 106 | W.C. Golden |
| 107 | Vince Gibson |
| 108 | Dick Bestwick |
| 109 | Carmen Cozza |
| 110 | Billy Murphy |
| 111 | Herb Deromedi |
| 112 | Red Parker |
| 113 | George Welsh |
| 114 | Frank Maloney |
| 115 | Paul Dietzel |
| 116 | Al Conover |
| 117 | Bob Owens |
| 118 | Bill Peterson |
| 119 | Mike McGee |
| 120 | Bobby Collins |
| 121 | Carl Selmer |
| 122 | Sonny Randle |
| 123 | F. Dry |
| 124 | Don Coryell |
| 125 | John Cooper |
| 126 | John Mackovic |
| 127 | Joe Salem |
| 128 | John Crouthamel |
| 129 | Jack Musick |
| 130 | Charles Shira |
| 131 | Ron Dowhower |
| 132 | Maxie Lambright |
| 133 | Eddie Robinson |
| 134 | Richard Williamson |
| 135 | Lou Saban |
| 136 | Floyd Gass |
| 137 | Bo Hagan |
| 138 | Dick Enright |
| 139 | Sarkis Arslanian |
| 140 | Billy Tohill |
| 141 | Dennis Fryzel |
| 142 | Frank Jones |
| 143 | Jimmy Sharpe |
| 144 | Pete Elliott |
| 145 | Jimmy Johnson |
| 146 | John Yovicsin |
| 147 | Wayne Howard |
| 148 | Bill Hess |
| 149 | Bill Mondt |
| 150 | Bruce Snyder |
| 151 | Fred Pancoast |
| 152 | Bill Meek |
| 153 | Frank Cignetti |
| 154 | Jim Strangeland |
| 155 | Tubby Raymond |
| 156 | Gil Krueger |
| 157 | Darrell Mudra |
| 158 | Roy Kramer |
| 159 | Sonny Holland |
| 160 | Jimmy Feix |
| 161 | Bill Narduzzi |
| 162 | Jim Fuller |
| 163 | Jim Dennison |
| 164 | Jim Wacker |
| 165 | Tony Knap |
| 166 | Bill Bowes |
| 167 | Jim Sochor |
| 168 | Bill Hayes |
| 169 | Jim King |
| 170 | John Williams |
| 171 | Ray Green |
| 172 | Fred Dunlap |
| 173 | Andy Hinson |
| 174 | Bob Waters |
| 175 | Clarence Thomas |
| 176 | Dick MacPherson |
| 177 | Gene Murphy |
| 178 | Jerry Olson |
| 179 | Joe Harper |
| 180 | John Gregory |
| 181 | Marino Casem |
| 182 | Rey Dempsey |
| 183 | Sandy Buda |
| 184 | Stan Sheriff |
| 185 | Willard Bailey |
| 186 | Dave Maurer |
| 187 | Jim Butterfield |
| 188 | Bill Manlove |
| 189 | John Gagliardi |
| 190 | Lee Tressel |
| 191 | Ron Schipper |
| 192 | Frank Navarro |
| 193 | Phil Albert |
| 194 | Walt Nadzak |
| 195 | Al Molde |
| 196 | Chuck Klausing |
| 197 | Ted Stratford |
| 198 | Andy Vinci |
| 199 | Bob DiSpirito |
| 200 | Bob Ford |
| 201 | Ed Farrell |
| 202 | Harper Davis |
| 203 | Jim Byers |
| 204 | Jim Hershberger |
| 205 | John Potsklan |
| 206 | Ben Newcomb |
| 207 | Bill Bless |
| 208 | Dom Anile |
| 209 | Don Birmingham |
| 210 | Frank Joranko |
| 211 | Gene Carpenter |
| 212 | Jerry Carle |
| 213 | Leon Lomax |
| 214 | Rick Carter |
| 215 | Steve Miller |
| 216 | Stokeley Fulton |
| 217 | Tom Porter |
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