Ohio State’s Urban Meyer ranked best college football coach

The 2014 Ohio State Buckeyes had quite a season. After dealing with multiple key injuries, the Buckeyes road to its eighth national title was an unlikely one. While the Buckeyes’ roster was loaded with talent, it was Urban Meyer’s coaching talents that took the team to the top. It’s hard to imagine Ohio State overcoming all of those setbacks under anyone else’s leadership. Dealing with multiple injuries to starting quarterbacks, Meyer was able to not only keep his team focused, but inspire amazing performances out of back up players. Top 20 coach-QB duos: Urban Meyer and Cardale Jones are easy No. 1. http://t.co/JH0RhnCgWa pic.twitter.com/hY1Aum84l1 — FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) May 15, 2015 So it’s no surprise Sporting News selected Urban Meyer as the number one coach in college football. More from Sporting News: The only that stops Urb is Urb. He ended his run of success at Florida by allowing players to gain too much power and eventually control the team. Avoiding that trap is critical to future success. Meyer edged out Alabama coach Nick Saban, who the Buckeyes knocked off in the Sugar Bowl. Saban was ranked number one is last year’s poll. Michigan States’ Mark Dantonio came in third. Top 25 college football coaches Urban Meyer, Ohio State Nick Saban, Alabama Mark Dantonio, Michigan State Gary Patterson, TCU Art Briles, Baylor Jim Harbaugh, Michigan David Shaw, Stanford Bill Snyder, Kansas State Steve Spurrier, South Carolina Chris Peterson, Washington Brian Kelly, Notre Dame Jim Mora, UCLA Bob Stoops, Oklahoma Rich Rodriguez, Arizona Bret Bielema, Arkansas Gary Pinkel, Missouri David Cutcliffe, Duke Les Miles, LSU Jimbo Fisher, Florida State Charlie Strong, Texas Dabo Swinney, Clemson Mark Helfrich, Oregon Gus Malzahn, Auburn James Franklin, Penn State Hugh Freeze Ole Miss

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