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I really could only think of 4 or 5 current coaches that I THINK are top tier coaches and who would do better than the rest just about anywhere.

Saban heads my list, he's hard to ignore, and then Swinney I suppose.  Patterson I think, Fitzpatrick.  I'd give Mullen another year or so, but I think he belongs.

I was also musing about how Smart could make this list IFF UGA wins an NC in the next few years, and then he's on it, whether he's that good a coach or not.  I don't really like that type of thinking (Orgeron).

It's very subjective.

The very best coach might be at Cincy right now. Might.

It's a lot to do with fit.

Saban didn't light the world on fire at Michigan State, and he sucked at the next level, like many have. Then there's Pete Carrol, who sucked at the next level, elevated USC into a machine, and now he's good at the next level.

Chip Kelly rocked it at Oregon. Then he sucked at the next level, and now he sucks at UCLA. 

West Virginia isn't exactly the South - it seceded from Virginia and went with the North.But point taken.I really think Miles would have worked out much better than things have in AA

West Virginia isn't exactly the South - it seceded from Virginia and went with the North.But point taken.I really think Miles would have worked out much better than things have in AA

Even better than how he's done at Kansas?

I really could only think of 4 or 5 current coaches that I THINK are top tier coaches and who would do better than the rest just about anywhere.

Saban heads my list, he's hard to ignore, and then Swinney I suppose.  Patterson I think, Fitzpatrick.  I'd give Mullen another year or so, but I think he belongs.

I was also musing about how Smart could make this list IFF UGA wins an NC in the next few years, and then he's on it, whether he's that good a coach or not.  I don't really like that type of thinking (Orgeron).

Gary Patterson?  Better than Lincoln Riley, who fails to make your list?

So, it seems out of 130+ coaches, or however many are in P5, "we" can't list very many we think are "clearly above average".

I think that means we're very bad at defining what it means to be average. 

Jeff Scott might be.  
There's no reason for South Florida to be winless vs FBS teams.  Now, he was hired and 5 minutes later COVID happened, so it's early, but there's too much talent around there to suck that hard.