| Fielding H. Yost (Michigan)1901 – 1905 | 49 |
| Walter Camp (Yale)1888 – 1891 | 48 |
| Urban Meyer (Ohio State)2012 – 2015 | 47 |
| Chris Petersen (Boise State)2006 – 2009 | 46 |
| Dennis Erickson (Miami (FL))1989 – 1993 | 46 |
| George Washington Woodruff (Pennsylvania)1892 – 1895 | 46 |
| Barry Switzer (Oklahoma)1973 – 1977 | 45 |
| Robert Neyland (Tennessee)1926 – 1931 | 45 |
| Ryan Day (Ohio State)2018 – 2022 | 45 |
| Andrew Kerr (Colgate)1929 – 1934 | 44 |
| Bo Schembechler (Michigan)1969 – 1973 | 44 |
| Bob Devaney (Nebraska)1962 – 1966 | 44 |
| Chip Kelly (Oregon)2009 – 2012 | 44 |
| Dan Hawkins (Boise State)2001 – 2004 | 44 |
| Knute Rockne (Notre Dame)1918 – 1923 | 44 |
| Larry Coker (Miami (FL))2001 – 2004 | 44 |
| Percy Haughton (Harvard)1908 – 1913 | 44 |
| Bud Wilkinson (Oklahoma)1947 – 1951 | 43 |
| Dan Lanning (Oregon)2022 – 2025 | 43 |
| Frank Leahy (Notre Dame)1941 – 1948 | 43 |
| John Robinson (USC)1976 – 1980 | 43 |
| Pappy Waldorf (California)1947 – 1951 | 43 |
| Philip King (Wisconsin)1896 – 1901 | 43 |
| Pop Warner (Pittsburgh)1915 – 1921 | 43 |
| Carl S. Williams (Pennsylvania)1902 – 1905 | 42 |