Most wins vs ranked teams in a college football head coach's season, bowls included
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Nick Saban leads with 9 wins vs ranked teams in 2016, bowls included, first of 10,098 head coach seasons.
| # | Player and seasons | Value |
|---|---|---|
 Nick Saban (2016 Alabama)2016 | 9 | |
 Les Miles (2011 LSU)2011 | 8 | |
| Nick Saban (2015 Alabama)2015 | 8 | |
 Forest Evashevski (1960 Iowa)1960 | 7 | |
 Barry Switzer (1975 Oklahoma)1975 | 7 | |
 Lloyd Carr (1997 Michigan)1997 | 7 | |
 Pete Carroll (2002 USC)2002 | 7 | |
| Les Miles (2007 LSU)2007 | 7 | |
| Ed Orgeron (2019 LSU)2019 | 7 | |
 Marcus Freeman (2024 Notre Dame)2024 | 7 | |
 Mario Cristobal (2025 Miami (FL))2025 | 7 | |
 Woody Hayes (1954 Ohio State)1954 | 6 | |
| Chuck Fairbanks (1972 Oklahoma)1972 | 6 | |
| John McKay (1972 USC)1972 | 6 | |
| Barry Switzer (1973 Oklahoma)1973 | 6 | |
 Pat Dye (1983 Auburn)1983 | 6 | |
 George Perles (1987 Michigan State)1987 | 6 | |
| Jimmy Johnson (1987 Miami (FL))1987 | 6 | |
| Lou Holtz (1989 Notre Dame)1989 | 6 | |
 Bobby Bowden (1992 Florida State)1992 | 6 | |
| Bobby Bowden (1993 Florida State)1993 | 6 | |
| John Cooper (1995 Ohio State)1995 | 6 | |
 Phillip Fulmer (1998 Tennessee)1998 | 6 | |
| Mike DuBose (1999 Alabama)1999 | 6 | |
| Bob Stoops (2000 Oklahoma)2000 | 6 |