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Swinney ranked Top 3 coach nationally for 2017

Swinney ranked Top 3 coach nationally for 2017


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CBSSports.com released its annual ranking of the top college football head coaches for 2017 and Clemson's Dabo Swinney was ranked No. 3 overall behind only Nick Saban and Urban Meyer.

"When we were putting our rankings together, we all knew who the top two would be," CBSSports.com said. "The question was who would claim No. 3, and nobody is surprised to see Dabo climb up and take this spot. He's fresh off his first national title, and he's now won at least 10 games in each of the last six seasons. Clemson is a powerhouse thanks to Swinney, and he absolutely deserves this spot."

The Top 10 coaches on the list where Nick Saban, Urban Meyer, Dabo Swinney, Jimbo Fisher, Jim Harbaugh, Bob Stoops, Chris Peterson, David Shaw, Bill Snyder, and Gary Patterson.

Other ACC head coaches that were ranked below Swinney and Fisher include Bobby Petrino (#13 overall), Mark Richt (#15 overall), David Cutcliffe (#17 overall), Brian Kelly (#22 overall), and Paul Johnson (#25 overall).

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TigerNet News®
spacer No MooseChump?
ClemBert
spacer He's not even the 3rd best coach in their weak-a$$ Division***
BigCUFan®
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hoppercats2
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ancientorange
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footballmanager
spacer real ranking - dabo, sabin, myers -he beat both in '16 - '17***
ObiWan
spacer if this ranking is about what your team is doing right now...
Johnnyupstate
spacer Re: if this ranking is about what your team is doing right now...
Dugatiger®
spacer newsflash cbs
ClemsonSCTiger
spacer After 31-0 beat down,,#3 should jump #2 for sure.
Tiger1955
spacer Re: After 31-0 beat down,,#3 should jump #2 for sure.
Dugatiger®
spacer Re: After 31-0 beat down,,#3 should jump #2 for sure.
allorangeallthetime52®
spacer Re: After 31-0 beat down,,#3 should jump #2 for sure.
PetesPonies
spacer Re: After 31-0 beat down,,#3 should jump #2 for sure.
allorangeallthetime52®
spacer I don't understand how Harbaugh is ranked #5
Felix2
spacer Re: I don't understand how Harbaugh is ranked #5
FishinCrazy
spacer Re: I don't understand how Harbaugh is ranked #5
littledenny37
spacer Harbaugh, 0 titles...David Shaw has 3
TGRRAG
spacer His main achievement is upsetting SoCal twice ... and
apextiger
spacer I agree with this and it's awesome to be a #3
PACIFIC BEACH TIGER®
spacer edit: the whole post is littered with bad typos, sorry***
PACIFIC BEACH TIGER®
spacer Re: I agree with this and it's awesome to be a #3
Dugatiger®
spacer Re: I agree with this and it's awesome to be a #3
23BGraham6
spacer Re: I agree with this and it's awesome to be a #3
23BGraham6
spacer Interesting!
Dugatiger®
spacer Re: Interesting!
ushermich
spacer Re: Interesting!
hoosicktiger®
spacer Re: Interesting!
Dugatiger®
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flatfoots®
spacer #####?
ClemsonTiger1988®
spacer 31 reasons why Dabo>Urban
CU''90
spacer 31 reasons why Dabo>Urban
CU''90
spacer That's 33 reasons***
TigerNotAtGT
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JD404
spacer Shaw underrated considering academics and success
TGRRAG
spacer What??? Our cheerleader coach??
Rock Hill Tiger
spacer and he seems to own the top 2
braker®
spacer Uh... no.***
TigerNotAtGT
spacer Just another example of the media bias against Clemson
Anonymous08®
spacer Cracks me up how the sports pundits are just Sheeple....
ClemBert
spacer Re: Cracks me up how the sports pundits are just Sheeple....
Dugatiger®
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Rice65
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allorangeallthetime52®
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Southeasterntiger
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Southeasterntiger
spacer People saying he deserves to be #1 are ridiculous homers
TigersAndCubs
spacer "Patience you must have my young padawan."... It's coming.***
SOLOS®