Final Top 25 Coach Rankings: Edsall best ATS coach of all BCS Conferences; 6 from ACC

Randy Edsall's ATS stats since 2000: 73-46 ATS (61.35%), 30-18 as a favorite; 43-28 as a dog; 35-17 off a loss. He ranks among the top 10 in all ATS categories overall.

Over the last week, I’ve been ranking the best Against The Spread coaches in each of the six BCS Conferences. In case you haven’t been following along, here are the results by conference:

ACC: 1. Randy Edsall; 2. Tom O’Brien; 3. Paul Johnson

Big 10: 1. Kirk Ferentz; 2. Brady Hoke; 3. Bo Pelini

Big 12: 1. Bob Stoops; 2. Mack Brown; 3. Bill Snyder

Big East: 1. Skip Holtz; 2. Greg Schiano*; 3. Todd Graham

Pac-12: 1. Mike Riley; 2. Dennis Erickson; 3. Kyle Whittingham

SEC: 1. Bobby Petrino; 2. Steve Spurrier; 3. Nick Saban

*As you’ll see below, I had a change of heart on Schiano. He tumbled down the rankings despite my earlier declaration that he was the second-best ATS coach in the Big East.

By early August, I’m hoping to take these rankings and turn them into something more meaningful, sort of like a Sagarin Ratings for coaches. It won’t be something used to make bets on, of course, but rather it will be a tool used to identify potential advantages.

The acronym for my coach ratings will be PABO, but I need to make sure that I patent it prior to telling you what it stands for. (So don’t steal it, OK?)

In the meantime, here is a preliminary top 25 rankings for all coaches in BCS Conferences. All stats are since 2000:

1. Randy Edsall, Maryland | Has won 21 of 43 games outright as a dog

2. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa | 20-9 ATS off a loss; 6-2 ATS in bowl games

3. Tom O’Brien, NC State | 7-1-1 ATS in bowl games

4. Mike Riley, Oregon State | 18 of 26 dog wins have been outright

5. Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech | 31-13 ATS in road games

6. Bobby Petrino, Arkansas | 28-12 ATS at home

7. Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech | 67-52 ATS as a favorite

8. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina | 17-12 ATS off a loss

9. Nick Saban, Alabama | 6-3 ATS in bowl games

10. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma | 15-6 ATS off a loss

11. Skip Holtz, South Florida | 28-13 ATS as a dog

12. Mack Brown, Texas | 29-17 ATS on the road

13. Dennis Erickson, Arizona State | 30-13 ATS at home

14. Kyle Whittingham, Utah | 5-2 ATS in bowl games

15. Bill Snyder, Kansas State | 18-10 ATS as a dog

16. Brady Hoke, Michigan | 29-21 ATS on the road

17. Al Golden, Temple | 23-14 ATS as a dog

18. Butch Davis, North Carolina | 10 of 15 dog wins have been outright

19. Todd Graham, Pittsburgh | 18-9 ATS at home

20. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State | 28-11 ATS as a favorite

21. Bo Pelini, Nebraska | 3-1 ATS in bowl games

22. Bret Bielema, Wisconsin | 24-19 ATS as a favorite

23. Greg Schiano, Rutgers | 4-0 ATS in bowl games

24. Paul Pasqualoni, Connecticut | 20-7 ATS in home games

25. Derek Dooley, Tennessee | Lucky this wasn’t a top 24