Wisconsin football head coach Paul Chryst has proven himself amongst the nations best over the past seasons. The two-time Big Ten Coach of the Year winner is looking to get the Badgers back on track after an unusual 4-3 campaign in 2020, and CBS Sports’ Tom Fornelli sees the Wisconsin leader as a top coach in the country.
Fornelli recently ranked the top coaches in college football, and Chryst came in at No. 18. The explanation started with something that Wisconsin fans say every single year: Paul Chryst is perennially underrated. Here is what Fornelli had to say about ranking Chryst at No. 18:
He is perpetually underrated. Chryst has gone 56-19 in six seasons at Wisconsin and won three division titles. He’s led the Badgers to three New Year’s Six games in that span, yet he cannot crack the top 15 of our rankings. Some of our voters seem to think Chryst inherited a blueprint and has just followed it, and that hurts his standing in their eyes. I had Chryst at No. 8 on my ballot, so I suppose I respect what he’s accomplished in Madison more than my colleagues. 2020 rank: 17 (-1)