The Big Ten has some of the highest-paid coaches, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t facing some pressure heading into the 2022 college football season. Nebraska head coach Scott Frost continues to be in a spotlight in Lincoln and [autotag]James Franklin[/autotag] could use a nice rebound season at Penn State. Meanwhile, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh is coming off his first appearance in the College Football Playoff and Ohio State head coach Ryan Day is looking to get the Buckeyes back to the top of the conference after being knocked off the top of the ladder in 2021.
After another year of results have been observed and broken down, Sporting News took the time to update its annual ranking of every FBS head coach going into the new college football season in 2022. Not surprisingly, some coaches around the Big Ten took some notable slides up or down the national ranking after last season’s results. Mel Tucker of Michigan State rocketed up the ranking after a solid season in East Lansing and Indiana’s Tom Allen took a good stumble after the Hoosiers couldn’t keep the momentum of 2020 rolling into 2021.
Here’s how Big Ten coaches stack up according to Sporting News for the upcoming 2022 season.