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Where Bielema stands among the nation’s best coaches

Last week I shared the blind resumes of 8 football coaches. 75% of you guessed Bielema correctly. I’ll give it to you; it was pretty easy.

Here are the answers:

Coach 1: Bret Bielema - Arkansas 2013 - 2014

Bowls: 1 | Recruiting Class Rankings - 1st: 29 | 2nd: 22

Top 5 Wins: 0 | Top 10 Wins: 1 | Top 25 Wins: 2 | Conference Wins: 2

Coach 2: Kirby Smart - Georgia 2017 - 2018

Bowls: 2 | Recruiting Class Rankings - 1st: 3 | 2nd: 1

Top 5 Wins: 1 | Top 10 Wins: 2 | Top 25 Wins: 6 | Conference Wins: 11

Coach 3: Kirk Ferentz - Iowa 1999 - 2000

Bowls: 0 | Recruiting Class Rankings - 1st: 29 | 2nd: 21

Top 5 Wins: 0 | Top 10 Wins: 0 | Top 25 Wins: 1 | Conference Wins: 3

Coach 4: Chip Kelly - UCLA 2019 - 2020

Bowls: 0 | Recruiting Class Rankings - 1st: 44 | 2nd: 31

Top 5 Wins: 0 | Top 10 Wins: 0 | Top 25 Wins: 2 | Conference Wins: 7

Coach 5: Dabo Swinney - Clemson 2009 - 2010

Bowls: 2 | Recruiting Class Rankings - 1st: 36 | 2nd: 27

Top 5 Wins: 0 | Top 10 Wins: 1 | Top 25 Wins: 2 | Conference Wins: 10

Coach 6: Bret Bielema - Illinois 2021 - 2022

Bowls: 1 | Recruiting Class Rankings - 1st: 63 | 2nd: 46

Top 5 Wins: 0 | Top 10 Wins: 1 | Top 25 Wins: 2 | Conference Wins: 9

Coach 7: Bret Bielema - Wisconsin 2006 - 2007

Bowls: 2 | Recruiting Class Rankings - 1st: 36 | 2nd: 32

Top 5 Wins: 0 | Top 10 Wins: 0 | Top 25 Wins: 2 | Conference Wins: 12

Coach 8: Luke Fickell - Cincinnati 2018 - 2019

Bowls: 1 | Recruiting Class Rankings - 1st: 49 | 2nd: 64

Top 5 Wins: 0 | Top 10 Wins: 0 | Top 25 Wins: 0 | Conference Wins: 8

Which one was the most surprising for you?