On Friday, Tom Fornelli of CBS Sports listed the five college football head coaches who are most likely to win their first national title, joining elite company at the top of CFB’s coaching hierarchy.
Thanks to Bob Stoops unexpected retirement, there are only four active coaches in college football who can claim a national championship to their name.
In Fornelli’s estimation, Clay Helton is on track to join Nick Saban, Urban Meyer, Jimbo Fisher and Dabo Swinney in that honor.
Coming in at No. 3 ahead of Jim McElwain at Florida and Tom Herman at Texas, but behind Washington’s Chris Petersen and Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh, here’s what Fornelli had to say about the Trojan head coach:
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