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Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney argues a call during the first half of the NCAA college football playoff championship game against Alabama Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney argues a call during the first half of the NCAA college football playoff championship game against Alabama Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

College football coaching rankings

CBSsports.com filled the week by ranking all of the college football coaches in the power five conferences, and included Notre Dame.

Here’s the top 25, which has no surprise at the top with Nick Saban leading the way and Urban Meyer right behind him. (Dabo, Jimbo and Harbaugh round out the top five.) A couple of thoughts and a few surprises:

We were a little surprised that Gus Malzahn, who is 11-13 in his last 24 SEC games, ranked in the top 20.

The rankings have an interesting tidbit in that is shows the movement for each coach from last year’s ranking.