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28 names between the 2 lists; would probably take 10 over by gregmorrissey

Kelly. Here are the lists with ages. Preceding numbers are how Mandel/Feldman ranked them

1/1 Saban 69 (7 national championships)
2/2 Swinney 51 (2 national championships)
3/3 Brian Kelly 59
4/4 Lincoln Riley 37
5/8 Ryan Day 42
6/10 Kirby Smart 45
7/6 Jimbo Fisher 55 (1 national championship)
8/7 Ed Orgeron 59 (1 national championship)
9/16 Dan Mullen 48
10/9 Matt Campbell 41
11/20 Luke Fickell 47
12/11 Pat Fitzgerald 46
13/18 Jeff Monken 53
14/21 Paul Chryst 55
15/12 Kyle Whittingham 61
16/UR Bill Clark 52
17/5 James Franklin 49
18/UR PJ Fleck 40
19/19 Mario Cristobal 50
20/24 Hugh Freeze 51
21/13 Kirk Ferentz 65
22/17 Lance Leipold 56
23/14 David Shaw 48
24/UR Lane Kiffin 45
25/25 Tom Allen 51
UR/15 Gary Patterson 61
UR/22 Jim Harbaugh 57
UR/23 Mike Leach 60

**Mack Brown 69 & Les Miles 67 are the only other active coaches that have national championships.

I think it's reasonable to argue that Kelly is no higher than 7 or 8 currently. And, there's probably 4 or 5 names below him in the list that most of us here would happily swap him out for.