ESPN has released a poll from their reporters that ranked coaches and their top ten is included in the link.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/45026603/ranking-best-coaches-college-football-2025

Kirby is ranked #1 which I personally can't argue against. His resume is stellar, has back-to-back natty's at his current school and they were recent, and UGA is always a contender. He'll likely need to get UGA back into the Semis or Finals this year to remain on top next season but ranking him #1 is, at worst, reasonable.

Day is #2. No notes. However, they did include a quote from one reporter who ranked Day at #4 (lower than anyone else who voted) which I thought I'd share here. I'm looking forward to the response from this community in the comments:

There are a couple of reasons I did not rank Day higher. I think he should be docked for having a poor record against Michigan, the most important game on the schedule every year. He is 1-4 against the Wolverines and lost last season as a prohibitive favorite. The corresponding outrage from the fan base only died down after Ohio State won the national championship. That leads me to my second point. You might be thinking the national title is reason enough to have Day ranked higher. But in any other season, that Michigan loss would have ended the Buckeyes' season. They got a second chance only because of the newly expanded 12-team playoff. For those reasons, I have Day at No. 4. -- Andrea Adelson

DeBoer at #7 is interesting to me because he hasn't done anything in his current role to support that ranking. It looks like the arguments in his favor are his historical success in his career which....does matter, but not sure this ranking is based on anything but the name brand he's coaching for at this point.