Every college football program in America wants to be relevant.

And while there's a fine line between finding sustainable success in the upper-tier or being saddled by a ceiling of mediocrity, winning more games than you lose and consistently beating your rival are primary objectives every coach must meet to ensure longevity.

When you're not in the national discussion, you're sinking, but let's not act like there's 25 or so Power 5 programs capable of winning the Playoff every year. The system is set up for the nation's elites and those who routinely dominate neighboring powers during the recruiting cycle.

Judging a head coach's value by situation, strengths, track record and current trajectory are all extremely important factors and we've tried to break those down equally in this Top 25 list.

Here's our ranking of college football's 25 best head coaches entering the 2019 season: