CBS Sports released their 2018 Post Spring CFB coaches rankings on Tuesday and Mario Cristobal is near the back of the pack. Of the 65 power five coaches in college football, Mario Cristobal checks in at No. 54 on CBS Sports list.

The first year Oregon head coach is getting no benefit of the doubt in this ranking with CBS putting him in the bottom 20% of power five coaches. Of the five voters that make up the CBS power ranking, Dennis Dodd was the high vote placing Cristobal at No. 45, while Ben Kercheval was the low vote at No. 60.

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Cristobal is returning to being the head of a program after being fired from Florida International in 2012. Overall in his six season at FIU, Cristobal had a record of 27-47 with two winning seasons. In his fourth season Cristobal took the Panthers to their first bowl game in program history and won their first conference title in the Sun Belt.

After being fired two years later, Cristobal refined his coaching skills under Alabama's Nick Saban where he was named the 2015 National Recruiter of the Year by 247Sports. His 2015 recruiting class included three 2018 NFL First Round draft picks with Da'Ron Payne, Minkah Fitzpatrick, and Calvin Ridley all being selected as true juniors.

As Cristobal is a new head coach, they do not have any previous data on his ranking from last season. Oregon's former coach, Willie Taggart checks in on CBS Sports list as the No. 34 power five head coach. While at Oregon, Taggart ended the season as the No. 31 ranked head coach in 2017.

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