TCU fans have known that Gary Patterson has been one of the country's top head coaches for some time now, and a new metric released by CBS Sports adds to his case.

Patterson has the nation's eighth highest winning percentage in games decided by one score. His Horned Frog teams are 43-25 in these close contests, good for a .632 winning percentage.

Bobby Wilder at Old Dominion and Ohio State's Urban Meyer far outpace the rest of the pack, with Wilder compiling a .741 percentage and Meyer posting a .723 in close games.

Brian Kelly at Notre Dame, Les Miles at LSU, Dan Mullen at Mississippi State, and Utah's Kyle Wittingham round out the list of the power five coaches above Patterson. The Big 12 has another spot in the top-10, with Oklahoma State's Mike Gundy, who's compiled a .622 winning percentage.

Baylor's new head coach Jim Grobe has the lowest winning percentage among all Big 12 coaches in one-score games, with a .471 rate, although all of those were during his tenure at Wake Forest.

Other notables in the Big 12 include Bob Stoops, nicknamed "Big Game Bob" for his prowess in tough matchups, who has compiled a 33-22 record (.600) in one-score games in his career with the Oklahoma Sooners.

Texas' Charlie Strong is 14-10 in these games, although he's just 3-5 with the Longhorns. Kliff Kingsbury is an even 5-5 with the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

The worst record in the nation? Well, that belongs to Doug Martin, at New Mexico State. Martin has compiled a 10-24 record, winning just .294 percent of close games.

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