Ask a coach how much rankings matter in college football, and they'll likely say they don't — if they even bother to answer you at all.

That said, rankings are still fun, so Sporting News decided to compile a list ranking all 130 FBS coaches. It's a summer rite of passage with the same familiar name at the top: Alabama's Nick Saban remains the standard, even for title-winning coaches in Dabo Swinney, Urban Meyer and Jimbo Fisher.

SN'S TOP 25: QBs | RBs | Defensive players

How did we rank those 130 coaches? We look at career accomplishments, factoring in what they've achieved in recent years. When it got tight, we picked the coach we’d take in a head-to-head matchup. It’s not a perfect science, but it’s ours.

And don't worry, there aren't 130 slides to click through — but we have to build the tension with a countdown. The Big Ten has six top-25 coaches, followed by the SEC, Big 12 and Pac-12 with five apiece. The ACC has three, with an independent coach rounding out the group.

Here are Sporting News' top coach rankings ahead of 2018: