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The college football coaching carousel was up and running rather early this season after LSU fired Les Miles after only four games. But despite that premature start to what's usually a crazy amount of movement, with one hiring or firing often leading to several head coaching changes at other schools, the 2016 edition was on the quiet side.

As of Monday, 17 of the 129 FBS programs will have a coach running things in 2017 that was not in that same position at the start of this season. That's down from the 26 coaching changes that occurred during or after the 2015 season.

There could be more changes, depending on if any college coaches get lured into the pros, but for now the dust has settled. Which means it's the perfect time to assess how schools did in filling their openings.

We've ranked all 17 hires, using a combination of the new coach's name recognition and how likely he is to make a difference at the school as the ranking criteria. Check out how we ranked them, then tell us what order you'd come up with in the comments section.