In this week’s Thursday 10, we look at the FBS coaches in the best position to win right away in their new jobs.

Stability and experience are a boon in this situation, which is why you’ll see plenty of familiar names on this list.

1. Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma: Named a head coach only a day ago, Riley already tops this list. Bob Stoops left behind a team on a nine-game winning streak that returns 16 starters. Riley, Oklahoma's offensive coordinator the last two seasons, will also have the benefit of a Heisman Trophy finalist at quarterback in Baker Mayfield and a staff that will remain intact in the post-Stoops era. Riley will be much better for that in his first season as he can lean on a strong support group he's familiar with.

It might seem odd to have a 33-year-old first-time coach at the top of this list, but Riley has long been prepared for the role he assumed Wednesday. This Oklahoma team has a real chance to not only win a third straight Big 12 title, but to contend for a national championship. There will certainly be questions about how Riley can replace such a titanic figure like Stoops, but, at least when it comes to 2017, no coach tasked with taking over a program is in a better position than Riley.

2. Charlie Strong, South Florida: It seems like a decade ago at this point, but in 2013 Charlie Strong was one of the hottest head coaches in the country after leading Louisville to a 23-3 overall record over a two-season stretch. His 16-21 run at Texas sullied his reputation a little, but Strong will have a chance to quickly reestablish his coaching prowess at South Florida. Strong famously said whoever coaches Texas in 2017 would win 10 games, and the same can be said of the team Willie Taggart left him in Tampa Bay.

The Bulls return an AAC-best 16 starters, including all-conference quarterback Quinton Flowers, one of the most explosive athletes in college football. At Texas, Strong inherited a roster that needed to be rebuilt. At South Florida, Strong is in charge of a roster readymade to win the AAC following an 11-2 season. Add in the fact Strong is back home in Florida at a place where he can just coach – the politics in Austin can be suffocating – and no coach is better set up for immediate success.

3. Ed Orgeron, LSU: Many coaches on this list will be forced to overcome the administrative challenge of reshaping the program in their image, Orgeron has no such problem. The Tigers interim coach a year ago (7-2) and long a familiar face around the program, Orgeron’s thumbprint is already all over Baton Rouge. Plus, the 55-year-old head coach has two of the best young coordinators in college football to lean on in offensive coordinator Matt Canada and defensive coordinator Dave Aranda.

Add in the fact the Tigers return players like Derrius Guice, a likely Heisman candidate, and the team’s prospects for the official “Year 1” of the Orgeron era are potentially rosy. Alabama and a brutal SEC West schedule remains an obstacle, but expect the Tigers to be a Top 15 team in 2017 under Coach O.

4. Major Applewhite, Houston: Familiarity and consistency breed success in sports, and Houston can claim that despite Tom Herman’s departure after the promotion of Applewhite – Herman’s offensive coordinator. A household name in Texas, it’s been a long road for Applewhite to reach the status of head coach. But now that he’s there, he inherited arguably the most desirable Group of Five job.

Houston is a recruiting hot-bed. It’s made a significant investment in football (the Cougars push to join a Power Five conference is not yet dead). Not to mention many of its coaches have gone on quickly to high-profile jobs – Art Briles (Baylor), Kevin Sumlin (Texas A&M) and Herman (Texas) – in short order.

The Cougars lost a lot of talent off last year’s team and almost the entire defensive staff. But with players like All-American defensive tackle Ed Oliver and former five-star quarterback Kyle Allen, Applewhite has more clay to mold than almost anyone in the AAC. With 15 returning starters, the Cougars are set up to contend again in 2017.

5. Tom Herman, Texas: Herman’s imprint is plastered all over the job above, and it hasn’t taken him long to do the same in Austin. His early tenure has been defined by change, which is exactly what the program needs after seven straight seasons of below-average results. Strong found little on-field success with the Longhorns, but he did leave Herman plenty of talented clay to mold. Texas has its quarterback (Shane Buechele), potential first-round draft picks (Connor Williams and Malik Jefferson) and a bevy of sophomores and juniors ready to break out after lofty recruiting billings.

Herman won 13 games in his first season at Houston, so he does have a proven track record of Year 1 success. There are certainly some systemic issues in Austin that Herman must work past, but his early off-field results indicate he’s capable of spurring a program transformation.

Strong prophesized a double-digit win season for Texas’ coach in 2017, and Herman could well prove him right.

6. Willie Taggart, Oregon: To label Oregon’s 4-8 season a year ago a disappointment would be an understatement, but to base its 2017 expectations off that record would be equally inaccurate. Taggart inherits a Ducks program with a decade-long run of success to lean upon, and the talent left from those seasons has not yet evaporated. Oregon has its issues, sure: A defense that seems to leak points and a culture that reportedly turned stale over the last few years. But the base is there.

Taggart made one of the best hires of the offseason snagging defensive coordinator Jim Leavitt away from Colorado. If Leavitt can even marginally improve the defense, Oregon’s offense – already strong and Taggart’s specialty – should be able to carry the team. With players like sophomore quarterback Justin Herbert and running back Royce Freeman back in 2017, the Ducks could easily be one of college football’s breakout teams in 2017.

7. Tom Allen, Indiana: Sticking with the theme of familiarity, Indiana did not go too far to find Kevin Wilson’s replacement. Indiana’s defensive coordinator in 2016, Allen will look to continue the foundation Wilson laid in his six years in Bloomington. The Hoosiers reached back-to-back bowl games for the first time since 1991 the last two seasons. With 15 starters back, there is plenty of experience for a continued ascent as a program.

The Hoosiers have the brutal task of dealing with the Big Ten East. But under Allen, the team’s defensive transformation is expected to continue. Indiana surrendered 25 fewer touchdowns in 2016 than it did the year before. With continued improvement in that area and an already potent offense, the Hoosiers should continue to take steps forward.

8. Mike Sanford, Western Kentucky: A hotbed for future coaching stars (and some of the past) since the turn of the decade, Western Kentucky has turned into one of the best Group of Five jobs. The Hilltoppers have had seven straight winning seasons, including back-to-back double-digit win campaigns. Sanford, another young and rising coaching talent, is the latest to take up that mantle.

He’s got a good base, too. Sanford, who worked at Western Kentucky in 2010 under Willie Taggert, has coached under Brian Kelly, Bryan Harsin and David Shaw the past half-decade. At Western Kentucky, Sanford inherits the nation’s highest-scoring offense and its highly-productive starting quarterback, Mike White (4,363 yards, 37 TDs). If Stanford can keep Western Kentucky’s momentum rolling in his debut season as a head coach, the Hilltoppers should again be the Conference USA favorite.

9. Lane Kiffin, Florida Atlantic: Sad promotional videos and alternate identities aside, Florida Atlantic hired Lane Kiffin with the express purpose of making a coaching splash. A former NFL head coach and one of the most famous faces in colligate athletics, Kiffin, despite the headaches that can come with him, is one of the sport’s foremost offensive minds. At Florida Atlantic, he’ll have every opportunity to put that mettle to the test.

The Owls return the second-most starters of any team in the country (18) and fortified their depth with Conference USA’s top-ranked recruiting class. There is a history of success at Florida Atlantic, though it came under Howard Schnellenberger almost a decade ago, and Kiffin is capable of recapturing that momentum despite inheriting a 3-9 team. The tools are there. It’s time for Kiffin to prove he can be a successful head coach.

10. Butch Davis, Florida International: It’s hard to believe a team hiring Butch Davis would be the least splashy hire in the state of Florida in 2016, but that is indeed the case. Davis, who hasn’t coached full-time in the FBS since he was fired from North Carolina in 2011, was working for ESPN at the time of his hire. That does not make the move less intriguing as Davis, a highly-successful coach at Miami in the late 1990s, has a history of success in Florida.

The Panthers managed to go 4-4 under interim coach Ron Cooper a year ago despite a 0-4 start that led to Ron Turner’s firing. With 15 starters returning and Jones’ coaching proven coaching acumen, this is a program set to take a jump in 2017. It remains to be seen if long-term success is viable at FIU – the program’s had only two winning seasons in its 13-year history – but Davis is in a good position to get the Panthers quickly trending in the right direction.

Bonus: P.J Fleck, Minnesota: Before the Oklahoma bombshell on Wednesday, the last spot on this list was a tossup between Fleck at Minnesota and Matt Rhule at Baylor. Both schools have their major issues to overcome – off-field questions have marred both programs over the last year – but, at least in the short term, Minnesota is in a better position to win. The Gophers, despite a protest that nearly held the team out of a bowl game, are coming off a nine-win season and return 14 starters. They also have the benefit of a soft non-conference schedule (Buffalo, Oregon State and Middle Tennessee) and a cross-conference slate that avoids both Penn State and Ohio State.

Fleck’s culture instillation takes time – he’d be the first to tell you that – but the Gophers are in a position to potentially compete with Nebraska and Wisconsin in the Big Ten West if they can find a quarterback.