CFB analyst makes himself look very silly after doing a ranking featuring Brent Venables and the Oklahoma Sooners
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The Oklahoma Sooners have one of the very best coaches in the country, as Brent Venables has turned the program back around.
The Oklahoma Sooners have one of the best coaches in the entire country. Brent Venables is certainly a top-25 head coach, if not top-15, in the country. So, surely he is better than the ninth-best head coach in the SEC, right?
Wrong. On3 released a ranking of SEC head coaches, and analyst Chris Low had Venables ranked No. 9 in the conference. So, here was his explanation:
On3 ranks Brent Venables as the ninth-best head coach in the SEC
“Anybody you ask in college football would tell you that Venables is one of the best defensive minds in the game, and his defenses are a pain to play against, going back to his days as Clemson’s defensive coordinator. In four years as Oklahoma’s head coach, it’s been a little bit of a seesaw for Venables – two losing seasons and two 10-win seasons. The Sooners made the playoff a year ago after bouncing back from an injury-marred 2024 season.
“Venables has made some key staff additions the last two years and will continue to call his own plays on defense. Oklahoma won six of seven Big 12 titles before Venables arrived in 2022, so he walked into a really good situation. This may be his best team in 2026, but the schedule is again brutal. The Sooners are still looking for their first postseason win under Venables, who was 5-2 against ranked opponents a year ago.” -Chris Low, On3 Analyst
Low has Venables ranked below Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea, Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz, and Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel. To me, none of those are better. Not only did Lea and Drinkwitz not make the College Football Playoff like Venables has, but they also don’t recruit better. In fact, they don’t recruit anywhere close to as well as BV does.
As for Heupel, he doesn’t recruit as well either, and his one appearance in the College Football Playoff was embarrassing. So, how are these even right? I have a feeling Low will be revisiting this very soon.
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