| Savvy Index | Evaluation of incoming coaches | |||
| 2024 | ||||
| Coaching changes | ||||
| Coach | grade | rank | total | |
| Boston Col | Bill O’Brien | A+ | 1 | 22 |
| Georgia St. | Del McGee | A+ | 2 | 21 |
| Houston | Willie Fritz | A+ | 3 | 21 |
| Michigan St. | Jonathan Smith | A | 4 | 20 |
| Tulane | Jon Summrall | A | 5 | 20 |
| Washington | Jedd Fisch | A | 6 | 20 |
| Texas A&M | Mike Elko | A | 7 | 19 |
| Michigan | Sherrone Moore | B | 8 | 18 |
| Middle Tenn | Derek Mason | B | 9 | 18 |
| Wyoming | Jay Sawvel | B | 10 | 18 |
| Northwestern | David Braun | B | 11 | 17 |
| San Diego St. | Sean Lewis | B | 12 | 17 |
| San Jose St. | Ken Niumatololo | B | 13 | 17 |
| Alabama | Kalen DeBoer | B | 14 | 16 |
| Buffalo | Pete Lembo | B | 15 | 16 |
| Indiana | Curt Cignetti | C | 16 | 16 |
| James Madison | Bob Chesney | C | 17 | 16 |
| Boise St. | Spencer Danielson | B | 18 | 15 |
| New Mexico | Bronc Mendenhall | C | 19 | 15 |
| Fresno St. | Tim Skipper | C | 24 | 14 |
| Mississippi St. | Jeff Lebby | C | 20 | 14 |
| Oregon St. | Trent Bray | C | 21 | 14 |
| UCLA | DeShaun Foster | C | 22 | 14 |
| Duke | Manny Diaz | D | 23 | 13 |
| Troy | Gerad Parker | D | 24 | 13 |
| UTEP | Scotty Walden | D | 25 | 13 |
| Arizona | Brent Brennan | C | 26 | 12 |
| LA Monroe | Bryan Vincent | D | 27 | 12 |
| New Mexico St. | Tony Sanchez | D | 28 | 12 |
| S Alabama | Major Applewhite | D | 29 | 12 |
| Syracuse | Fran Brown | D | 30 | 12 |
| Nevada | Jeff Choate | D | 31 | 11 |
| Utah St. | Scott Dreiling | F | 31 | 9 |
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