| Rk
| Coach (Alma Mater) | Yrs. | W | L | T | Pct. |
| 1 | Larry Kehres (Mount Union 1971) | 23 | 275 | 21 | 3 | .925 |
| 2 | Knute Rockne (Notre Dame 1914) | 13 | 105 | 12 | 5 | .881 |
| 3 | Frank Leahy (Notre Dame 1931) | 13 | 107 | 13 | 9 | .864 |
| 4 | Bob Reade (Cornell College 1954) | 16 | 146 | 23 | 1 | .862 |
| 5 | Doyt Perry (Bowling Green 1932) | 10 | 77 | 11 | 5 | .855 |
| 6 | Dick Farley (Boston U 1968) | 17 | 114 | 19 | 3 | .849 |
| 7 | George Woodruff (Yale 1889) | 12 | 142 | 25 | 2 | .846 |
| 8 | Jake Gaither (Knoxville 1927) | 25 | 204 | 36 | 4 | .844 |
| 9 | Dave Maurer (Denison 1954) | 15 | 129 | 23 | 3 | .842 |
| 10 | Paul Hoerneman (Heidelberg 1938) | 14 | 102 | 18 | 4 | .839 |
| 11 | Barry Switzer (Arkansas 1960) | 16 | 157 | 29 | 4 | .837 |
| 12 | Tom Osborne (Hastings 1959) | 25 | 255 | 49 | 3 | .836 |
| 13 | Don Coryell (Washington 1950) | 15 | 127 | 24 | 3 | .834 |
| 14 | Percy Haughton (Harvard 1899) | 13 | 96 | 17 | 6 | .832 |
| 15 | Robert Neyland (Army 1916) | 21 | 173 | 31 | 12 | .829 |
| 16 | Fielding Yost (West Virginia 1895) | 29 | 196 | 36 | 12 | .828 |
| 17 | Bud Wilkinson (Minnesota 1937) | 17 | 145 | 29 | 4 | .826 |
| 18 | Jay Locey (Oregon St. 1978) | 10 | 84 | 18 | 0 | .824 |
| 19 | Chuck Broyles (Pittsburg St. 1970) | 19 | 193 | 41 | 2 | .822 |
| 20 | Chuck Klausing (Slippery Rock 1948) | 16 | 123 | 26 | 2 | .821 |
| 21 | Bob Stoops (Iowa11983) | 10 | 109 | 24 | 0 | .820 |
| 22 | Mike Kelly (Manchester11970) | 27 | 246 | 54 | 1 | .819 |
| 23 | Henry A. Kean (Fisk 1920) | 23 | 165 | 33 | 9 | .819 |
| 24 | Rick Willis (Cornell College 1988) | 10 | 89 | 20 | 0 | .817 |
| 25 | Jock Sutherland (Pittsburgh 1918) | 20 | 144 | 28 | 14 | .812 |
| 26 | Ron Schipper (Hope 1952) | 36 | 287 | 67 | 3 | .808 |
| 27 | Bob Devaney (Alma 1939) | 16 | 136 | 30 | 7 | .806 |
| 28 | Ken Sparks (Carson-Newman 1968) | 29 | 276 | 67 | 2 | .803 |
| 29 | Joe Fincham (Ohio 1988) | 13 | 114 | 29 | 0 | .797 |
| 30 | Frank Thomas (Notre Dame 1923) | 19 | 141 | 33 | 9 | .795 |
| 31 | Harold Burry (Westminster [PA] 1935) | 20 | 127 | 31 | 5 | .794 |
| 32 | Chris Creighton (Kenyon 1991) | 12 | 101 | 27 | 0 | .789 |
| 33 | Ad Rutschman (Linfield 1954) | 24 | 183 | 48 | 3 | .788 |
| 34 | Henry Williams (Yale 1891) | 23 | 141 | 34 | 12 | .786 |
| 35 | Pete Schmidt (Alma 1970) | 14 | 104 | 27 | 4 | .785 |
| 36 | Jim Sochor (San Francisco St. 1960) | 19 | 156 | 41 | 5 | .785 |
| 37 | Bill Edwards (Wittenberg 1931) | 25 | 176 | 46 | 8 | .783 |
| 38 | Jim Purtill (Miami [OH] 1978) | 11 | 91 | 25 | 1 | .782 |
| 39 | John Gagliardi (Colorado Col 1949) | 60 | 461 | 125 | 11 | .781 |
| 40 | Gil Dobie (Minnesota 1902) | 33 | 180 | 45 | 15 | .781 |
| 41 | Paul "Bear" Bryant (Alabama 1936) | 38 | 323 | 85 | 17 | .780 |
| 42 | Fred Folsom (Dartmouth 1895) | 19 | 106 | 28 | 6 | .779 |
| 43 | Bo Schembechler (Miami [OH] 1951) | 27 | 234 | 65 | 8 | .775 |
| 44 | Pete Fredenburg (Texas St. 1970) | 11 | 99 | 29 | 0 | .773 |
| 45 | Roger Harring (Wis.-La Crosse 1958) | 31 | 261 | 75 | 7 | .771 |
| 46 | Jimmie Keeling (Howard Payne 1958) | 19 | 158 | 47 | 0 | .771 |
| 47 | Mike Swider (Wheaton [IL] 1977) | 13 | 107 | 32 | 0 | .770 |
| 48 | Fritz Crisler (Chicago 1922) | 18 | 116 | 32 | 9 | .768 |
| 49 | Charley Moran (Tennessee 1898) | 18 | 122 | 33 | 12 | .766 |
| 50 | Wallace Wade (Brown 1917) | 24 | 171 | 49 | 10 | .765 |
| Rk | Coach (Alma Mater) | Yrs. | W | L | T | Pct. |
| 1 | John Gagliardi (Colorado Col 1949) | 60 | 461 | 125 | 11 | .781 |
| 2 | Eddie Robinson (Leland 1941) | 55 | 408 | 165 | 15 | .707 |
| 3 | Joe Paterno (Brown 1950) | 43 | 383 | 127 | 3 | .750 |
| 4 | Bobby Bowden (Samford 1953) | 43 | 382 | 123 | 4 | .754 |
| 5 | Paul "Bear" Bryant (Alabama 1936) | 38 | 323 | 85 | 17 | .780 |
| 6 | Pop Warner (Cornell 1895) | 44 | 319 | 106 | 32 | .733 |
| 7 | Roy Kidd (Eastern Ky 1954) | 39 | 314 | 124 | 8 | .713 |
| 7 | Amos Alonzo Stagg (Yale 1890) | 57 | 314 | 199 | 35 | .605 |
| 9 | Frosty Westering (Neb.-Omaha 1952) | 40 | 305 | 96 | 7 | .756 |
| 10 | Tubby Raymond (Michigan 1950) | 36 | 300 | 119 | 3 | .714 |
| 11 | Ron Schipper (Hope 1952) | 36 | 287 | 67 | 3 | .808 |
| 12 | Ken Sparks (Carson-Newman 1968) | 29 | 276 | 67 | 2 | .803 |
| 13 | Larry Kehres (Mount Union 1971) | 23 | 275 | 21 | 3 | .925 |
| 14 | Roger Harring (Wis.-La Crosse 1958) | 31 | 261 | 75 | 7 | .771 |
| 15 | Frank Girardi (West Chester 1961) | 36 | 257 | 97 | 5 | .723 |
| 15 | Lavell Edwards (Utah St. 1952) | 29 | 257 | 101 | 3 | .716 |
| 17 | Tom Osborne (Hastings 1959) | 25 | 255 | 49 | 3 | .836 |
| 17 | Jim Malosky (Minnesota 1951) | 40 | 255 | 125 | 13 | .665 |
| 19 | Lou Holtz (Kent St. 1959) | 33 | 249 | 132 | 7 | .651 |
| 20 | Mike Kelly (Manchester 1970) | 27 | 246 | 54 | 1 | .819 |
| 21 | Billy Joe (Villanova 1963) | 32 | 239 | 116 | 4 | .671 |
| 22 | Woody Hayes (Denison 1935) | 33 | 238 | 72 | 10 | .759 |
| 23 | John Merritt (Kentucky St. 1950) | 32 | 235 | 70 | 12 | .760 |
| 24 | Bo Schembechler (Miami [OH] 1951) | 27 | 234 | 65 | 8 | .775 |
| 25 | Bob Ford (Springfield 1959) | 40 | 234 | 165 | 1 | .586 |
| 26 | Arnett Mumford (Wilberforce 1924) | 36 | 233 | 85 | 23 | .717 |
| 27 | Hayden Fry (Baylor 1951) | 37 | 232 | 178 | 10 | .564 |
| 28 | Fred T. Long (Millikin 1918) | 45 | 227 | 151 | 31 | .593 |
| 29 | Willard Bailey (Norfolk St. 1962) | 35 | 224 | 137 | 7 | .618 |
| 30 | Gene Carpenter (Huron 1963) | 32 | 220 | 90 | 6 | .706 |
| 31 | Ron Harms (Valparaiso 1959) | 31 | 219 | 112 | 4 | .660 |
| 31 | Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech 1969) | 28 | 219 | 112 | 4 | .660 |
| 33 | Jim Tressel (Baldwin-Wallace 1975) | 23 | 218 | 76 | 2 | .740 |
| 33 | Dennis Douds (Slippery Rock 1963) | 35 | 218 | 142 | 3 | .605 |
| 35 | Ron Randleman (William Penn 1964) | 36 | 218 | 167 | 6 | .565 |
| 36 | Jim Christopherson (Concordia-M'head 1960) | 32 | 217 | 102 | 7 | .676 |
| 36 | Fred Martinelli (Otterbein 1951) | 35 | 217 | 119 | 12 | .641 |
| 38 | Mel Tjeerdsma (Southern St. 1967) | 25 | 216 | 79 | 4 | .729 |
| 39 | Bill Manlove (Temple 1958) | 33 | 211 | 111 | 1 | .655 |
| 40 | Peter Mazzaferro (Centre 1954) | 41 | 209 | 157 | 11 | .569 |
| 41 | Jess Neely (Vanderbilt 1924) | 40 | 207 | 176 | 19 | .539 |
| 42 | Jim Butterfield (Maine 1953) | 27 | 206 | 71 | 1 | .743 |
| 43 | Joe Taylor (Western Ill. 1972) | 26 | 206 | 79 | 4 | .720 |
| 44 | Jerry Moore (Baylor 1961) | 27 | 205 | 121 | 2 | .628 |
| 45 | Bud Elliott (Baker 1953) | 37 | 205 | 179 | 9 | .533 |
| 46 | Jake Gaither (Knoxville 1927) | 25 | 204 | 36 | 4 | .844 |
| 47 | Warren Woodson (Baylor 1924) | 31 | 203 | 95 | 14 | .673 |
| 48 | Cleveland Abbott (South Dakota St. 1916) | 32 | 203 | 96 | 28 | .664 |
| 49 | Don Nehlen (Bowling Green 1958) | 30 | 202 | 128 | 8 | .609 |
| 50 | Vince Dooley (Auburn 1954) | 25 | 201 | 77 | 10 | .715 |
| 50 | Eddie Anderson (Notre Dame 1922) | 39 | 201 | 128 | 15 | .606 |
| 50 | Keith W. Piper (Baldwin-Wallace 1948) | 39 | 201 | 141 | 18 | .583 |
| 50 | Mack Brown (Florida St. 1974) | 25 | 201 | 100 | 1 | .667 |
