- Nick Saban – Alabama
- Dan Mullen – Florida
- Jimbo Fisher – Texas A&M
- Kirby Smart – Georgia
- Gus Malzahn – Auburn
- Ed Orgeron – LSU
- Mark Stoops – Kentucky
- Barry Odom – Missouri
- Will Muschamp – South Carolina
- Matt Luke – Ole Miss
- Derek Mason – Vanderbilt
- Chad Morris – Arkansas
Unranked: Joe Moorhead – Mississippi St; Jeremy Pruitt – Tennessee