Just got a chance to check out the Sept. 2 edition of The Sporting News and noticed that they ranked every NCAA Division I-A football coach in the country, according to conference.

In the Big 12, TSN ranked Nebraska coach Bill Callahan in a five-way tie for seventh along with Mike Gundy of OSU, Mark Mangino of KU, Dan McCarney of ISU, Guy Morriss of Baylor and Gary Pinkel of Mizzou. All five coaches were rated as a "three" on a one-to-five scale.

The top three: Mack Brown of Texas, Bill Snyder of K-State and Bob Stoops of Oklahoma. Gary Barnett of Colorado, Dennis Franchione of Texas A&M and Mike Leach of Texas Tech all tied fo fourth with a "four" rating.

Brown was ranked the highest nationally among Big 12 coaches, checking in at No. 8. USC's Pete Carroll was No. 1.

Interesting that TSN would pick Brown above Stoops, considering that OU has owned Texas the past five years. Plus, here's a vote to rank McCarney a notch higher -- he does a very nice job with what he's got at Iowa State.

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