2024 SEC Coaches Rankings: Texas’ Steve Sarkisian makes strong debut, Oklahoma’s Brent Venables outside top 10

The SEC streak of four consecutive national championships was snapped in 2023, but the conference enters 2024 looking stronger than ever. This is largely due to the additions of Texas and Oklahoma, two of college football’s premier programs, which now the SEC is officially calling home from Monday.

The Longhorns and Sooners also boast the SEC’s litany of talented coaches. Even with Nick Saban finally hanging up his helmet after 17 illustrious years at Alabama, the SEC boasts some of the sport’s top minds and most successful helmsmen.

Three of the first five names from CBS Sports Power Four College Coaches Rankings now live in the SEC, including Texas’ Steve Sarkisian. Kalen DeBoer’s move to Alabama gives the SEC four names in the top 10, more than any other power conference in the nation. In all, half of the SEC’s 16 coaches made CBS Sports’ top 25.

This depth of coaching is why the SEC doesn’t seem to relinquish its position as one of college football’s preeminent conferences. The league is poised to boom with the expanded College Football Playoff; Texas and Oklahoma multiply this prestige.

With the Longhorns and Sooners now in full swing, let’s take a look at how the SEC coaches are voted on by the CBS Sports and 247Sports college football staff.