Rank    Coach               School             Total Pay                               
1          Nick Saban       Alabama           $10,957,000*
2          Dabo Swinney   Clemson           $10,539,775*
3          Kirby Smart       Georgia             $10,253,600
4          Brian Kelly        Louisiana State $9,810,000*
5          Mel Tucker        Michigan State  $9,561,000
6          Jimbo Fisher     Texas A&M       $9,000,000*
7          Ryan Day          Ohio State        $8,783,336*
8          James Franklin  Penn State        $8,500,000*
9          Jim Harbaugh   Michigan           $8,114,600*
10        Mike Gundy      Oklahoma State $7,500,000*
11        Billy Napier       Florida  $7,270,000*
12        Lane Kiffin        Mississippi        $7,250,000*
13        Kirk Ferentz      Iowa     $7,000,000*
14        Brent Venables  Oklahoma         $7,000,000*
15        Mark Stoops     Kentucky          $6,763,600
16        David Shaw      Stanford           $6,592,230*
17        Sam Pittman     Arkansas          $6,000,000*
18        Kyle Whittingham          Utah     $6,000,000
19        Pat Narduzzi     Pittsburgh         $5,644,937
20        Chip Kelly         UCLA   $5,600,000*
21        Mike Leach       Mississippi State           $5,500,000*
22        Steve Sarkisian Texas   $5,400,000
23        Pat Fitzgerald    Northwestern    $5,372,318
24        Paul Chryst       Wisconsin         $5,250,000*
25        Bryan Harsin     Auburn $5,100,000
26        Jeff Brohm        Purdue $5,100,000*
27        Luke Fickell       Cincinnati          $5,050,000*
28        Mack Brown      North Carolina   $5,000,000
29        Josh Heupel      Tennessee        $5,000,000
30        Dave Doeren     NC State           $5,000,000
31        P.J. Fleck          Minnesota         $5,000,000
32        Dan Lanning     Oregon $4,700,000*
33        Mike Norvell      Florida State     $4,500,000*
34        Tony Elliott        Virginia $4,450,000*
35        Tom Allen         Indiana $4,310,000*