NOTE: Smith’s contract provides a $2 million purchase if released after this season with all that remains of his $4 million salary for this year. Earlier this month, Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman said the school’s athletic breakdown could lose at least $20 million this fiscal year, however, it’s unclear which component of that could be canceled now that the Big Ten Conference has to get some of the TV cash from its broadcasting components to play a football season in the fall of 2020.
Below are the odds of the first authorized head coach at the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12 and Southeastern Conference. Odds take into account a coach’s resignation or retirement.
Name – School – Odds
Lovie Smith – Illinois – 2-1
Scott Frost – Nebraska – 3-2
Jim Harbaugh – Michigan – 5-1
Pat Fitzgerald – Northwest – 5-1
Tom Allen – Indiana – 8-1
Jeff Brohm – Purdue – 9-1
Kirk Ferentz – Iowa – 12-1
Mike Locksley – Maryland – 14-1
Paul Chryst – Wisconsin – 20-1
PJ Fleck – Minnesota – 25-1
Mel Tucker – State of Michigan – 33-1
Greg Schiano – Rutgers – 50-1
James Franklin – Penn State – 50-1
Ryan Day – Ohio State – 100-1
Dino Babers – Syracuse – 3-2
Dave Doeren – State of North Carolina – 2-1
Pat Narduzzi – Pittsburgh – 6-1
Justin Source – Virginia Tech – 6-1
Manny Diaz – Miami – 10-1
Mike Norvell – State of Florida – 10-1
David Cutcliffe – Duke – 12-1
Mack Brown – North Carolina – 14-1
Geoff Collins – Georgia Tech – 16-1
Jeff Hafley – Boston College – 20-1
Scott Satterfield – Louisville – 20-1
Dave Clawson – Wake Forest – 20-1
Bronco Mendenhall – Virginia – 25-1
Brian Kelly – Notre Dame – 33-1
Dabo Swinney – Clemson – 100-1
Tom Herman – Texas – 3-2
Matt Wells – Texas Technology – 3-2
Neal Brown – West Virginia – 3-1
Miles – Kansas – 6-1
Chris Klieman – State of Kansas – 8-1
Gary Patterson – TCU – 10-1
Mike Gundy – State of Oklahoma – 10-1
Matt Campbell – State of Iowa – 14-1
Dave Aranda – Baylor – 20-1
Lincoln Riley – Oklahoma – 28-1
Will Muschamp – South Carolina – 2-1
Derek Mason – Vanderbilt – 2-1
Jeremy Pruitt – Georgia – 3-1
Gus Malzahn – Auburn – 5-1
Sam Pittman – Arkansas – 8-1
Lane Kiffin – Miss Ole – 10-1
Mike Leach – Mississippi State – 10-1
Jimbo Fisher – Texas A
Eli Drinkwitz – Missouri – 20-1
Mark Stoops – Kentucky – 20-1
Kirby Smart – Georgia – 33-1
Dan Mullen – Florida – 33-1
Ed Orgeron – LSU – 50-1
Nick Saban – Alabama – 100-1