Taking a look at each Pac-12 coach's best team
Kyle Bonagura
ESPN Staff Writer
Here's how this works: Each coach's best season is defined, for simplicity and consistency, by his team's ranking in the final AP poll and then listed in reverse order below....
No. 10 Mike MacIntyre, Colorado
Season: Colorado, 2016
Record: 10-4 (8-1, first in Pac-12 South)
Final AP rank: 17
Highest AP rank: 9
Bowl result: Lost to No. 12 Oklahoma State 38-8 in the Alamo Bowl
The team: MacIntyre was previously on this list for taking San Jose State to its only final ranking in the AP poll, No. 21 in 2012, but this surprise Colorado team finished even higher. He deservedly won just about every coach of the year award out there after guiding the Buffaloes to their best season in years.
No. 1 Kyle Whittingham, Utah
Season: Utah, 2008
Record: 13-0 (8-0, Mountain West champions)
Final AP rank: 2
Highest AP rank: 2
Bowl result: Beat No. 4 Alabama 31-17 in the Sugar Bowl
The team: In Whittingham's fourth season as head coach, the Utes finished as the nation's lone undefeated team after starting unranked. Utah opened with a victory at Michigan -- Rodriguez's first game as the Wolverines' coach -- and went on to beat four teams that finished in the final AP poll, including Alabama (6), TCU (7), Oregon State (18) and BYU (25).
Source:
http://www.espn.com/blog/pac12/post/...achs-best-team