Mark Stoops ranked as a top-15 coach in the country

The Kentucky Wildcats have had a tremendous amount of recent success on the football side of things, and that falls on the shoulders of Mark Stoops and his staff, who have been doing an outstanding job.

We have seen Stoops and his staff recruit at a level that many never thought would be possible at Kentucky, and it is turning into a lot of wins on the field.

According to a ranking by 247 Sports, Kentucky has one of the top coaches in the nation leading their program.

In the ranking of the top 25 coaches in the country, Mark Stoops came in at No. 15 which is No. 7 in the SEC.

SEC coaches ranked higher than Stoops include Nick Saban (No. 1), Ed Orgeron (No. 3), Kirby Smart (No. 4), Dan Mullen (No. 8), Jimbo Fisher (No. 9), and Gus Malzahn (No. 13).

Here is the entire Top 25 ranking:

25. Mike Leach, Mississippi State

24. Kyle Whittingham, Utah

23. Gary Patterson, TCU

22. Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern

21. Jeremy Pruitt, Tennessee

20. David Shaw, Stanford

19. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa

18. Jim Harbaugh, Michigan

17. Scott Satterfield, Louisville

16. P.J. Fleck, Minnesota

15. Mark Stoops, Kentucky

14. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State

13. Gus Malzahn, Auburn

12. Mario Cristobal, Oregon

11. Paul Chryst, Wisconsin

10. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame

9. Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M

8. Dan Mullen, Florida

7. Ryan Day, Ohio State

6. James Franklin, Penn State

5. Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma

4. Kirby Smart, Georgia

3. ED Orgeron, LSU

2. Dabo Swinney, Clemson

1. Nick Saban, Alabama

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You can check out the breakdown of the rankings here.