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Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze and linebacker Denzel Nkemdiche, right, celebrate after the team's 41-24 win over No. 25 Mississippi State in an NCAA college football game in Oxford, Miss., Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Texas A&M’s Kevin Sumlin, whose Aggies went 11-2 behind Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel, was No. 2 with an A-plus. Penn State’s Bill O’Brien was third with an A-plus.
Hugh Freeze, who guided Ole Miss to a 7-6 finish, was fourth with an A-minus.
Justin Fuente of Memphis got an A-minus after a 4-8 campaign and was No. 6 on the list.
Others of note: No. 11 Gus Malzahn (B), 10-3 Arkansas State; No. 14 Paul Chryst (C), 6-7 Pittsburgh; No. 27 John L. Smith (F), 4-8 Arkansas; No. 28 Ellis Johnson (F), 0-12 Southern Miss.