Georgia fans come to Kirby Smart's defense after he was ranked No. 7 in list of best FBS coaches

On Tuesday, Sporting News analyst Bill Bender ranked all 130 FBS coaches. These sorts of lists never make every fan happy, mostly because it’s an impossible task to rank 130 guys.

However, 1 particular coach had many fans coming to his defense after he was perceived to be ranked too low.

As you can see below, when SEC Network host Paul Finebaum tweeted out Bender’s top-10 rankings, Georgia coach Kirby Smart checked in at No. 7:

Here's how @BillBender92 ranks the top 10 coaches for the 2021 season. He's next on the show…what do you think of his list? pic.twitter.com/qg1FD2Henk

— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) June 29, 2021

Bulldog fans were quick to defend their coach, pointing out his record against Lincoln Riley, Brian Kelly and Jimbo Fisher, for starters. Here’s some of the reaction to Bender’s rankings:

Well Bill

#7’s a combined 4-0 vs. #3-5 so that’s a tough one to overlook https://t.co/pEDn6l5f4F

— Wes Blankenship (@Wes_nship) June 29, 2021

Kirby 7-1 against everyone on that list not named Saban

— FTMF’s (@Dawgfan19881) June 29, 2021

https://twitter.com/philliprbeck/status/1409954500136275971

https://twitter.com/Dawg2020Ga/status/1409952152785674241

Kirby #7? ??????

— Dan the Man?? (@dantolick) June 29, 2021

https://twitter.com/Bamadad1985/status/1409966002796892176

@BillShanks
Kirby behind Kelly and Riley? WTH have they won? https://t.co/TVhJSbz1zf pic.twitter.com/jXzczucC4A

— Ken from Cumming (@klpackuga88) June 29, 2021

https://twitter.com/wowjr2323/status/1409959721772097540

Who did Bender get right? Who did he get wrong? Check out his full rankings of the 130 FBS coaches here.