Kirk Herbstreit reveals list of top performing coaches from Week 8

Kirk Herbstreit, as he does every week, named his list of the top performing coaches from Week 8 Monday evening.

No SEC coaches cracked Herbstreit’s list this time around. Instead, the majority hail from the B1G.

Here’s the full list, headlined by Virginia’s Tony Elliot for a huge top 10 win over North Carolina. Nobody saw that one coming:

Here are my top performing coaches of WEEK 8:

Tony Elliott @UVAFootball
Jim Knowles @OhioStateFB
Kyle Whittingham @Utah_Football
William Inge/Chuck Morrell @UW_Football
Joe Rossi @GopherFootball
Tony White @HuskerFootball
Greg Schiano @RFootball pic.twitter.com/y2kcTR6SIS

— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) October 23, 2023

As always, defense triumphs in the Big Ten. Jim Knowles’ Ohio State defense was perhaps the most impressive unit in the country this weekend.

The Buckeyes downed Penn State 20-12. The Nittany Lions, for reference, were averaging over 40 points per game heading into Week 8’s clash. QB Drew Allar looked very uncomfortable throughout and though they were able to get some things running well in the run game early, the Nittany Lions became one-dimensional quickly.

And Herbstreit just had to give Utah HC Kyle Whittingham his flowers. The Utes essentially own Southern California at this point, having beaten USC twice last season (including the Pac-12 title game) and once again Saturday night with a walk-off field goal.

Whittingham is working without starting QB Cam Rising and has led the Utes to an uber-impressive 6-1 record regardless. We’ll see how for real the Utes are this weekend against Oregon in SLC.

Ethan Stone

Ethan Stone is a Tennessee graduate and loves all things college football and college basketball. Firm believer in fouling while up 3.