Some consider the media days for each conference the unofficial start to the college football season. Shortly after media days is the opening of fall camps, which means the season will be less than a month away. The SEC kicks off college football's summer media events in Birmingham, Ala. on Wednesday afternoon.

We have ranked every college football program in the country, based on the attractiveness of the position from a coaching perspective. We considered many factors — tradition, facilities, location, money  — but in the end, we simply asked ourselves the following question: Where would we want to coach?

(Note: Current or impending NCAA sanctions were not a factor in these rankings.)

by Michael Bradley