Salaries for Top NCAA Coaches Revealed for 2019 Season

It may have taken nearly two months worth of games to find out, but the salaries for the NCAA's top football coaches are now public.

The top two or three are pretty easy to guess, though some might surprise you.

Though there's a good argument that Alabama's Nick Saban should be first, Dabo Swinney's detractors should also remember that his Clemson Tigers beat Saban's Crimson Tide in two of the last three title games. Also, Saban can't complain much about $8.9 million vs $9.3 million considering his longevity in the sport.

Saban has five rings, Swinney has two, and Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher has one from his time at Florida State so it makes sense they'd be near the top.

Jim Harbaugh hasn't won a title yet, but his spot on the list isn't necessarily surprising. Michigan has finished in the top-15 three of the last four years, though the Wolverines might've gone further in 2016 if a call against Ohio State went their way.

As for the rest of the list, both Kirby Smart and Gus Malzahn have gotten their schools very close to the college football mountaintop, with Smart's Georgia Bulldogs losing in heartbreaking fashion to Alabama, and Malzahn's Auburn Tigers doing the same against Fisher's Florida State team.

The likes of Lincoln Riley and Tom Herman are surely due for a raise any day now, with the former a strong candidate to leave Norman for the NFL should he see fit.

Of course, seeing exactly how much these coaches are paid while the players remain of 'amateur' status is bound to open the NCAA up to more criticism. At the very least, it's a bit hypocritical.