Grading 2018’s new college football coaches based on nothing more than their polo shirts

New college football head coaches are graded by various factors, including wins on the field, recruiting classes, and assistant hires. But one crucial tool that constantly gets overlooked is Polo Factor.

What’s Polo Factor, you ask? Polo Factor is a cutting-edge metric that seeks to determine whether a coach and his polo shirt are operating correctly.

Nick Saban wears a polo, so shouldn’t you? Since almost all good coaches in recent history have worn polos (with obvious exceptions), it stands to reason that wearing a polo properly makes you a good coach. No? It doesn’t? Let’s move on.

It’s time to judge each new head coach by Polo Factor and Polo Factor alone.

Polo Factor grade: A+

Sumlin gets extra points because he’s wearing the sleek, modern, collar-less polos that Nike makes now. It fits him well, and he’s got the swagger to pull it off.

Polo Factor grade: C

The sleeves are a tad bit too long down the arm, the collar is big and chunky, and the shoulders aren’t exactly form-fitting.

Polo grade factor: A

It fits him well, and he only has one button buttoned.

Polo grade factor: D

Look, I’m a Florida grad, and I’ve been quietly excited about this new era, but I have to call Mullen out here. You cannot under any circumstances button a Jordan Brand, collarless polo all the way to the top.

Polo Factor grade: D

I repeat — stop buttoning the top button on shirts of any kind.

Polo Factor grade: F

Lunsford wears a shacket, which is indeed not a polo.

Polo grade factor: A

It fits him right, he only buttoned one button, and it somehow doesn’t look nerdy tucked in. This is how it’s done, folks.

Polo Factor grade: F

Does not wear a polo. You know the rules.

Polo Factor grade: A

A functioning polo.

Polo Factor grade: F

Again, no polo.

Polo Factor grade: B

This isn’t Cristobol’s fault, but something about having the “O” and Nike logo on the same side of the polo looks odd.

Polo Factor grad: A

OK the Nike logo with the “Oregon State” on the same side doesn’t look as weird as Oregon’s polo, tbh.

Polo Factor grade: A

You can’t really not pull off a solid navy blue polo.

Polo Factor grade: With this photo below, I’d give him a C because the white undershirt gives the mostly white polo a nerdy look.

But he redeemed himself here:

Final Polo Factor grade: A

Polo Factor grade: F

He’s only worn shackets or jackets this season.

Polo Factor grade: D

Stop it with the top buttons, people.

Polo Factor grade: Incomplete

Fisher has worn shackets a lot, but this one he wore against Alabama on Sept. 22 looks like a shacket-polo fusion, so I can’t really grade this accurately.

Polo Factor grade: F

Another shacket.

Polo Factor grade: F
My man just throws on dri-fit t-shirts and calls it a day.

Polo Factor grade: F

Shacket.

Polo Factor grade: A

This is a fine functioning polo.