With that in mind, CBS Sports listed seven head coaches who could join Day as a first-time national title-winning head coach in the coming years. Listed among them was Michigan's Sherrone Moore. RELATED: Michigan Football: Three things we learned about Sherrone Moore in Year 1

Sherrone Moore already is a national champion and a three-time Big Ten champion. However, he won those games as either the co-offensive coordinator or offensive coordinator. Now Moore is leading the charge in Ann Arbor and will be entering his second year after an 8-5 campaign which ended strongly with wins over eventual national champion Ohio State and College Football Playoff hopeful Alabama.

Michigan’s football team was in danger of missing a bowl game in Sherrone Moore’s first season as head coach, falling to 5-6 with a 20-15 loss to Indiana on Nov. 9. But the Wolverines returned from a late-season bye looking like a reinvigorated group.