Auburn's Gus Malzahn is ranked as college football's fifth-highest paid head coach, USA Today's Wednesday report says.
The sixth-year head coach will earn $6.7 million with up to $1.4 million in max bonuses in 2018, which ranks him as the SEC's third-highest paid coach behind Alabama's Nick Saban and Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher, respectively.
The conference boasts five of the eight-highest paid coaches in comparison to the Big Ten's two and the ACC's one.
On Jan. 26, Malzahn signed a seven-year extension worth $49 million. Auburn finished the 2017 season 10-4 following a SEC Championship berth and Peach Bowl loss.
Malzahn has the nation's fifth-largest buyout at $32.1 million and is less than half of Jimbo Fisher's $68.5 million, the nation's largest.
Auburn is currently 4-1 on the season while being ranked eighth in the nation. The Tigers travel to Starkville to play Mississippi State on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. CST.
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