
Klatt’s New Projected College Football Playoff Bracket & Championship Game Picks
The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football PodcastShow Notes
Ahead of the first College Football Playoff Rankings release next week, Fox Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt makes his picks and predictions the Conference Championship Games in the Big 12, SEC, Big 12 and ACC before filling out his bracket of 12 teams that he sees in the Playoff this season. Will Ohio State make it back to the Big Ten Championship Game with a backup QB for the final 5 games? Who comes out of an SEC where every team in the league has already suffered at least 1 conference loss: Georgia? Texas? Alabama? LSU? Klatt also makes his prediction for the Miami-Notre Dame game that will greatly affect the seeding in the Playoff bracket before revealing his seeds going 1 through 12 which includes a debate about 9-3 SEC teams fighting for the last at-large spot. He wraps up the show by discussing Jeremiah Smith’s Heisman chances against players like Miami’s Darian Mensah and Malachi Toney now that the betting favorite will have a 2nd-string QB throwing him passes.
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Chapters 🏈0:00 - 1:12 Intro1:13 - 6:09 Big Ten Championship Prediction6:10 - 10:36 SEC Championship Prediction10:37 - 12:38 Big 12 Championship Prediction12:39 - 13:49 ACC Championship Prediction13:50 - 15:16 Importance of Miami vs Notre Dame15:17 - 25:31 1 Through 11 Seeds Revealed25:32 - 27:44 Group of 6 CFP Contenders27:45 - 28:12 Full Bracket Recap28:13 - 31:55 Heisman Check In Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Fox Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt reacts to Texas’ dramatic win over Ole Miss and explains why the Longhorns’ Arch Manning-centric offense has been holding them back before revealing if they made his new Top 10 this week. He then breaks down his game from the weekend as #6 Indiana outlasted Michigan in Overtime. Klatt considers whether Hoosier fans should be concerned after another narrow win before outlining how the game showed why Curt Cignetti is so great. He then tackles the question of what is going wrong with Michigan’s Offense and what can be done about it after another rough performance. Klatt also reacts to Wisconsin getting back to their roots with the win over USC and what it means for Lincoln Riley’s Trojans going into the final month of the season. The Big 12 was turned upside down with #2 BYU and #8 Texas Tech both losing – what does it mean for those teams and the conference’s chances of getting multiple teams in the Playoff. Klatt gives LSU a shoutout for their recent performances and considers their chances of making a Playoff run in the wide open SEC. Klatt reveals his full Top 10 as Miami looks to grab the top spot after Malachi Toney put in an incredible performance in their win over the weekend. He wraps up the show with the news of 2 new coaching changes and Oregon shaking up their staff after another disappointing loss.
After one of the most chaotic weeks in CFB history, Fox Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt is back to make his picks against the spread for the marquee matchups this Saturday. He starts by breaking down his game on Big Noon Saturday on FOX as #6 Indiana is coming off their loss to Ohio State with a trip to the Big House to face a Michigan team coming off a win vs Penn State. Klatt makes his pick for the Top-20 matchup in Austin as #7 Ole Miss takes on a reeling Texas team whose season is on the brink. Will Auburn be able to make it two upsets in a row when they take on #18 LSU? The Big 12 features a Top-15 matchup as #14 Houston takes on #10 Utah in Salt Lake City and #16 USC looks to win another road game after travelling east when they face Wisconsin in a game that Vegas thinks will be a tight outcome. He concludes the show with his pick as #15 Iowa looks to continue their Playoff push with a road game at Minnesota.Use my code for 10% off your next set of CFB tickets at SeatGeek*:https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/KLATT10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount
Fox Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt discusses the news that the College Football Playoff is expanding to 24 teams – explaining why the change is happening before diving into the Pros and Cons of the format. After one of the most chaotic days in college football history last weekend, Klatt reveals which 3 teams he believes stands above the rest of the National Championship contenders right now. He picks between teams like Ohio State, Georgia, BYU, Notre Dame, Miami and Indiana before a film breakdown of the Hoosiers’ Josh Hoover, showing where he excelled and where he struggled against Ohio State. Klatt wraps the show by discussing the high number of backup QBs playing a prominent role in their team’s seasons and why it is so difficult to find a good one.
Fox Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt reacts to a historic day in college football as 5 of the Top 7 teams go down on the same day for the first time ever. Ohio State wins a thriller with Indiana in a Top-5 showdown but loses Julian Sayin: Klatt breaks down the Buckeyes’ options at QB going forward and why he comes out of the game even more convinced Indiana is a threat to repeat this season. He also dives into BYU’s huge upset of Notre Dame and what it means for the Cougars as well as the Big 12 and discusses the Irish’s Playoff chances going forward. Klatt reacts to the wild day in the SEC with 3 Top-10 teams going down – explaining what has gone wrong with Texas and why Arch Manning is only part of their issues. He also discusses Georgia’s upset loss to Auburn and what Alabama’s 2nd defeat in a row means for their CFP hopes as well as Tennessee’s after their big win. Michigan made a big QB move, benching Bryce Underwood – Klatt reacts to that decision and what it means for the Wolverines’ season. Klatt takes issue with several officiating mistakes over the weekend that affected outcomes including the controversial end to the BYU-Notre Dame game. He reveals his latest Top 10 after one of the wildest shakeups we’ve ever seen in the sport.
Fox Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt makes his picks against the spread for the biggest games of the weekend which includes 6 ranked matchups. He begins by breaking down the Top-5 matchup that he’ll be calling on Big Noon Saturday on FOX between Ohio State and Indiana. He then makes his pick for #2 Notre Dame’s first real test at #8 BYU and #6 Alabama’s annual game against #14 Tennessee at Neyland Stadium. He also breaks down his prediction for red hot Missouri’s trip to #9 Ole Miss before making his pick in the game between two Big Ten programs desperately in need of a victory when Penn State visits Michigan. He also explains why #12 UCLA is heading into a more difficult matchup than most realize when they host Wisconsin before considering whether Oklahoma will use last week’s win at Red River as a catapult for the rest of the year or if #15 Kentucky will keep their magic going at the Palace on the Prairie.