The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

The expanded playoff has allowed 20 different teams to make it to a 12-team College Football Playoff over the last 2 years but which programs are most likely to make it to their first appearance this season? Fox Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt tackles that question as he ranks his favorite candidates including teams that made the 4-team Playoff but have yet to make it into the 12-team format like Michigan and LSU as well as programs like USC still looking to make it back to the top of the sport. He also brings in teams from the Big 12 that will have a path to the Playoff like BYU and Arizona and an ACC team that could sneak their way into a win-and-in ACC Championship Game appearance.

Chapters 🏈

0:00-3:25 1st time cfp teams in the 12 team format 

3:26-7:18 Number 10 

7:19-10:32 Number 9 

10:33-13:44 Number 8 

13:45-16:02 Number 7

1:03-18:34 Number 6

18:35-22:39 Number 5

22:40-27:10 Number 4 

27:11-30:09 Number 3

30:10-32:24 Number 2

32:25-38:12 Number 1

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Fox Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt picks the best players since 2000 to make his All-21st Century team in College Football. How do you choose between QB’s like Joe Burrow,  Cam Newton, Vince Young, Tim Tebow and others? That’s the challenge Klatt takes on to build out his team. He debates between all-time great Running Backs like Christian McCaffery, Derrick Henry, Adrian Peterson and Reggie Bush but only one can be selected.  On the defensive side of the ball, it doesn’t get any easier deciding between players like Myles Garrett,  Will Anderson Jr and an Edge rusher from the early 2000’s that put up one of the greatest seasons we’ve ever seen. Secondary players like Ed Reed and Tyrann Mathieu battle it out with more recent players like Caleb Downs and Patrick Surtain. Let the debates begin!

Chapters 🏈

0:00-1:24 Klatt’s all century CFB team 

1:25-3:57 Quarterback

3:58-7:10 Running back

7:11-10:39 Wide receiver 

10:40-11:58 Tight end 

11:59-13:07 Offensive tackle

13:08-14:28 Offensive guard 

14:29-15:24 Center

15:25-17:21 Athlete

17:22-20:17 Edge

20:18-22:57 Defensive tackle

22:58-25:03 Linebacker

25:04-26:42 Cornerback 

26:43-27:53 Nickelback

27:54-30:57 Safety

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Fox Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt lists the 5 best games in the sport since 2000 including the National Championship Game between Texas and USC at the end of the 2005 season, a thriller in Lubbock and a historic offensive outburst by 2 future Pro Bowl QBs. He then considers some of the biggest “what if” moments in College Football like if Nick Saban had gone to Texas or if Tim Tebow had not chosen Alabama over Florida out of high school or if Ohio State’s Curtis Samuel had been marked short on 4th Down in OT vs Michigan in 2016 and more. Klatt also lists his favorite CFB uniforms and more viewer-submitted questions in the mailbag.

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Fox Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt reveals the 10 games that will shape the 2026 College Football Season. From huge early season Big Ten-SEC matchups between Michigan and Oklahoma and Ohio State at Texas to the return of Lane Kiffin to Oxford, he breaks down which games will have the biggest impact on the sport in 2026. Klatt explains why a cross-country trip could determine if USC is ready to make a Playoff push and why a rematch of the Big Ten Championship Game gives Indiana a huge opportunity to assert themselves over the Buckeyes. Miami’s trip to South Bend offers the Fighting Irish a chance to avenge the loss that kept them out of last year’s Playoff and “The Game” between Ohio State and Michigan will have a new coach looking to put his stamp on the rivalry.

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Chapters 🏈

0:00-1:24 10 games that will shape the 2026 season  

1:25-5:04 Oklahoma vs. Michigan 

5:05-8:35 Ohio State vs. Texas

8:36-11:21 LSU vs. Ole Miss

11:22-15:01 USC vs. Penn State

15:02-16:34 Texas vs. Oklahoma 

16:35-20:03 Georgia vs. Alabama 

20:04-22:18 Ohio State vs. Indiana 

22:19-25:00 Miami vs. Notre Dame 

25:01-26:36 Texas vs. Texas A&M

26:37-29:07 Michigan vs. Ohio State 

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Fox Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt ranks his Top 10 Quarterbacks heading into the 2026 Season. Will Texas’ Arch Manning grab the top spot in Klatt’s Rankings or will a QB like Ohio State’s Julian Sayin or Oregon’s Dante Moore go into the new season as the #1 QB? Klatt also evaluates where to rank transfer Quarterbacks like LSU’s Sam Leavitt and Miami’s Darian Mensah as well as Curt Cignetti’s latest transfer at Indiana – Josh Hoover. 

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Chapters 🏈

0:00-1:05 Klatt ranks his top 10 qbs 

1:06-2:05 Number 10 

2:06-3:56 Number 9

3:57-5:26 Number 8

5:27-6:48 Number 7

6:49-8:23 Number 6 

8:24-9:46 Number 5 

9:47-11:17 Number 4

11:18-14:56 Number 3

14:57-17:10 Number 2

17:11-22:20 Number 1

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Fox Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt reveals his favorite Over/Under Win Total bets for this season and kicks things off by discussing Ohio State and Texas and why he believes their early season matchup will determine which one will reach 10 wins this season. Klatt also considers whether Notre Dame will go undefeated this season based on the Irish’s schedule. He also goes through each Power 4 Conference and picks out 2 Over bets that he likes and 1 Under bet that he likes including teams like Miami, Nebraska, Georgia, LSU, Michigan State and SMU.

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Chapters 🏈

0:00-1:22 College football win total over/under picks 

1:23-7:04 Ohio State over 9.5/Texas under 9.5 

7:05-9:55 Notre Dame under 11.5

9:56-15:58 Big Ten win totals 

15:59-21:08 ACC win totals

21:09-27:19 SEC win totals 

27:20-32:53 Big 12 win totals

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Fox Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt picks 5 teams that he is buying for the 2026 season and 5 teams that he is selling. Klatt evaluates teams like Alabama and Penn State as well as Lane Kiffin’s current and former teams: LSU and Ole Miss, deciding whether now is the time to buy them before they go up this season or sell before they take a step backwards. He also considers if now is the time to buy programs with 1st year Head Coaches like Florida, Virginia Tech and UCLA or if those schools are still a year away from rising up.

Chapters 🏈

0:00-1:08 CFB stock watch 

1:09-4:17 Penn State 

4:18-6:49 Alabama

6:50-8:16 LSU

8:17-10:00 Ole Miss

10:01-11:43 UCLA 

11:44-14:54 Illinois 

14:55-15:56 Florida 

15:57-16:57 Vanderbilt 

16:58-18:41 Virginia Tech

18:42-20:38 Georgia Tech

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FOX Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt responds to SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey saying that the SEC is “by far” the best conference in college football despite the Big Ten winning the last 3 National Championships with 3 different teams. He also weighs in on Texas Tech challenging Texas to a game in Week 1 after Longhorns HC Steve Sarkisian took a shot at their schedule. Klatt discusses the SEC’s lack of a unified stance on a new CFP format at their Spring Meetings and what it means for the future. He also reacts to Kirby Smart’s comments backing the idea of the SEC potentially breaking away from the rest of college football if things don’t change before saluting the conference for putting an end to cupcake week in November.

0:00-2:00 Takeaways from SEC spring meetings
2:01-10:01 Greg Sankey says SEC is the strongest conference by far
10:02-14:12 Where do things stand with the CFP format after the SEC spring meetings?
14:13-20:36 Kirby Smart says he’s not afraid of SEC breaking away from rest of CFB
20:37-23:43 Texas Tech offers to play Texas in week 1
23:44-25:21 NCAA denies reinstatement for QB Brendan Sorsby in gambling case
25:22-27:35 SEC eliminates cupcake week in November
27:36-29:20 Takeaways from SEC spring meetings

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FOX Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt recaps his time at the Big Ten Spring Meetings and gives his biggest takeaways from what he learned this week including a potential Big Ten-SEC scheduling agreement if the Playoff expands to 24 teams - and he explains why the coaches in the Big Ten want that opportunity. Klatt then lists his 10 favorite Big Ten/SEC future matchups that he wants to see in this potential format – from Ohio State traveling to Tennessee to Lane Kiffin returning to Los Angeles to face USC and more. Klatt also reacts to the news that Ed Orgeron is back at LSU, joining up with Kiffin once again - this time in the NIL recruiting world.

0:00-1:09 Klatt’s takeaways from Big Ten spring meetings
1:10-6:40 Big Ten conference is 100% supportive of 24-team CFP
6:41-11:01 24-team CFP would lead to big ten/SEC scheduling agreement
11:02-13:28 Will the SEC join the big ten in support of the 24-team playoff?
13:29-16:39 concern among big ten coaches about unsustainability of current landscape
16:40-20:07 How would a federal bill impact college football?
20:08-25:48 Big Ten-SEC matchups Klatt wants to see
25:49-28:28 Lane Kiffin brings back Ed Orgeron to LSU staff

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With momentum building within the sport for the 24-team Playoff, Fox Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt breaks down why things have shifted toward the expanded format. Klatt explains what changes drove the ACC, Big 12 & Notre Dame to join the Big Ten in support of the 24-team model and who is motivated to expand the field beyond the current 12-team setup. He also lays out what dominoes are left to fall if this seismic shift in the sport is to be finalized and why there may be signs that the SEC’s strong opposition to the change may be starting to shift.
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Chapters:
Intro: 00:00
24-Team Playoff Model: 1:04
Who Wants 24-Team Playoff: 5:47
NIL & Transfer Rules Affect: 10:27
Bowl Games Gone?: 11:37
Is it Inevitable?: 29:22

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