The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

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 meetings2:01-10:01 Greg Sankey says SEC is the strongest conference by far10:02-14:12 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 CFB20:37-23:43 Texas Tech offers to play Texas in week 123:44-25:21 NCAA denies reinstatement for QB Brendan Sorsby in gambling case25:22-27:35 SEC eliminates cupcake week in November27:36-29:20 Takeaways from SEC spring meetings

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