Joel Klatt just dropped some serious rankings, and BYU is sitting at the very top of the country after a massive 28-24 upset win over Notre Dame in Provo! That wasn’t just any win, either. It shattered the Fighting Irish’s insane 16-game winning streak. Seriously, the college football world is on fire right now.
Chaos Reigns Supreme At The Top
Man, if you blinked last Saturday, you missed pretty much everything. Georgia, who was the top dog, tumbled out of the No. 1 spot after a gut-wrenching 27-24 home loss to Auburn, sealed by a last-second field goal. Talk about a brutal way to lose control! Ohio State managed to hold onto No. 2 after beating Indiana 19-15, but it came with a huge cost: their quarterback Julian Sayin went down with an arm injury. Yikes. Miami, on the other hand, held steady at No. 3 after a wild double-overtime victory against Florida State.
But let’s be real, the biggest story here is the absolute bloodbath at the top. Four of last week’s top six teams took an L on Saturday. Four! Klatt’s top 10 looks nothing like it did just seven days ago. We’re talking about Alabama, Texas, and Utah all falling out of the top echelon. The entire landscape just got a massive shake-up, and you gotta love the madness!
Klatt Is Dialing Up New Contenders
With all that chaos, new blood is stepping up! Ole Miss, Tennessee, and Texas Tech all clawed their way into the top 10, and Klatt is clearly hyped for some of these squads.
Texas Tech, for instance, is debuting in his top 10, and Klatt is like, “They destroyed Arizona State. They finally looked like the Tech that we thought we were going to get. J’Koby Williams was outstanding. They win that game 53-25. So watch out for Tech.” He’s not wrong. They flattened Arizona State 53-25, with J’Koby Williams looking lights out. They’ve already beaten Houston, a now one-loss ranked team, and Klatt thinks they’ve got a “pretty clean path” to potentially snag a Big 12 Championship Game spot and even make the CFP. Their odds to make the CFP are sitting at -110, with national title odds at +4500.
Then you got UCLA at No. 9. Klatt’s calling for an “eight clap” because Bob Chesney’s Bruins are the “only undefeated team left between the SEC and the Big Ten.” Their defense has been “relentless the last few weeks,” and even if they’ve had some schedule luck, you can’t ignore a team that beat Wisconsin 17-7 in a defensive slugfest. He’s saying they’re “likely going to be 10-0 when it goes to Michigan,” and that other schools are probably kicking themselves for not looking harder at Chesney. Their national title odds are +8400, with +134 for the CFP.
And don’t sleep on Tennessee at No. 8. Klatt put them in his top 10 because, as he says, “They’re a one-loss team. That’s a huge win over Bama.” He’s raving about their “elite defense” and the fact they “can run it. You can play defense. You can get after the quarterback. Those things travel. Those things last.” He thinks they “might be making the playoff for the second time in three years,” which would be huge. Their national title odds are +5500, with +154 for the CFP.
Finally, Ole Miss slides in at No. 7 after a seriously “super impressive” performance against a Missouri team that had been rolling and running the ball hard. Missouri had racked up around 250 rushing yards in back-to-back weeks, but Ole Miss just “thumps them on the ground” and held them to a measly 39 rushing yards in a 31-3 rout. Kewan Lacy even went over 100 yards! Klatt said, “We all kind of wrote you off after the Florida loss,” but they’re still “very good.” Their national title odds are +1400, and CFP odds are -125.
What a weekend! The college football world is completely upside down, and the race for those playoff spots is only just getting started. Every game from here on out is gonna be absolutely essential, and you know we’ll be glued to every snap!
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Originally reported by Fox Sports.
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