10 Teams Most Likely to Make their First College Football Playoff in 2025

The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Fox Sports

Sports, Football

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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After last season’s expanded Playoff saw 6 teams make their first College Football Playoff appearance, FOX Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt ranks the 10 teams most likely to make their first CFP appearance in this upcoming season – including a surprise team at #1. He evaluates which teams have the pieces to get through difficult schedules in the SEC like Florida and South Carolina. He also makes the case why this could be the year for Lincoln Riley and USC to make a breakthrough after a couple up-and-down seasons. Klatt also includes a Nebraska team returning their QB and looking to make a jump in Year 3 under Matt Rhule. 0:00-1:40 Intro1:41-2:52 Which teams are most likely to make their first CFP appearance in 2025?2:53-6:33 Nebraska Cornhuskers6:34-9:16 Florida Gators9:17-11:49 Kansas State Wildcats11:50-15:20 USC Trojans15:21-18:27 Missouri Tigers18:28-21:26 Iowa Hawkeyes21:27-23:55 Miami Hurricanes23:56-26:39 South Carolina Gamecocks26:40-29:59 Ole Miss Rebels30:00-34:11 Illinois Fighting Ilini Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.7	People love to hate on Lane, but everywhere he's been, he's done an excellent job. I personally
0:35.8	believe that Riley has maybe come under some criticism that might not be fair.
0:41.3	Because he's going to have to win this year.
0:43.4	You can't go seven and five again.
0:45.8	They should be in the ACC championship game.
0:47.9	Then you are right in the mix for the playoff spot.
0:50.2	This year's Indiana is Illinois.
0:52.8	College football has never been better.
0:55.0	Interest has never been higher. Believe that we are at the dawn of the golden age of college football.
1:03.0	Hey, what's up everybody? Welcome into the Joel Clatt show.
1:07.0	I am Joel Clad. This show, as always, is brought to you by Hampton by Hilton. We thank them for their support as we roll on here in the offseason, another summer
1:14.9	right before college football. Can't wait for it to get here. Oh, my gosh. Can't get here
1:20.5	soon enough. Can't wait to get to Columbus for that Texas Ohio State game. Obviously, that's going to be a
1:25.2	monster. Hey, remember, we've got all sorts of offseason content.
1:28.8	So if you have not been here every single week, make sure to go check out what we've
1:33.3	been delivering over the course of the summer.
1:35.1	We had an interview with Tony Petiti.
1:36.6	We had an interview with Marcus Freeman.
1:38.0	You can check that out, among some other things that we talked about, both in the
1:42.7	structure of college football and then previewing
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