Biggest Questions facing Klatt’s Top 12 teams for 2026 Season

The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Fox Sports

Sports, Football

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Fox Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt dives into the biggest questions facing his Top 12 teams from his Post-Spring Top 25. He breaks down how Michigan’s new OC Jason Beck could tap into a new area of Bryce Underwood’s skillset. Klatt looks at the potential obstacles facing Lane Kiffin in his first year in Baton Rouge and Indiana’s unique challenge to replicate last year’s incredible run. He circles the biggest problem that has plagued Ohio State in recent years and wonders why Georgia can’t seem to fix one particular area on their stacked roster plus many more questions that need to be answered!Use my code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/KLATT10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:18.0	My biggest questions for this top 12, this is a huge year for Dan Laining.
0:22.9	So can a new coaching staff and 40 transfers gel?
0:26.5	Is he going to be the reason that you win big games?
0:28.8	Or is he going to be the reason that you lose big games?
0:31.7	What is a quarterback's best friend, a run game, and a good defense?
0:36.2	This is a championship or bust type of roster.
0:46.0	Hey, welcome into the program, everybody.
0:47.8	This is the Joel Klatt show.
0:48.8	I'm Joel Klaught.
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0:53.4	Let's jump right into it.
0:54.8	Okay, so last week I gave you my post spring top 25. If you haven't watched that, go back and watch that on YouTube. You can listen to it as well, wherever you get your podcast. That's where I give you one through 25, my post spring top 25 entering the summer. Here's what I want to do for today's. my biggest questions for this top 12, this group of top 12, which, let's be frank, there are two categories here. There's the top seven teams. All of those teams, I think, could actually win the national championship. And then there's this group right after them. And I'm going to be talking about their biggest question, the biggest question mark that we've had for them over the last couple of years or even things that they're going to have to replace from last year. And if they can answer those questions, if they can be good in these areas, then these teams are going to level up. The top seven will have a great chance to actually win it all. And then this next group that I'll start with, they're going to have a chance to be in that
1:44.2	contenders group. So that's what I wanted to do today. Let's start with my number 12 team.
1:50.0	Okay. My number 12 team was Michigan. So we start with the Wolverines and what is their biggest
1:54.4	question right now in the off season and then entering the season? Does Bryce Underwood
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