Joel Klatt’s Post-Spring Top 25 for the 2026 Season

The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Fox Sports

Sports, Football

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

FOX Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt ranks his Top 25 teams in College Football following the end of Spring Practice. He reveals which team he has at #1 heading into next season while debating how to stack teams like Ohio State, Notre Dame & Georgia. He breaks down his decision over where to place Curt Cignetti and Indiana a year after shocking the country by winning the National Championship. Klatt reveals Arch Manning and Texas’ place inside his rankings and whether Oklahoma joins them inside his Top 10. Michigan is entering a new era with Kyle Whittingham in charge of the Bryce Underwood-led Wolverines but how high will they be in his rankings? Klatt also explains his surprising placement of Alabama in the rankings as the Tide start next year with a new quarterback. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Some follow the noise.
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0:22.9	Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com.
0:27.4	Here we go.
0:28.3	We got our post-spring top 25.
0:30.6	Listen, I'm going to get some flack for this.
0:32.7	I honestly couldn't put them much higher than this.
0:35.1	This is one of the best coaches in America.
0:36.8	The SEC still goes through Athens.
0:39.0	Everyone thinks that I don't like him.
0:41.3	I do.
0:41.9	But Lane Kiffin can coach, folks.
0:43.5	I love a team that's pissed off.
0:45.2	That was a team that felt like they could make a run into the national championship.
0:48.2	This is your number one team in the country.
0:50.2	This is the blueprint right here.
1:00.6	Hey, welcome into the program.
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