Joel Klatt’s Preseason Top 25 for the 2025 Season

The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Fox Sports

Sports, Football

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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FOX Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt unveils his Preseason Top 25 for the upcoming season. He reveals who he has at #1 heading into the year as Texas, Ohio State and Penn State all contend for the top spot. Klatt explains why he is high on Michigan this season and who else from the Big Ten could make a push for a Playoff spot. He debates how to rank SEC teams like Georgia, LSU and Alabama against each other inside his Top 10. Klatt also makes the case for a Big 12 team to go from a losing record in 2024 to a spot in his Preseason Top 25 this season. RSVP for the Live show on Thursday, August 28th at the Browning Amphitheatre in Columbus ahead of the Texas-Ohio State matchup. The event is FREE but make sure to RSVP. The first 300 guests to RSVP receive 2 free drinks, food, and other perks: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/joel-klatt-show-live-in-columbus-tickets-1554998204489?aff=oddtdtcreator Use my code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/KLATT10Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount. 0:00–1:59 Intro 2:00–3:29 Utah 3:30–5:19 Oklahoma 5:20–6:39 Baylor 6:40–9:45 Iowa 9:46–11:29 Ole Miss 11:30–13:37 Iowa State 13:38–15:33 Texas Tech 15:34–17:34 Arizona State 17:35–19:49 Indiana 19:50–21:49 Texas A&M 21:50–23:59 Kansas State 24:00–25:59 Florida 26:00–27:29 Illinois 27:30–29:14 Miami 29:15–32:24 South Carolina 32:25–35:07 Michigan 35:08–37:26 Alabama 37:27–38:46 LSU 38:47–41:07 Georgia 41:08–43:54 Notre Dame 43:55–45:29 Oregon 45:30–47:41 Clemson 47:42–49:52 Ohio State 49:53–51:48 Texas 51:49–54:12 Penn State 54:13-56:27 Announcement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Death taxes and Utah football.
0:02.3	Red Raiders, there's some hype here.
0:04.9	Kurt Signetti, I googled him, and he does in fact win.
0:08.5	I think Oregon or Penn State is going to get beat by Iowa.
0:11.4	I'm bullish here.
0:12.8	I'm bullish.
0:14.1	Miami.
0:15.0	I'm going to go with Alabama.
0:16.3	They have to bounce back.
0:17.9	I believe that that's your SEC champion.
0:23.6	Touchdown. That's a lot. have to bounce back. I believe that that's your SEC champion. These fans are the best of the country. A day like today is why we love college football.
0:54.1	Hey, what's up everybody? Welcome into the program. I'm Joel Clatt. This is the Joel Clad Show. This show is brought to you by graduate by Hilton. And how about the new look, folks? New season, new look. Great open right there. Everybody here at the Joel Clatio has been doing incredible work.
0:55.5	Can't thank them enough.
0:57.0	The new graphics look amazing.
1:01.4	I know that you guys are going to enjoy them as we continue on here during the course of the season.
1:05.9	And again, thanks to graduate by Hilton, as always for their support.
1:08.3	Okay, before we get into it, this is it, man.
1:10.6	This is the top 25 episode right here. My preseason top 25 teams, we're going to get into it, this is it, man. This is the top 25 episode right here.
1:14.7	My preseason top 25 teams, we're going to get into it very quickly.
1:17.0	Two things before we get going.
1:21.8	Number one, I have a massive announcement for the Joel Klatt show,
1:25.6	and it's live episode coming up this fall.
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