The Playoff Committee is heading for a trap + a Chaos Scenario for Rivalry Week

The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Fox Sports

Sports, Football

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

FOX Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt reacts to the latest College Football Playoff rankings where he breaks down the Committee’s decisions and why they may be inadvertently walking into a trap that could damage the future of the sport. He then lays out a potential chaos situation this weekend that would create an even greater logjam on the bubble of the 12-team Playoff. He discusses Notre Dame’s continued ranking over Alabama inside the Top 10 as Miami inches closer to them this week. He also explains why Michigan’s ranking at #15 at the back of the pack of 2-losses bubble teams is sending a problematic signal for future non-conference scheduling. Klatt also discusses how he thinks the Lane Kiffin situation will play out in the coming week and how the Committee will handle his potential departure when evaluating Ole Miss. 0:00- 1:50 Intro1:51-4:41 Initial reactions to Nov. 25 CFP rankings4:42-9:32 What results this weekend would cause the most chaos for the committee?9:33-12:36 Should Michigan be higher than #15?12:37-19:52 Should Notre Dame be ranked above Alabama?19:53-22:59 The dangers of a committee-based selection process for the CFP23:00-26:45 What should the committee do if Lane Kiffin decides to leave for another job? 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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0:00.0	Hey Harry.
0:00.7	Hello mate.
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0:30.0	This is a full chaos grenade.
0:32.3	Michigan win, Texas win, Oregon loses to Washington, Miami beats Pitt, Vandy beats Tennessee.
0:40.1	I kind of love this, guys.
0:42.1	Like, I kind of love this.
0:43.7	Like, can we stop with the 6-7 stuff?
0:46.6	Once it hits the mid-50-year-old in a suit on a college football playoff committee show,
0:51.9	bam, nail in the coffin.
1:16.3	Touchdown. Touchdown. college football playoff committee show. Bam! Nail in the coffin. Hey, welcome. These fans are the best of the country Joel Clad show. I am Joel Clad. This show is brought to you by graduate by Hilton. We thank them for their support as we are
1:20.6	barreling towards this incredible game on Saturday, Michigan, Ohio State. We're going to be
1:25.0	live in Ann Arbor. Big Noon Saturday will be there.
1:28.3	Gus Jenny and I will have the call. Big Noon kickoff is going to be live. Three-hour edition, starting at 9 a.m. Eastern.
1:35.0	Lots of guests. Lots of guests. We're going to have grunk there. I believe Derek Jeter is possibly going to make an appearance.
1:42.6	So I don't want to promise anything, but the show is going to be amazing. That's all coming up Saturday as we get you set for the game, Michigan, hosting the number one team of the country, Ohio State. Now, for this program, just make sure you subscribe to the program. Please do that. It would mean a lot to us, obviously. And then just go ahead and invite a friend. That would be awesome as well. Wherever you're listening to this, rate and review us, and then follow us on social media. You can do all those things. You can get all this content wherever you are at during the course of the season. You can follow us at Joel Clatch Show. Lots to get into another rankings release Tuesday night here as we're recording.
2:17.8	You'll listen to this on Wednesday.
2:19.2	So we need to react to some of these playoff rankings.
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