

The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast
FOX Sports
FOX Sports' college football analyst Joel Klatt breaks down the biggest topics in the world of college football. Joel relies on his experience on the field, detailed film analysis and unmatched preparation to give you the most consistent, fair and best analysis in the sport. Each week, Joel dives into the matchups, reacts to rankings, answers questions and discusses the biggest storylines in college football.
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Oct 13, 2022 • 28min
Penn State-Michigan preview, Alabama on upset alert, and Utah over USC
FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt previews the biggest matchups in Week 7 of the college football season. Joel shares his thoughts on the upcoming Big Noon matchup between the Michigan Wolverines and the Penn State Nittany Lions. Then, Joel breaks down the matchups between Oklahoma State-TCU, Alabama-Tennessee, and USC-Utah. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 12, 2022 • 40min
Ranking Conferences & What if Penn State beats Michigan?
FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt ranks the best Power 5 conferences based on their top-end teams, national brands, and depth of the middle teams. Joel has SEC in the number one spot followed by the Big Ten. Next, Joel explains why he believes UCLA has a great chance to make the College Football Playoff. Then, Joel discusses some “What if?” scenarios, including what if Penn State beats Michigan? What if Tennessee beats Alabama? And finally, what if Texas runs the table? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 10, 2022 • 43min
Alabama survives Texas A&M, Quinn Ewers shines for Texas, Ohio State continues dominance
FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt shares his thoughts on Alabama’s close win over Texas A&M. Despite an uninspiring effort by the Crimson Tide, Joel was impressed by their ability to get it together late and win the game. Then, Joel discusses Texas’ impressive win over their rival Oklahoma and Quinn Ewers’ strong performance. Next, Joel breaks down why USC and UCLA have impressed this season before moving on to Ohio State’s dominant win over Michigan State. Finally, Joel discusses his takeaways from calling Michigan’s win over Indiana on Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 6, 2022 • 24min
Michigan-Indiana, Texas-Oklahoma, Alabama-Texas A&M & other Week 6 previews
Fox Sports' lead college football analyst Joel Klatt previews the biggest games of the week. First, he takes a look at the Big Noon matchup of #4 Michigan at Indiana. Then he previews other big matchups of Week 6 including Texas-Oklahoma, Texas A&M at #1 Alabama, #3 Ohio State at Michigan State and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 5, 2022 • 39min
Oklahoma's Struggles, CJ Stroud leads Heisman Race & Lurking Teams
FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt dissects why the Oklahoma Sooners have been struggling this season. The Sooners are coming off back-to-back losses from Kansas State and TCU. Then, Joel reveals his Heisman Tiers at this point of the season. He lists out some obvious names in Tier 1 like CJ Stroud and Bryce Young, but gives some love to less obvious players in Tier 2 and Tier 3. Finally, Joel shares his five lurking teams. Teams that no one else is talking about much, but they have Joel's attention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 3, 2022 • 33min
Georgia falls in Joel’s Top 5, Paul Chryst out at Wisconsin, and Michigan-Iowa takeaways
FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt shares his top five teams after Week 5 of the college football season. Joel has a new number one team following an impressive win by Ohio State over Rutgers and an uninspiring performance by Georgia in their comeback win over Missouri. Then, Joel discusses Wisconsin’s decision to fire Paul Chryst following their loss to Illinois. There has been a growing trend in college football to fire head coaches during the season, including Joel’s alma mater Colorado, who fired head coach Karl Dorrell. Joel explains how these decisions impact teams and players. Next, Joel shares his takeaways about Michigan after calling their game against Iowa and he gives his congrats to Kansas for being ranked in the AP Poll for the first time since '09. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 29, 2022 • 23min
Michigan vs. Iowa, Alabama vs. Arkansas & other Week 5 previews
Fox Sports' lead college football analyst Joel Klatt previews the biggest games of the week. First, he takes a look at the Big Noon matchup of #4 Michigan at Iowa where the #1 scoring offense in the Big Ten (Michigan) squares off against the #1 scoring defense (Iowa). Joel believes the game might be closer than people think. Then he previews other big matchups of Week 5 including #2 Alabama at #20 Arkansas, #9 Oklahoma State at #16 Baylor and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 28, 2022 • 32min
Why winning CFB games is hard, Why isn't Kansas Ranked & Fanbase Check In
FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt does a deep dive into why winning in college football each week is so hard unless you are Georgia, Alabama or Ohio State. Then Joel sounds off on why the Kansas Jayhawks aren't ranked in the AP Poll, and asks if the Big 12 and Pac-12 are set for a year of chaos. Lastly, Joel does a fanbase check in on Miami, Michigan State, and Texas and tells fans whether it's time to panic or not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 26, 2022 • 43min
Michigan takeaways, Ohio State’s statement win, Oklahoma disappoints, USC wins ugly
FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt shares his thoughts about the Michigan Wolverines and Maryland Terrapins after calling their matchup on Saturday. Joel has concerns about what Michigan showed offensively, especially considering what their rival Ohio State has accomplished so far this season. Then, Joel breaks down where Oklahoma goes from here after suffering a disappointing loss to Kanas State. Finally, Joel explains why USC’s ugly win over Oregon State will benefit them going forward and why there is a team in the Big Ten West who might go undefeated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 22, 2022 • 27min
Are USC, Oklahoma, Michigan and other Top 10 teams on upset alert this week?
FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt takes a look at some of the matchups from this weekend and breaks down why he thinks this week is a "prove it" week for some of the top ranked teams in college football. He looks at Maryland vs. Michigan, Wisconsin vs. Ohio State, USC vs Oregon State and others, and reveals the areas where he thinks the favorites in the game could get tripped up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices