SCOUT· 61%31m·2026-09-23·Sports10 Teams outside the Top 10 that could reach the College Football Playoff
Fox Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt lists 10 teams that are lurking outside the AP Top 10 with a real pathway to the College Football Playoff. Klatt explains why each team has a path and whether he is buying them as a serious contender to make the Playoff in December. Klatt discusses teams like #12…
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“I just want someone to love me the way Joel loves USC”
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“Utah is one of the teams i want to see with a home playoff game . Just feels like that environment would be electric. Iowa is another team i want to see with a home playoff game”
“USC?! The team that gave up 30 to Louisiana and 35 to Rutgers. And still has to play Penn State, Oregon, Indiana and Ohio State. I hope that backdrop is just for decoration.”
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