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Joel Klatt ranks college football’s top 10 teams

Joel Klatt of Fox Sports ranks college football’s top 10 teams including: Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma State, and more

Joel Klatt of Fox Sports has ranked the top 10 teams in college football following week seven. Klatt’s rankings seem pretty accurate to us.

Week seven action featured a few interesting results. Purdue and star wide receiver David Bell dominated No. 2 Iowa, who looked like a pretender without an effective offense.

Georgia won comfortably over a scrappy Kentucky team. Oklahoma’s offense impressed in a big win at home against TCU.

Here’s how Joel Klatt ranked the top 10 teams in the country:

College football analyst Joel Klatt ranks Georgia No. 1 for 2021

Joel Klatt, a college football analyst, ranks the Georgia Bulldogs as his No. 1 team in his way-too-early 2021 college football rankings

Joel Klatt, a Fox Sports college football analyst, ranks the Georgia Bulldogs as his No. 1 team in his way-too-early 2021 college football rankings. Klatt ranks National Championship winning Alabama No. 2.

The Crimson Tide are likely losing wide receivers Jaylen Waddle and DeVonta Smith to the 2021 NFL Draft along with starting quarterback Mac Jones. Nick Saban and Alabama will reload once again and should (and will) probably be ranked No. 1 entering into the 2021 season. Alabama will return almost their entire defense and is stocked with talent.

The Georgia Bulldogs return some serious offensive firepower in quarterback JT Daniels, wide receiver George Pickens, and more. Georgia is very talented, but needs to prove itself before being ranked No. 1. Additionally, Georgia is losing numerous defenders to the 2021 NFL Draft, including the majority of Georgia’s secondary.

The Oklahoma Sooners, Ohio State Buckeyes and Clemson Tigers round out Klatt’s top five. These are essentially the same teams who have been making the College Football Playoff almost every season.

The Georgia Bulldogs and Clemson Tigers are scheduled to open the 2021 season in Charlotte, North Carolina, so Georgia and Clemson fans won’t have to wait long to know if their team is good.

Klatt shared his full top ten rankings for 2021 via his Twitter account:

What do you think of these way-too-early rankings? Texas A&M, Oregon, and USC all think they’re worthy of a high early ranking, but aren’t on Klatt’s list. LSU certainly has the talent of a top ten team, but the Tigers were lackluster throughout the 2020 season.

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Where do UGA, Bama rank in Joel Klatt’s top ten?

The Georgia Bulldogs and Alabama Crimson Tide are both in position to make the College Football Playoff according to Joel Klatt.

Joel Klatt, a Fox Sports college football analyst, ranks the Alabama Crimson Tide as the third best team in the country. He puts the Georgia Bulldogs just behind Alabama at No. 4.

Klatt rates Trevor Lawrence and the Clemson Tigers as the top team in the country. He’s got the Ohio State Buckeyes, who are led by quarterback Justin Fields, as the second best team. Ohio State hasn’t played a game this season. The Buckeyes open the season against Nebraska on Oct. 24.

Here’s the full top ten rankings that Klatt released following another week of college football action. He acknowledges that after Notre Dame, the rankings are quite fluid.

These rankings look pretty sound at the top. It is hard to imagine a much more complete team in the country than Clemson. Ohio State returns a lot of talent and should have a better defense than Alabama, so it is understandable to prefer the Buckeyes to the Crimson Tide even though they haven’t played a game yet.

Beyond No. 4 is where the rankings get murky. Notre Dame still hasn’t faced stout competition. That will change in November, when the Fighting Irish are slated to play Clemson and UNC.

Penn State will be an interesting team to watch. They should be Ohio State’s biggest competitor in the Big Ten. UNC deserves to be rated highly, but the Tar Heels had to fight and scratch to beat a pesky Boston College team.

Texas A&M hasn’t been rated above Florida in most polls, so it is refreshing to see Klatt place the Aggies over the Gators. Texas A&M upset Florida at home last week.

The Oklahoma State Cowboys are the only remaining school in the Big 12 with realistic college football playoff hopes. Look for the Pac-12 to remain an afterthought this season. The conference doesn’t begin play until Nov. 7 and with all of Oregon’s opt outs, the conference’s best team will lack elite talent in some key positions.

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