Joel Klatt's College Football Rankings: Georgia Moves Up, Bama Moves (Way) Down
It's late in the college football season, and everyone is thinking about who will make the College Football Playoff abound. So, what better time than now for FOX Sports lead college football analyst Joel Klatt to expand his weekly top-10 list to a top-15 ranking?
There were certainly plenty of results on Saturday to cause some shakeup around the top 15 in college football. In fact, a pair of results caused Klatt to place a new team in his top three.
So, which undefeated team moved down in Klatt's rankings? Here's a full look at his top 15 teams in the nation following Week 12.
Klatt's take: Even without wide receiver Carnell Tate on the field, and without Jeremiah Smith late in the game, what did they do? Oh, they just decided to run the football for 6.7 yards per carry, which is the most per carry that UCLA has given up since 2019. And yes, they've had some great run defenses and everything, but I'm just saying that stat to tell you that everyone's been lamenting this idea that Ohio State can't run the football, and then they run it better against UCLA than anyone has this entire season, including Utah. So maybe Ohio State can run the football pretty well. They've certainly been efforting that over the last few weeks, and it's not like they've just been sitting there throwing the ball. UCLA was totally overmatched. The Ohio State starters on defense gave up nothing, their defense overall gives up 10 and barely any yards — Ohio State is No. 1.
Klatt's take: Indiana beat Wisconsin 31-7, now they've got a bye. They can get healthy before they finish up their regular season against Purdue, and then likely the Big Ten Championship Game.
Klatt's take: Georgia moves up to No. 3. Georgia is the best team in the SEC right now.


